61, Newport Coast ... Executive Director...

61, Newport Coast ... Executive Director of Costa Mesa Senior

Center on 19th Street ... Took over in fall of 2000 after contentious

leader was hauled off and thrown in jail for embezzlement ... Says

she likes to make the center feel like the seniors’ second home ...

“I can’t break down successes, I just know it’s my love for the

seniors that has brought me here and I try to do whatever I can to

make their lives more meaningful” ... “Sometimes we just listen to

them at times they are lonely and need care” ... The former ballet

dancer loves theater, music and -- of course ballet ... Avid reader

and member of many book clubs ... Single ... Two married children,

one in Newport and one in Santa Rosa ... Three grandchildren that

range in age from 4 to 9 and call her “Gra Gra” ... Unranked last

year