Karen is a Sustaining Member of the West Bellevue Chapter, where she held a variety of leadership roles over a seven years, including Vice President of Philanthropy, President Elect, President, and Past President. She is currently in her sixth and final year as National President. Karen has found working with the chapters and National Board to be incredibly inspiring and rewarding.

Originally from Southern California, Karen has lived in the Pacific Northwest for the past twenty years with her husband and their five children—four boys and a girl. With their youngest now heading off to college, Karen is embracing a new chapter with a full heart and a little more time to explore her passions

Deeply committed to community service, Karen finds joy in volunteering, supporting both youth development programs and Diabetes research through Breakthrough T1D. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, and is looking forward to improving her golf game.

Melissa Billiter is a Sustainer member of the Irvine North Chapter of NLYM. She served the chapter board as Website Administrator for 2 years. This is her 4th year on the National Board. She has served on the National Board as National VP Communications and is currently serving her third year as National Treasurer.

Melissa is strongly rooted in Southern California. She is the CFO of a privately traded company based in Newport Beach, CA, and holds her CPA license.  She attended University of California, Riverside and is active in the alumni activities at her alma mater. Melissa also has a daughter who was in National Charity Leagues’ Irvine chapter for 6 years and recently graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. When she is not volunteering or working, you can catch her at a hot yoga class or on the beach relaxing with her family.

Elizabeth is an Honorary Lifetime Mother Member and Sustainer of the Lake Oswego Chapter. She held positions in her chapter as VP Philanthropy, Parliamentarian, GLAD and Recording Secretary. She has two sons – one who graduated in 2020 and one who graduated with the 2023 class. This is her sixth year serving as the National Secretary.

Before relocating from Atlanta with her husband and sons, Elizabeth was active in her sons’ school PTA. Prior to having children she worked for an engineering/tech company in their marketing department combining her interests from her days as an engineering student at Purdue University and a marketing student at DePaul University.

Claudia has been a member of the Newport-Mesa Chapter since 2017 and has held positions in her chapter as GLAD, VP Philanthropy, and Parliamentarian. This is her second year serving as National Parliamentarian. Her older son (21) graduated from NLYM in 2021 and attends the University of Colorado – Boulder. Her younger son (19) graduated from NLYM in 2022 and will attend the University of Utah with his twin sister this fall.

Claudia is a practicing attorney in Newport Beach, specializing in representing non-profits. Prior to opening her own practice in 2009, she was a partner in two national law firms in California and worked in-house in the reinsurance industry in New York City for fourteen years. Claudia began her career in Seattle, Washington after graduation from University of the Pacific (Stockton, California) and McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento, California).

She grew up in Spokane, Washington and still enjoys the Northwest, spending time in the summer with family and friends at her lake home in Coeur d’alene, Idaho. Claudia also serves on the board of the Second Harvest Food Bank in Orange County and is active in the Orange County Bar Association.

Annette Bradbury is a Honorary Life Mother Member of the La Jolla Chapter of NLYM, where she served as Historian/PR Chair, President-Elect and Corresponding Secretary. Her son graduated from NLYM in 2019 and is a Life Young Man Member of the La Jolla Chapter. She has also served on the National Board as VP Chapter Support for four years and VP Communications for two years.

Annette is a pharmacist and community volunteer. In addition to NLYM, she currently serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Symphony. She has served in executive capacities on a number of nonprofit boards of directors, including Voices for Children (Board Chair 2022-24),  The Bishop’s School (president 2017-19), Gillispie School (president 2009-2012) and Las Patronas, a La Jolla-based philanthropic organization (president in 2014-2015). Annette received her bachelor of pharmacy from London University and spent 15 years working as a clinical pharmacist and in drug development in London and San Diego.

Kelly has been a member of the NLYM South Coast Chapter since 2019 where she served as Chapter President, Past President and GLAD for two years. She is currently a member of the South Coast Sustainer Group and is entering her third year on the National Board as VP of Membership.  Growing up Kelly was a ticktocker in Fullerton and joined the NCL South Coast Chapter with her daugther where she also served as Chapter President.  Kelly has two children- a daughter who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2019 and now lives and works in San Francisco and a son who is entering his third year at UC San Diego. In addition to being a mom and former small business owner, Kelly enjoys serving her community through volunteer work, long walks with her dog by the beach, personal development through reading particularly non-fiction and autobiographies, entertaining family and friends and traveling- especially to new places like South Africa.

Cathy is a Founding Member and Sustainer of the San Mateo-Foster City Chapter, where she served as President Elect, President, Past President and GLAD. She is currently in her third year on the National Board as VP Training.

Originally from Taiwan, Cathy has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. Her oldest son was in the first graduating class of the San Mateo-Foster City Chapter, and is currently attending the University of Washington in Seattle. She also has a daughter in high school and a younger son in middle school.

Prior to becoming a stay-at-home mom, Cathy worked in the high-tech industry specializing in web development and user experience. She later switched gears and worked as a teacher in early childhood settings until her youngest was a toddler. In her spare time, Cathy loves to travel, read and watch her children play sports.

Jessica grew up in Portland, Oregon and now raises her two boys in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She is a speech-language pathologist and owns a private practice. In addition to watching her boys play sports, football, basketball and lacrosse, she enjoys volunteering with NLYM. She joined NLYM in 2019 with her older son (Class of 2023) and is an active mother member with her younger son (Class of 2027). Jessica has been the GLAD, Youth Coordinator, Youth Coordinator Elect, Elections mom and committee member for Etiquette Dinner and Mother Meeting Speakers. This year she will be the President Elect for the Lake Oswego Chapter. Jessica loves traveling with her friends and family, especially to France. She has been taking French again since 2017. She is excited to learn more about NLYM at a National Level and to connect the Leagues with her role of VP Programming.

Mariciel is a Founding Mother Member and Sustainer of the San Mateo-Foster City Chapter, where she first served as Treasurer during the chapter’s provisional years. She is currently in her second year on the National Board as VP Technology.

She lives in Belmont, CA with her husband and their son, who is heading off to the University of Oregon this fall. A UCLA graduate, she brings over 25 years of financial leadership experience in the gaming industry, including a decade as VP of Finance at several technology startups. In her personal time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, golfing, and spending quality time with her family.