Dorothea Susan Mosby

Background

Mosby, Dorothea Susan was born on May 13, 1948 in Sacramento, California, United States. Daughter of William Laurence and Esther Ida (Lux) Mosby.

Education

Associate of Arts in Sociology, Bakersfield (California) College, 1966-1969; Bachelor of Science in Recreation, San Jose State University, 1969-1972; Master of Public Administration, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, 1980-1982.

Career

Assistant department personnel officer San Jose Parks and Recreation Department, 1972-1973, neighborhood center director, 1973-1974. Senior recreation leader Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Department, 1974-1976, recreation supervisor, 1976-1983. Head business division Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Department, 1983-1988.

Business administrator Santa Monica Cultural & Recreation Services, 1988-1991. Director parks and recreation City of South Gate, California, 1991—2003. Retired, 2003; consultant in field.

Board directors, officer Santa Monica City Employees Federal Credit Union, 1980-1989, president 1986-1987. Member citizens advisory committee Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, 1982-1984, fine arts commission California State University Bakersfield, since 2008.

Achievements

• Dorothea Susan Mosby has been listed as a noteworthy Municipal official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member choir, flute soloist Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Santa Monica, 1974-1998, treasurer church council, 1984-1986, Christ Lutheran Church, Downey, California, 1999-2002, First Presbyterian Church, Bakersfield, California, 2003-2009. Volunteer driver XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984. Contributor local housing assistance United States Olympic Committee, Los Angeles, 1984.

Advisory committee Windsor Square Hancock Park History Society, Los Angeles, 1983, director Christmas carolling, 1980-2000, chairman Olympic committee, 1984, trustee, 1984-1990, chairman public programs, 1985, co-chairman public programs, 1986, co-vice chair, 1987, chairman, 1988, 89. Downey Symphony Guild. Board directors Downey Symphony.

Member Samuel C. May Graduate Student Research Paper Judging Committee, Western Government Research Association, 1994. Trustee California Foundation for Parks and Recreation. Vice president Bakersfield Symphony Associates, since 2004, president, 2007-2009, ball chair, 2004, 05.

Member Assistance League Bakersfield, since 2004, Chez Noel home tour chair, 2005, co-chair, 2009, public relations chair, 2006. Board member Kern County Academy Decathlon, since 2006, board directors, since 2006, Fox Theater Foundation, since 2006, 1st vice president, 2007-2009, president, 2008-2010, secretary Kern Veterans Memorial Foundation, since 2007, donor relations officer Taft College Foundation, since 2009. Member California Park and Recreation Society (board directors 1979-1982, 86, chairman California board park and recreation certified 2003, 04,09- Scholarship Foundation Board 1992-2002, chair 1996-2002, district 10 vice president 1994-1996, District 10 Special Recognition award 1998, State CPRS Citation award 1999), National Recreation and Park Association, California Foundation Parks Recreation (trustee), Management Team Associates (secretary, treasurer 1979-1983), Western Governmental Research Association, National Association University Women, South Gate Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Bakersfield College Alumni Association (board directors since 2005), Chi Kappa Rho (president 1986), Pi Alpha Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: flute, piano, reading, bicycling, tennis.

Connections

Father:

William Laurence Mosby

Mother:

Esther Ida (Lux) Mosby