| Administrators |
| Administrators are responsible for the overall management of the community. |
| Managers |
| Managers specialize in a different aspect of the community and work together with the Management Team to make sure the community is running smoothly. |
| Area Group Moderators |
| Area Group Moderators are responsible for planning a certain number of events for their particular area. They also serve as members of the community leadership team. |
| Support Group Moderators |
| Support Group Moderators help to moderate their support group and keep discussion flowing and on topic. They also serve as members of the community leadership team. |
| Committee Members |
| Committee members volunteer their time and efforts to assist managers with sponsorships and events. |
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Gina Watkins, Co-Site Admin
gina@slocountymommies.com
Gina (iamginaw) lives in Arroyo Grande along with her husband Clay daughter Danielle, born 5/4/04 and son Ben 3/14/07. She grew up the San Fernando Valley, attended Cal State Northridge and worked in computer sales until moving to the Central Coast in 1995. For several years Gina worked as a web designer, founding two companies: WinArt Marketing and EZWebsites4Less.com. After becoming a becoming a SAHM, she just couldn't stop building businesses and websites so she started yellbaby.com and co-founded LittleWatkins.com. She joined SLO County Mommies in the summer of 2005 and found it to be a great mom's group after having tried a couple of others. |
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Jeanne Gard, Co-Site Administrator/N. County Co-Mod
jeanne@slocountymommies.com
Jeanne Gard (jeanne) has lived on the Central Coast for the majority of her life. After working for many years as a Customer Service Rep, she is currently a stay at home mom to her two children, Kristofer, born 1-5-88 and Cassidy (Cassie) , born 3-13-05 ( on her mommy's birthday! What a wonderful present!) and expecting a baby boy in late April. She is married to her wonderful husband, Eric. |
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Meegan Casabar, Charitable Events Manager
meegan@slocountymommies.com
Meegan (mommy2joseph) was born & raised on the Central Coast. She graduated from SLO High School and then went onto graduate from Cuesta College with 2 degrees. While going to school and working full-time at Sydney Creek (an Alzheimer's & Dementia facility) she met her husband to be, Lando. They got married on January 15, 2005 and got pregnant on the Honeymoon. :) And along came Jojo 9 months later on October 9, 2005. Meegan is a stay-at-home mom & feels very blessed to have found a home with SLOCM! She has made great friends & has found an amazing support system in this group and is very happy with her life! |
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Amy Spence, Events Manager
amy@slocountymommies.com
Amy Spence (the1amy) grew up in a small desert town in the Mojave Desert and moved to San Luis Obispo in 1995 to go to Cal Poly. As a single mom to Leah, born in 1995, she earned her Bachelor’s in Biology and Microbiology in 2000 and her Master’s in Agriculture in 2002. While working on her Master’s degree, she met and married her husband, John, and became a step-mom to his daughter, Alexis. They love this area and planted their family roots in South San Luis Obispo County. In 2005, John and Amy welcomed their son, Jaden, into their family. In Oct 2006, their daughter, Jonnie, was born. Amy joined the SLOCountyMommies in June 2005 and has really enjoyed the friendships she has made in this group. Along with being a wife and mother, she is currently working on a PhD degree in Food Science and Technology from Oregon State University. |
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Meg Moen, Founder
meg@slocountymommies.com
Meg moved to SLO County from Ventura County in 2001 to study Psychology at Cal Poly. She graduated from college in '03 then married her soul mate Jeramy in '04. She started a local moms' group in the county through Meetup.com when her son was 4 months old. After a year a half of great success, she decided to join forces with The Mommies Network. She is a SAHM to an adorable boy named Connor (6/22/04) and a darling baby girl named Isabella (9/8/06). |
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Erin (Rin) Tidmarsh, Hospitality
rin@slocountymommies.com
Rin (rin) grew up in the Central Valley of California and moved to the Central Coast shortly after high school graduation to attend college. She eventually graduated from Cal Poly with a B.S. in Child Development. Rin works full-time for a non-profit organization based in Morro Bay and she and her husband, Michael, have a daughter named Ryan (born 8/11/04) who would desperately like to have a brother or sister someday (preferably one of each!). She feels very excited to have found exactly what she was missing in SLOCM and is extremely grateful to hav e found such close friends and a great support network. |
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Kristin Amundsen, Sponsorship Manager/N. Coast Moderator
kristin@slocountymommies.com
Kristin (kristin) grew up in Glendale, California and came to San Luis Obispo in 1992 to go to Cal Poly. In 1996, while at Cal Poly, her oldest daughter, Autumn, was born. Kristin got her Bachelor's in Computer Science in 1998 and moved to the Bay Area with her soulmate and best friend, Tom. After 18 months in the Bay Area, they realized it was not the place they wanted to raise a family and came back SLO County, moving to Los Osos. They welcomed two more daughters, Laura and Mae, into their family in 2003 and 2006. She also completed her Master's Degree in Computer Science at Cal Poly. Kristin was excited to find the SLO County Mommies in September 2005. She works from home full-time as a software engineer. |
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Heather Ruppe, Area Group Co-Moderator (North County)
heather@slocountymommies.com
Heather moved to the Central Coast from Ventura in 1996 to study Animal Science at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. She met her husband Travis just before graduation. He was a Graphic Design major at Cal Poly. They were blessed to be able to stay in this beautiful area after graduation, and were married in Cambria in October of 2004. They moved into their first home in Paso, just in time to have their first child, Mackenzie, born 12/20/2005. Heather is a stay at home mom and is expecting her second child March 8th 2008. In her spare time she enjoys making and selling baby burp clothes and blankets, a business she started with a fellow SLOC Mommy, called Rags and Tags.
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Gina Maire, Area Group Co-Moderator (San Luis Obispo)
ginam@slocountymommies.com
Gina (partyof5) was born and raised here in SLO! She went to St. Mary’s College and graduated in 2002 with a major in Liberal Studies. Then, she went to Sonoma State and received her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in 2003. Also in 2003, she married her best friend Justin, and they moved back to the area and settled in Grover Beach. Soon after, they found out she was pregnant with identical twin girls, Malia & Mikayla, and they were born July 15, 2004. Two years later, they welcomed a son, Jake on July 18, 2006! They just moved back into SLO and love it! |
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Amy Turner, Area Group Co-Moderator (South County)
amyt@slocountymommies.com
Amy (theotherAmy...not to be confused with the1amy or any of the other amys) resides in Arroyo Grande with her hard-working hubby, Garth, and her two cutie pie kids Owen (8/13/03) and Darby (4/17/07). A busy stay-at-home mom, Amy originally joined SLOCM in February 2007 as redmom813, but after she kept getting referred to as "the other Amy" she changed her screen name and a star was born! Amy loves being at home with her kids and she loves hanging out with her SLOCM pals whether at a playgroup or girl's night out. Together with her co-moderator, Dereka, she keeps South County moving and grooving. |
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Dereka Wallace, Area Group Co-Moderator (South County)
dereka@slocountymommies.com
Dereka (dereka~she gets points for originality) is a transplant to the Central Coast. She lives in Grover Beach (next to her favorite neighbor, Rin) with her hubby, Chris, and her two wily children Wyatt (4) and Cailey (2). When she's not chasing after the munchkins and trying to keep Chris in line, she spends her free time on-line chasing after the South County members and trying to keep them in line, as well as promoting her business (I dare you to ask her what it is). Dereka joined SLOCM in June 2006 and thinks it is the best thing since sliced bread. |
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Tina Crozier, SLO Co-Mod
tina@slocountymommies.com
Tina (dogma), her husband Kraig, their toddler son Devon (2/24/06), and two “well cared for” dogs reside in San Luis Obispo. Prior to becoming a mother, Tina was an elementary school teacher in Santa Maria. She studied Fine Art at UC Davis and completed her Early Childhood Teaching Credential at Fresno State where she grew up. Now, Tina is fortunate to have the best of both worlds. She is a stay at home mother and works part-time teaching art at the Monart Art Studio in San Luis Obispo. When not chasing her toddler or teaching art, she enjoys hiking, reading, cooking, listening to music, and getting together with her girlfriends to knit. She also has a “home business”, Toppings; custom hand knit hats. Tina is proud to be a part of Slo County Mommies and sees it as a wonderful support group of women with wisdom to share, inspiration to be our best, and support for the difficult times we all face.
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Jennifer Hunt, Support Group Mod.(YM) &Co-No.Coast Mod
jennifer@slocountymommies.com
Jennifer (jenniferhunt) is a young mother of two great kids, Kylee (03/28/03) and Aidan (01/31/03). She has been married to Josh, a CA Residential Journeyman Electrician, since September of 2002 and has lived on the beautiful Central Coast since 2003. Jennifer majored in Early Childhood Education and minored in Animal Science. She still has plans to become a preschool teacher when her children are older. She is currently a SAHM and is loving every minute of it. Jennifer also works from home as the Sales Manager for CentralCoastKids.com and is an Independent Tupperware Consultant. She has been a proud member of SLOCountyMommies since May of 2006! |
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Lauren Jolicoeur-Saxon, Adoption Support Mod
lauren@slocountymommies.com
Lauren (wmnsprtsfn) spends her nights rolling around town with her Roller Derby sisters when she's not at home with her partner, Christina, and their two boys, Dekoda (2) and Landen (6 months). Lauren joined SLOCM in June of 2006 and since then has quickly carved a niche for herself within the group. Since she has her own photography business, Lauren is easy to spot at events...she's usually the one with the huge camera in front of her face!
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Teresa Strong, Support Moderator (Infertility)
teresa@slocountymommies.com
I live in Atascadero with my husband, Tom, and daughter Grace. Tom & I married in 2001 in Las Vegas. We have been Foster Parents for over 3 years and have enjoyed every moment. I recently opened up "Sweet Pea Family Daycare" after being licensed through Community Care Licensing. We have faced Infertility issues with PCOS since being married. After having 4 losses we decided to focus on Foster Care and my health. I honestly thought in my heart that I would never be able to have our own children and it broke my heart. But after focusing on my health, I found out that I was pregnant and we have a beautiful 1 year old daughter now. I couldn't of been more blessed then to find this wonderful group of mommies. We have met so many friends and we are very thankful for that. |
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Lilith Chenaux, Support Moderator (Moms on the Clock & Single Momm
lilith@slocountymommies.com
Lilith first moved to the Central Coast when she was 14 in 1988 from Puerto Rico, where she grew up. She attended Morro Bay High and graduated in 1992. She attended Virginia Intermont College, but had to drop out for financial reasons. She returned to SLO where she lived on her own and worked at Apple Farm as a waitress.
In 1996 she was fed up with her life not going anywhere, so she joined the US Air Force. She completed one week of Basic training in San Antonio,TX when she was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. She received an entry-level separation and returned to SLO. She then moved to Corpus Christi, TX to attend college. (She had family there.) She ended up getting married and moving to Houston where she had 2 children, Sean and Kellan. Her marriage ended in 2006 and she moved back to SLO where her family is.
She now attends Cuesta College, works part-time and devotes the rest of her time to her kids and SLOCM! |
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Pam Nguyen, Support Moderator (PPD Support)
pamela@slocountymommies.com
Pam (pjnguyen or "penguin") is originally from Bakersfield and moved to the central coast in March of 2004. She is a stay-at-home mom, and loves being with her daughter, Kaitlyn, who was born on August, 26th 2006. Pam's husband, Mark, works for Web Associates in SLO. Since joining SLOCM, in September of 2006 she has made many new friends and enjoys getting the support she needs from the many areas that SLOCM has to offer. |
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