Palo Verde Neighborhood Association (PVNA)
The PVNA is a volunteer organization created by neighbors, scroll down for Board leadership, bylaws, meeting minutes, committees and more.
Board Meetings are open to the public and held on the third Thursday of each month from 6:30-8pm at the Ward 6 office. Contact info@paloverdeneighborhood.org to confirm details. A call to the audience occurs at the end of the meeting and is available for neighbors (renters, property and business owners) to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know their neighborhood representatives.
Board Leadership
Elected Representatives (Oct. 2022)
President: Val S.
Vice President: Nancy S. (Appointed)
Treasurer: Open Position
Secretary: Maribeth S.
Communications: Micah S.
Quadrant Representatives
Quadrant Representatives are appointed by the Board to represent their area of the neighborhood. They are here to answer your questions, share resources, and connect you to neighborhood happenings.
NW Quadrant: Paula C. pvnanwquad@gmail.com
NE Quadrant: Open Position
SW Quadrant: Open Position
SE Quadrant: Val S. pvnasequad@gmail.com
Bylaws
Our current bylaws are available at neighborshoods.tucsonaz.gov. View current PDF file.
Document Archives
PVNA Board of Directors
-
Val S.
PRESIDENT (Since October 2022)
Quad or cross street location: NE
Years lived in PV: 14 years
Where are you from? Born in Costa Rica, raised internationally.
Trade/occupation: Entrepreneur
Hobby, passion or how you spend most of your time: Outside of work, I enjoy birding, cooking cycling, and camping. -
Nancy S.
VICE PRESIDENT (Since May 2023)
About: I have lived in the midwest, Los Angeles, NJ, Singapore and the US Virgin Islands. My partner and I, love to travel in our RV and just about anywhere in the world. We love Tucson’s friendly atmosphere, great food, beautiful scenery and weather.
Quad or cross street location: Camilla/Willard (SW)
Years Lived in PV: 3 years
Where are you from? Born in Youngstown Ohio and graduated from Youngstown State University.
Trade/occupation: CPA/Corporate Accounting/Project Management, many years working in Manhattan
Hobby, passion, or how you spend your time: Yoga, cooking vegan, reading, a bit of desert gardening, remodeling our home, and taking care of our two dogs, Myla and Mani and two desert tortoises, Hope and Curtis.
-
Maribeth S.
SECRETARY (Since October 2022)
About: After many years of Midwest winters, I am so happy to live in Tucson! I love the sunshine, great food and open space for hiking and biking.
Quad or cross street location: SW, near Howard and Fairmount
Years lived in PV: 9 years
Where are you from? I was born and grew up in the Midwest, worked as a traveling nurse all over the US, and most recently worked at Purdue University.
Trade/occupation: I am a health sciences librarian at the University of Arizona and a former neonatal ICU nurse.
Hobby, passion, or how you spend your time: I am a Master Gardener (Midwest edition) and love to grow herbs, vegetables, and fruit. We are slowly planting trees and native plants and transforming our city lot into a productive garden. We have a dog, two cats and a colony of feral cats. I also love to knit and am relearning how to sew.
-
Micah S.
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR
About: I’m a new mom, beginner gardener, houseplant enthusiast, and photographer.
Quad or cross street location: Camilla/Fairmount (SW)
Years Lived in PV: 5!
Where are you from? Born in Seattle Washington, raised in Tucson. I returned to the Seattle area for college, lived there for 7 years until I moved back to the desert in 2018.
Trade/Occupation: Marketing and social media manager and photographer.Hobby, passion, how you spend your time: I love to read, *slowly* renovate my 50s home with my husband, see films at the Loft, and sit on a patio with a glass of wine.
-
Paula C.
NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPRESENTATIVE (2 months)About: I have lived in PV 3 years but have owned in the neighborhood for 14. I'm married to a wonderful man and we enjoy motorcycle riding together. I am retired from organizational and leadership consulting. I love gardening, being outside, physically moving through exercise and yoga and connecting with people. I enjoy working to help our community be the best it can be. I really like our neighbors in PV and the convenience of living in midtown.
Quad or cross street location? Camilla and Waverly
Years lived in PVN? 11 owned, 1 lived
Born and Raised? Kansas
Trade/occupation? Organization Development Consultant
Hobby, passion or how you spend most of your time? Yoga, friends, family, motorcycle riding -
Vicki F.
NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP & PRESERVATION COORDINATOR
Quad or cross street: NW
Years lived in PVN? 18 years. AZ for 30 years.
Trade/occupation: Retired Planner and Landscape Architect
Hobby, passion or how you spend most of your time? Fiber Arts of all kinds are my hobbies.
-
Tom B.
EVENTS AND PROGRAM CHAIR
pvnatom@gmail.com
About: Arizona native that is happy to be living my retirement here in Tucson.
Quad or cross street location: Lee & Jones
Years Lived in PV: Since 2018
Where are you from? Tempe Kid. Born and raised.
Trade/occupation: Mostly retired from the travel and entertainment industry.
Hobby, passion, or how you spend your time: In the yard and traveling. -
Jayla S.
STREETS, PARKS, BEAUTIFICATION
About: I grew up in the northwest part of Arizona and lived in many places like Oregon, Italy, France, New Jersey and the US Virgin Islands. My partner and I love to travel with a goal to visit all the National Parks (54 out of 63) and just about anywhere in the world. We moved here to Tucson during the pandemic attracted by the LGBTQ friendly environment, diversity of people, young mindedness with the University of Arizona, warm/hot climate and great home base for travel.
Quad or Cross Streets: Camilla/Willard (SW)
Years lived in PV: 3+
Where are you from? Born in Anaheim California, raised mainly in Kingman AZ.
Trade/occupation: Long list: Sign company owner, semiconductor specialist, general construction contractor, tour boat captain, and beer brewer. I love learning new things.
Hobby, passion, or how you spend your time: Finishing up the remodel of our home, off roading in our Jeep called RubiKong, welding and metal work, volunteering at Xerocraft, Italian cooking, and most recently, hydroponic gardening!
-
Arlene D.
GRAFITTI ABATEMENT COORDINATOR
Quad or Cross Street: SW Quadrant for 44 years
Born? Raised? Raised in Tucson
Occupation: Retired educator
Hobbies: Gardening, bird watching, traveling, and enjoying adventures with the grandchildren.
-
Val S.
SE QUADRANT REPRESENTATIVE
-
Patricia P
SE QUADRANT CO-REPRESENTATIVE
About:
Quad or cross street location:
Years Lived in PV:
Where are you from?
Trade/occupation:
Hobby, passion, or how you spend your time:
-
Linda S.
NW QUADRANT CO-REPRESENTATIVE
About:
Quad or cross street location:
Years Lived in PV:
Where are you from?
Trade/occupation:
Hobby, passion, or how you spend your time:
Volunteer with PVNA
We always welcome volunteers for ongoing work and help with specific events. If you're not sure what you'd like to contribute, send us an email and let's talk about it.