Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council

Sandra Rutherford	Sandra was first employed with Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council in 1999 as the Executive Director. Her volunteer and community involvement was catalyst that brought her to the organization. Sandra has lived her entire life in the Inland Empire and is also an alumnus of CFUSA Inland Southern California Council. She participated in the council’s Blue Bird program back in the early 70’s. Over the years, her community involvement has included several board of director positions, including Vice President of the Montclair Chamber of Commerce, Charter President of the Venture Club of the Inland Valley, Pacific Region Secretary for Venture Club of the Americas, and board member for Neighborhood Partnership of Montclair. Sandra has also currently volunteers her time as an accreditation visitor with American Camp Association. She is a founding member and treasurer of ExecNet, a group of local executive directors that has raised over $550,000 collectively in the past 3 years to build capacity in our organizations. She serves on the Healthy Rancho Cucamonga steering committee that promotes healthy eating for the youth in our community. In the past she has served as a team captain for the Police and Fire games, has volunteered at the Riverside Safe House for teens, and volunteered at Santa Claus Inc. in Ontario. She was honored the Venturist of the year from her Venture Club peers and in 2007 she was nominated Woman of the Year for the National Association of Women Business Owners Inland Empire Chapter. She has her associate’s degree from Chaffey College in Liberal Arts and her bachelors from University of La Verne in Organizational Management. She was on the dean’s list and graduated with departmental honors.
Carole Cross	Carole Cross is the Deputy Director for Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council. In this position, she oversees the snack program, manages the website, prepares the annual report, organizes fundraising activities, is responsible for the council's newsletter, represents Camp Fire at community functions and is involved in the grant writing process. Carole has been employed at Camp Fire since 2006. She has held positions for many of the programs that Camp Fire offers; Assistant Camp Director at Camp Nawakwa, Traditional Camp Fire Club leader, manages the Hold on to Health snack program, manages the Club program and worked as the Director of Development. These experiences have given her a unique, well rounded, first-hand perspective of Camp Fire’s programs. For Carole, working at Camp Fire is more than a job, it’s a passion. Carole attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles with a concentration in creative design and studied business at Merced College. She graduated magna cum laude and with departmental honors from the University of La Verne in California and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Management. Carole is a native of Southern California, is a certified Jazzercise instructor, and the proud mother of two sons, Darius and Nico.
Antonio Hernandez	Antonio (Tony) Hernandez is the site manager at Camp Fire USA Camp Nawakwa. In this position he helps facilitate camp rentals, performs repairs and maintenance at the camp and also plans and develops new construction projects. He has worked for Camp Fire Inland Southern California Council since 2004. Antonio has been employed as a cement finisher, form setter, probation officer and a counselor. He has studied to be a medical assistant, EKG technician, drug and alcohol, child abuse and HIV counselor. In 2010 Antonio was awarded Outstanding Employee. Antonio likes living close to nature and during his time off, he enjoys target shooting, fishing, traveling. Antonio is proud father of his son and daughter, granddaughters, grandson and great-grand daughter.
Marilyn James	Marilyn James is the snack program coordinator for the Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council Hold On To Health after school snack program. Marilyn became involved with CFUSA as a volunteer utilizing her organizational skills in the warehouse and subsequently became involved with the snack program. Her job responsibilities include the purchase of inventory and the coordination of volunteers to sort and count healthy snacks for 500-600 children per day. Marilyn is a GTE/Verizon retiree with 27 years of service. During her tenure, she worked in several departments and was involved in many projects including 911, SS7, ISDN and analog to digital switch conversions. As a Jazzercise co-captain for the Relay for Life, Marilyn was able to raise $10,000.00 for the Cancer Foundation. Marilyn is a native Californian. She has been married to her husband Mark for 22 years and has a wonderful daughter, son-In-Law and two beautiful grandchildren; Aidan & Claire. Her hobbies are Jazzercise, motorcycling and enjoying time with her Family and Friends.
Photo coming soon	Peggy Lane is the Snack Program Assistant for the Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council Hold On To Health after school snack program. Peggy started with Camp Fire USA as a volunteer after relocating to Southern California from Kansas. Her position as the Snack Program Assistant includes assisting the Program Coordinator with creating menus¸ packaging food items and organizing the snack inventory. Peggy comes to Camp Fire USA with numerous years of customer service in the hospitality and interior design industries. She managed many hotel renovations and coordinated various interior design projects. Peggy and her husband, Ed own a Bar-B-Que catering business and enjoy serving people for all occasions. They have a five year old golden retriever, Daisy and two cats Annie and Tractor. Peggy spends her spare time volunteering at the local animal shelter, enjoying outdoor activities and Jazzercise.
Sophia Meza	Sophia Meza is an Executive Assistant at Camp Fire USA Mt. San Antonio Council. Her skills are extensive with experience in bookkeeping and customer service skills. Sophia is a graduate from Control Data Institution and has also attended Chabot College, and San Jose City College where she studied Early Childhood courses and general education. Sophia has worked for major corporations such as McKesson Corporation, Amdahl, and Chevron, in the Bay Area, and Silicon Valley. Sophia began working for Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council November 2004. She began working as a part time Administrative Assistant who grew into a full time Executive Assistant position. Sophia is the proud mother of P.J.and Lauren, and has been married for 21 years to Peter.
Paul Smith	Paul Smith is the assistant camp manager at Camp Fire USA Camp Nawakwa. In this position he helps the camp manager with camp rentals, assists with repairs and maintenance at the camp. Paul has worked as an electrician, has been a foreman at a chrome plating shop, senior facilities maintenance technician and a appliance repair instructor. He has a certificates in United States Navy C.B. construction electrician, building and construction H.V.A.C.,energy management systems, building security systems, operations and technology wire management and advanced connectivity fiber optics. building operations and maintenance I.C.S., E.P.A. certificate, state instructor certificate for appliance repair. His hobbies include target shooting, exploring mines and caverns and site seeing. He is a proud father and grandfather
Tiffany Williams	Tiffany Williams is the Club coordinator at Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council. Her skills are extensive with experience in organizing and development of clubs and programs. Tiffany is a graduate from University of La Verne with a BA in Business Management. Tiffany has worked in the financial industry for over ten years. She has mostly concentrated in home loans, but has also worked with life insurance, trusts, taxes and real estate. Tiffany began working for Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council in November 2011. Tiffany is the proud mother of her little girl Kylie. She is the current leader of her daughters club program held at the Ontario Center School. Tiffany was in Sparks and Blue Birds when she was a little girl and her mother was the leader of her group. Before that, her mother Donna was a Camp Fire Girl, in which her mother was the leader. So her daughter Kylie is the fourth generation participating in Camp Fire.

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Camp Fire USA Inland Southern California Council Staff