Introduction to the Board

LCLT by-laws specify a nine-member board with three sub-categories each represented by three directors. The three categories are as follows:

Leaseholder representatives - represent the interests and concerns of the current and future leaseholders

General member representatives - represent the interests and concerns of the general members

Public representatives - represent the interests and concerns of businesses, institutions, other non-profits, etc.

Current Board of Directors

Bruce Creps and Sheila Simpson-Creps live on Port Stanley Road and have been members of the Lopez Community Land Trust since 1998. Bruce is the owner of Notable Woods, a small business supplying tonewoods for use in creating musical instruments. Previously, he was the general manager of Burley Design Cooperative, a worker-owned manufacturer of bicycles and accessories located in Eugene , Oregon . Bruce is the LCLT Secretary, a member of the Housing Committee and a representative on the SJC Alliance board.

After coming to the San Juans for six years for their annual vacations Todd and Diane Goldsmith purchased a beautiful parcel of farm property on Lopez in 2002, which was a part of the old Ellis Ranch.  They are currently putting together an organic farming operation.  Todd has recently left a 20 year career in electrical engineering and engineering management.  He has worked for semiconductor and telecommunications companies, as well as space systems companies.  Most recently Todd worked at a small start up acoustics firm.  Todd holds a Master's of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and undergraduate degrees in engineering and physics from Oregon State University .  Todd was elected to the LCLT Board of Directors as a General Member representative in March of 2005 and serves on the Housing and the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Committees.

Sue McCullough moved to Lopez in 1978 from Blakely Island . In the early years she and her husband built what they thought would be a shop, but never built 'the house'. Sue was active in pre-school being one of a group who built the building on Center Rd. She worked as a carpenter then mussel farmer, waitress, ook, pre-school teacher, carpet layer, real estate sales person and on...Sue served on the Friends of the Library board oh so many years ago and the LCLT founding board. She has lived in rustic cabins on beautiful pieces of property and have for the first time at Innisfree housing cooperative with dial-a-heat and luxuries most people take for granted. Sue’s children were raised here and even though she has tried to leave, this is home. LCLT board welcomes Sue back as a board member.

Cameron and Bobbie DeVore bought their Lopez 1885 farmhouse in 1974, and have been working on it ever since. Cam has been almost full time on Lopez since his retirement as a First Amendment lawyer in 2000, and has been an LCLT board member since 2003. In Seattle , he was very active in civic affairs, including service as a trustee of a community college, an art museum, a children's hospital, a theater, and two schools. Cam is Vice Chair of the LCLT board, and chairs the Development and Outreach Committee.

Dianne and Jeff Dyer moved to Lopez about 20 years ago, eventually building a passive solar home to raise their family.  Prior to coming to Lopez, Jeff lived in Guatemala and Belize working small sailing vessels for fishing and cargo.  After making Lopez Island his "home port", Jeff embarked on a career at sea that gave him two lives: one life that navigated oceans to mingle briefly and deeply in many cultures and another life on Lopez of family, friends and community.  Jeff embraces all cultures as they relate to family and community as these values were felt closest to his heart when away at sea.  Jeff has always been  impressed by the LCLT as a way to keep community alive and growing.  He believes that providing models in sustainability and renewable energy for this community as well as others is what he would like to see the LCLT continue to succeed in. Jeff is presently finishing a complete restoration of a venerable 45 year old  steel  hull ocean cruising sailing ketch that he hopes, with Dianne, to use as a means in establishing small solar powered medical clinics and other similar endeavors about remote regions of the world.

Bill Evans is a career public school educator and is currently the Superintendent of the Lopez Island School District . He has a Bachelor’s degree, and a Master’s degree in school administration from Western Washington University , with post graduate work in education at Seattle Pacific University . The Lopez Island School District has an abiding interest in affordable housing, as well as the sustainable agriculture and rural development components of the LCLT, and has recently taken steps toward to incorporate SARD concepts into its curriculum and school programs through a move toward increased levels of involvement in farm-to-school and farm-to-cafeteria projects. Bill is excited about the potential and promising links that are being built between the LCLT and the school district on behalf of the Lopez community, as well as the families represented and served by the district.  He has a life-long interest in building and nurturing community and bringing its benefits to organizational and social leadership.  The idea of building community around the healthy stewardship of land and natural resources in such a beautiful place as Lopez is exciting to Bill.

Read Langenbach was elected to the LCLT Board in April 2004. Read and Marianne own a portion of the TJ Blake Farm on Fisherman's Bay Road, South of Cross Road.  They ave been coming to Lopez on a weekend basis for over 20 years.  Read is a partner in the Seattle law firm of Cable Langenbach Kinerk & Bauer, LLP, where his practice focuses on real estate and business law.  He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School . Read serves as Chair of LCLT board.

Oscar Smaalders was born in Amsterdam and graduated from the Amsterdam Merchant Marine Academy. Oscar arrived in the US in 1947. He taught economics at UCLA where he met his wife, Alie and served as research assistant to Chairman, Board of Economic Advisors under President Eisenhower. Oscar’s experience includes being a county library director; he was also involved in migrant farm labor housing issues and Vietnam draft counseling. Oscar and Alie have been Lopez property owners since 1971 and became full-time residents in 1982. They have built a house, guest house, sailboat and barn. Oscar served on the LCLT founding board and is currently chair of the Housing committee. He also serves as a board member of LOHO and the San Juan County Affordable Housing Fund Commission.

Jamie Stephens, a small business owner and community advocate, has lived with his wife and two children--Jessica, 17 and Dan 15, in Lopez Village for the past ten years. His wife serves on the Lopez Island School Board and both children attend Lopez School. He has been active in the GMA planning and compliance process because of his belief that clear and effective planning is one of the keys to maintaining our island community. Jamie currently serves on the boards of the Fisherman Bay Water Association, Lopez Island Family Resource Center , Lopez Island Lions Club, and Lopez Island Education Foundation. These organizations focus on building community and keeping a diverse population on the island. He is a veteran participant in successful community projects including helping the Community Center transition from a construction project to operating entity, helping secure the adjacent Sally Bill property for the LCCA, and negotiating leases to Fertile Ground community garden, the Farmers Market, and the Lopez Children’s Center. Jamie believes the LCLT is an important Lopez asset because permanently affordable housing and sustainable agriculture are two key parts of the puzzle for a healthy, diverse, and stable community.

If interested in serving on our Board,
please contact us for an application.

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