After renting just about everywhere else in San Francisco, Kristine moved to India Basin in 2005. She is glad to be home. Kristine joined the IBNA Board in 2007. She also serves on the The Bayview/ Hunters Point Project Area Committee (BVHP-PAC) and the The Restoration Advisory Board (RAB).

There is nothing she can't microwave.

Michael Hamman left North Carolina for San Francisco in the Summer of Love and has loved it here ever since. After hanging his hat in the Haight, Ingleside, and Daly City, he discovered a true home in friendly India Basin in 1997. A general contractor and officer of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), he has been active in city land use issues for over 20 years. On the local scene he is Treasurer of both IBNA and the BVHP Project Area Committee (PAC) and our representative to the Southern Waterfront Advisory Committee (SWAC).

A country boy at heart, Michael is much admired for growing giant sunflowers and also makes a great pot of chili.

When Jill Fox moved to India Basin 15 years ago, what are now Heron's Head and India Basin Shoreline Parks were junk yards where people and dogs lived in cars, and plans were being made to put a power plant on the flats off of Fitch Street. Then, the neighbors started getting together to create a common goal for a better neighborhood. Community activism has already made ours a more livable neighborhood and can continue to assure responsible development. Jill is a founding member of the India Basin Neighborhood Association and has represented the neighborhood on the RAB, PROSAC and Blue Greenway Task Force. She is also a wife, mom, PTA officer, and the Communications Coordinator for the SF Department of Children, Youth and Their Families.

Committed with a purpose in making a difference in the lives of those she serve.

President of the Bayview Entertainment Society, Iris Center Board of Directors, Treasurer. Member of Bayview Hunters Point Lions Club. Velma has managed affordable housing for 16 years. Under her leadership the housing sites she managed became safer, cleaner and wholesome environments for residents residing within. Because Velma recognized the need for enhancement of job skills among residents, with the assistance of Hud Drug Elimination Grants she opened one of the first on-site Computer Learning Centers in affordable housing in San Francisco, with emphasis on obtaining GED's, setting goals, developing business skills and starting small businesses. During all of this Velma had a vision of a place where African American's could come together in song and dance to support and network with each other, in 1994 The Sunday Blues 'N' Jazz Club was born. After 15 years Velma is now the owner of Velma's, (2246 Jerrold Avenue, SF) an an Entertainment Venue where the arts are presented.

Velma is endowed with skills, attributes and entrepreneurship which could be very useful in the private sector, but she remains firmly rooted in the community with vision, courage, compassion, determination and dedication. www.velmas.net

Alex first got to know India Basin as an environmental justice organizer in Bayview Hunters Point in 1996, he then moved to the neighborhood in 1999. Now raising a family with his wife Kelly, he is active in a variety of local and citywide civic activities. An avid cyclist, open water swimmer, and environmental and labor activist, Alex is committed to helping to share the magic of India Basin with all of San Francisco.

Richard Laufman has lived in San Francisco for 30 years and in Hunters Point for the last 10. He grew up in Lakewood, Ohio and went to Ohio University. He received an MBA from San Francisco State, but decided to teach instead. He has been a 5th grade teacher at Yick Wo Alternative Elementary School in San Francisco for 20+ years and is one of the newest members of the CAC (Citizens Advisory Committee) for the Hunters Point Shipyard.

Pauline Peele is native of San Francisco who has lived in the Bayview District for over 20 years. She is a realtor with Davis Realty. Pauline has been a licensed realtor since 1977. She is the secretary of the Board of the San Francisco Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit affordable housing developer. She is a former IBNA Board Member and long time community activist and volunteer for San Francisco District 10 Supervisor, Sophie Maxwell.

Brian moved to India Basin in 1996. A California native, Brian currently works for Job Corp on Treasure Island. His vision for the neighborhood is a user-friendly community with activities abounding for all ages. As an avid supporter of India Basin's maritime history, he hopes to see our vision of the Maritime Recreational Center realized soon.

Bio coming soon!