Foundation Board

President

Chris Nunes, PhD., CPRE
Chief Operating Officer
The Woodlands, TX

Vice Chair / Director 2026

Jason Anselment 
Illinois Association of Park Districts 
Springfield, IL

Past President

William Nelson
Retired Director of Rock Island Park & Recreation Department
Director of Rock Island Park & Recreation Foundation
Rock Island, IL

Secretary 2026

Dianne Hoover, Secretary 
Retired 
Bonney Lake, WA

Treasurer 2027

William  (Bill) C. Scalzo, CPRP, Treasurer
Managing Partner
World Class Service
Gilbert, AZ 

Director 2025

Ronald Olson
Chief
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Lansing, MI

American Parks & Recreation Foundation Office

1401 Marvin Rd NE
STE 307, #552
Lacey, WA 98516
foundation@aapra.org

Director 2026

Bill Clevenger, CPRP 
Decatur Park District – Retired 
Decatur, IL

Director 2027

Robert Carmona
Director, Parks & Recreation
Town of Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ

Director 2027

Karla Henderson 
North Carolina State University 
Professor Emeritus
Estes Park, CO

Director 2027

Tara Eggleston Stewart
Director, Department of Recreation & Parks
City of Rockville, MD

Lifetime Trustees

Chris Dropinski
Boulder, CO

Mr. John C. Potts
Chillicothe, IL

 

Executive Director

Ms. Jane H. Adams (ex officio)
Sacramento, CA