© 2012 California Surf Museum Jim Kempton President Jim Kempton has been the Editor and Publisher of Surfer Magazine, Marketing Director for TransWorld Publishing, Vice President of Content for Hard Cloud Boardsports internet portal, and Director of the Quiksilver Crossing. He was the President of the San Clemente Historical Society and wrote and edited a book on the history of surfing at San Onofre. He currently serves as the Manager of the Surfrider Foundation Advisory Board, and is employed by Billabong USA as Director of Media. He recently wrote Surfing the Manual, a book on the history of surfing told through the performance techniques of the world’s best surfers. A world traveler who has surfed in over 20 countries, he also serves on the board of directors for the San Onofre Foundation and Surfing America, the National Governing Body of the sport. Tara Lee Torburn Secretary Tara Torburn became involved with California Surf Museum when it opened in Oceanside and joined Board of Directors in 1991. Over the last 18 years she has served as both Secretary and Treasurer of the organization. Born in 1952 in San Carlos, near San Francisco, she received her BA and MA in Geography at UCSB, and later traveled with her husband to Burleigh Heads, Australia where they lived and worked in the surf industry. Upon returning, she moved to Oceanside and became involved with the Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club and served as Secretary and Treasurer for many years. An honorary lifetime member, in 1997 she was awarded OLSC’s “Waterman’s Award.” She helped legendary woman’s surfer Rell Sunn run her annual Menehune Contest in Makaha Beach, Hawaii for many years. Since 1987 she has been a self-employed graphic designer. Louise Balma Architect Louise Ravera Balma is an artist and architect who designed the exterior façade and interior spaces and supervised the build-out of CSM’s current home. She spent 25 years in marketing/promotions and events, notably for TransWorld Publications working in the action sports industry of surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding. Born into a conservative Italian farming family in Southern California, Louise started surfing while in high school, along with many team sports. After college she took up windsurfing, outrigger canoe paddling and snowboarding. Louise’s career includes 15 years in the architectural field, designing and producing working drawings, project managing for many restaurants, custom homes, and small commercial projects. Serving currently as a City of Oceanside Planning Commissioner, she lives with her entrepreneurial husband of 25 years on a beautiful 25-acre avocado farm in Oceanside. Randy Wilkerson Treasurer Randy Wilkerson has served as the Treasurer of the California Surf Museum since 2003, using his professional vocation to provide expertise in the fiscal development of the museum. Born in Washington State in 1956 Randy moved to Cardiff by the Sea in 1971. He started surfing at the age of 10 on a board that outweighed him by 60 pounds. His first board was a Country Honk shaped by Jon Kies which he wishes he had kept for posterity. Randy worked in the construction industry for 14 years and graduated from SDSU in 1989 with an accounting degree. He is the Controller for the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo in Rancho Bernardo and still remembers the sound of the surf from his days of living on the bluffs in Cardiff. Daryl Dick Past President Daryl Dick grew up on the east coast and spent a lot of time body surfing the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. He started board surfing after moving to California in 1982. In 1991, he began volunteering with the California Surf Museum and joined the Board of Directors later that year. He served as the President of the institution for 13 years and has overseen the vision and process of bringing CSM to its current location. His professional career has been in the nuclear power industry where he monitors and manages releases to the environment ­— an important charge considering the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station overlooks one of California’s most famous surfing beaches. Mike Burner Operations Committee Chairman Mike Burner is Chairman of the Operations Committee, and was instrumental in the new building construction and development. He oversees the operating programs of CSMs new location and serves as a key liaison with the City of Oceanside. Growing up in Pacific Beach in the 1950s, Mike started surfing in 1957 on a 9'10" balsa board. He worked as a glasser for legendary board- building firm Gordon and Smith, and was a charter member of both the Pacific Beach and WindanSea Surf Clubs. In 1963 he won the West Coast Surf Championship paddleboard relay race and that same year competed in the World Surf Championship at Makaha, Hawaii. He served on the San Diego Fire Department for 35 years and retired as Deputy Fire Chief-Fire Operations. He has been married 44 years with 3 children and 9 grandchildren. Tillman Eakes Tillman Eakes has been involved with the California Surf Museum since 1993. Tillman was born in Quantico, Virginia. He moved to Oceanside in 1947, started surfing in 1955 and worked as a lifeguard for three years from 1957 to 1959. An original member of the Oceanside Surfing Club, his surfing high water mark arrived in 1958 when he rode 18’ Dana Point (Killer Dana) and lived to tell the tale. He went to work for SDG&E in 1959 and after completing courses at San Diego State University in 1963, served as project coordinator, supervising electric crews until he retired in 1994. Tillman has been married for 49 years with 3 children and 5 grandchildren and finds pure enjoyment surfing with many of them. Jean Keller Director of Archives and Collections Jean Keller is a former Visiting Assistant Professor in the Historic Resources Management program at University of California, Riverside where she taught graduate seminars in Conservation Science for Historical Objects and a Historic Preservation practicum. Her educational pursuits include an MA in Historic Resources Management (Archival Management, Museum Curatorship and Historic Preservation) and a PhD in Public History from the same institution. She has owned a cultural resources consulting firm for 28 years that provides consultation in historical and archaeological matters to museums, archives, public agencies, and private companies. She has painstakingly cataloged the California Surf Museum’s collection of artifacts and historical papers of surfing’s culture and has been  instrumental in bringing the CSM Archives and Collections to a world class level of development. Ric Riavic Exhibits Chairman Ric Riavic heads the Exhibits Committee where he has been responsible for creating such exhibits as the “The Surfer-Shapers,” and the current exhibit “A Glimpse of 100 Years of Surfing Culture in Southern California.” Ric has been a CSM Board member for over a decade and a 31-year employee for the San Dieguito Union High School District. His interest in museums includes antique furniture, surf memorabilia, and local Native American pottery and basketry. A tribal elder from Pala Reservation taught Ric traditional basket making. His recommendations as a San Dimas High School student to the LA Art Museum at La Habra have since been adopted nationally by many museums. Later Riavic changed his historic interest to surfing, creating reproduction wooden surfboards from old Hawaii after researching the Bishop Museum surfboard collection. Ric started surfing at Doheny in 1967 on a 9’6” Dave Sweet; he explored Baja in early 1970s, now primarily surfs California and Hawaii. Jack Francis Vice President Jack Francis, CSM’s Finance Committee Chairman, spent 12 years on the Board of Directors at the Santa Margarita Family YMCA, and 5 years on the Executive Committee, where he served as Board Chair, raising funds for the organization. In his 34 years with the Oceanside Fire Department he held every rank from Firefighter to Fire Chief, retiring in the position of Assistant Fire Chief/Operations Officer. In the last 20 years of his career as Chief Officer his duties included annual budget development and management, training, communication and emergency (disaster) preparedness. Jack started surfing in 1958 at Forester Street here in Oceanside and continues to surf today with his two sons, who are regulars at the North Jetty of the Oceanside Harbor. Jack Bly Jack is a native Californian born in Los Angeles. He attended Pasadena City College and Woodbury College. In the 1960s, bodysurfing, paipo boards and kneeboards were his water sports of choice. Extensive travels in his youth to Mexico were followed by travels via Europe to the Middle East and Asia. He moved to North San Diego County in 1977 and began a career in periodical marketing. He worked for Surfer and Skateboarder magazines from 1991 to 1998 in newsstand sales and sales manager positions with several surfing accessory companies followed. Jack currently resides in Carmel Valley.