IBNA Board of Directors

	Michael Hamman – Chair 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 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.
	Sue Ellen Smith – Secretary Sue Ellen first came to the Bay Area from SoCal to attend UC Berkeley. Smitten by the area’s beauty, great food, and interesting people, she declared this glorious region home since then (with the exception of a brief stay at UC Davis for her law degree). Living in San Francisco and looking for an affordable neighborhood led her to India Basin, where she has owned a home since 1998. She loves the neighborhood’s sunny weather, eclectic mix of people, art and dog-friendly attitudes, and the opportunity for making a great neighborhood into a destination location through implementation of IBNA’s Community Vision. Sue Ellen loves to walk in the neighborhood, and looks forward to the day we will be able to walk along the waterfront from The Shipyard all the way to the Giants ballpark and beyond.
	Robert van Houten – Treasurer Robert Van Houten has lived in San Francisco for over 20 years and in the India Basin since 2005. He grew up in Fredericktown, Ohio and went to Bluffton University for Music Performance/Arts Business Management (working in the Art Industry for over 24 years). Since moving to India Basin, Robert has served on the RAB (Resident Advisory Board for the Navy clean up of the Hunters Point Shipyard) for 3 years, a board member of Morgan Heights Homeowners Association since 2006 and IBNA board member since 2009.
	Brian Stott – Membership 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.
	Jill Fox 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.
	Kathryn Altamore Kathryn Altamore grew up in New Jersey with six siblings. Her father was a neighborhood activist and she inherited his enthusiasm for improving the community. She visited San Francisco at 14 and fell in love with the city then, but college and a job in Ohio intervened until she could no longer postpone her Manifest Destiny and journeyed to California with some friends. An entrepreneur at heart she once ran a professional yard sale business and acquired a large following of regular customers. Currently she is the office manager for an awesome chiropractor. Kathryn moved to India Basin four years ago from the Haight and immediately joined our association and began helping out.
	Bob Lake Bob is a photographer, artist, lifer, skateboarder, traveler, front porch “funner” & Butchertown Hudson home owner. He hearts Yoko Ono’s book of life instructions, his wondermous wife Jen & dog Dixie. Neighborly community building comes naturally to this Southerner by birth & San Franciscan by grace.
	Richard Laufman 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 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 also serves on the Board of the Hunters Point Youth Park and is an active member of Bayview Rotary. Pauline is on the Working Committee of R.O.S.E.S (Residence Of the South East Sector) in conjunction with the local police department, putting on monthly informational meetings for residence. She is a former IBNA Board Member and long time community activist and volunteer for San Francisco District 10 Supervisor, Sophie Maxwell.