Thank you to the following Commissioners for their years of service as a Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Commissioner. Emeritus members, those who served for 10 years or longer, have been highlighted.
Commissioner |
Years Served |
Samantha Stelp |
2025- |
John Crane |
2021- |
Shelby Scharbach |
2020- |
Eric Mears |
2018- |
Isabel Chavez |
2017- |
Megha Budruk |
2016- |
Jack Stapley |
1992- |
Dr. Robert Branch |
2013-2025 |
Thomas Rhoades |
2017-2020 |
Denise Merdon |
2014-2019 |
Rod Jarvis, Esq. |
2008-2018 |
Anne Lynch |
1985-2018 |
Devin Del Palacio |
2014-2016 |
Carlton Yoshioka |
2008-2015 |
Heidi Fischer |
2010-2012 |
Joseph Marvin |
2008-2012 |
Ed Buonvecchio |
2012-2012 |
Jimmie Munoz, Jr. |
2011-2012 |
Saloman Leija |
2007-2010 |
Laurel Arndt |
2000-2009 |
Randy Virden |
2002-2008 |
Jill Kusy |
2004-2008 |
Raul Chayrez |
2002-2006 |
Celeste Hamilton |
1991-2006 |
Steven Betts |
2004-2004 |
Marcus Dell'Artino |
2002-2004 |
Franklin Vasos, Sr. |
1985-2002 |
Isaac Serna |
2001-2002 |
Rex Wagner |
2001-2002 |
Robert L. Jones |
1999-2002 |
Bill D. Lanford |
1999-2002 |
Jerry Aster |
1998-2002 |
Lamar Whitmer |
1997-2002 |
Bill Bedoya |
1996-2002 |
Myrna Lewis |
1996-2002 |
Pat Schneider |
1995-2002 |
Norman Miller |
1982-2002 |
Sue Russell |
1996-2001 |
Liz Lopez |
1996-2000 |
Ronald S. Travers |
1996-1999 |
Sharon Iwanski |
1997-1998 |
Robin Goodman |
1991-1997 |
Rev. Don Thompson |
1991-1997 |
Frank Carris |
1994-1996 |
Christine Gibbs |
1989-1996 |
Carl Showalter |
1984-1996 |
Ron Ross |
1981-1996 |
Peter Hasslacher |
1988-1994 |
Donna Noland |
1988-1994 |
Robin Milne |
1992-1994 |
Millicent Piazza |
1984-1994 |
Myra Page |
1980-1993 |
Cliff Alexander |
1975-1993 |
A.T. "Thyrle" Stapley Jr. |
1981-1992 |
Abraham Harris Jr. |
1978-1991 |
Commissioner |
Years Served |
Steve Sossaman |
1983-1990 |
Louis Lujano |
1986-1990 |
Len Johnson |
1975-1988 |
Leslie Hall |
1985-1988 |
Sam Ramirez |
1975-1987 |
John G. Farabaugh |
1981-1986 |
James Pierce |
1983-1985 |
Mark Sauls |
1982-1984 |
Mike Augustine |
1967-1984 |
Samuel A. Piazza |
1982-1984 |
Gordon Evans |
1978-1983 |
Chester McNabb |
1968-1983 |
Donald Liem |
1971-1983 |
Susan Cohill |
1969-1982 |
Richard Hoover |
1977-1981 |
Harold Fulton |
1979-1981 |
John B. Bennett |
1978-1981 |
F. Rockne Arnett |
1970-1981 |
A.T. Stapley |
1968-1981 |
Dale Dombey |
1967-1979 |
William O. Tainter |
1976-1979 |
Fred Guirey |
1953-1978 |
Clare J. Felstead |
1970-1978 |
Ray Blasdell |
1975-1976 |
Herb Caywood |
1974-1976 |
Dale Anderson |
1973-1974 |
Fred J. Nobbe |
1967-1974 |
David Hallstrom |
1966-1974 |
Lou Ella M. Kleinz |
1960-1974 |
C.K. (Ken) Murray |
1967-1972 |
Theo C. LeBaron |
1967-1972 |
L. Max Connolly |
1966-1972 |
William Younger Wood |
1966-1971 |
Warren D. Steffey |
1967-1970 |
Elton C. Hussey |
1960-1970 |
Wilbur L. Elson |
1953-1969 |
Thyrle H Stapley |
1953-1968 |
Chester A. Smith Jr. |
1960-1967 |
Dr. Morris F. Warren |
1953-1967 |
Stanley F. Van De Putte |
1953-1967 |
James L. King |
1965-1967 |
Frank Gianelli |
1953-1967 |
Samuel Drey |
1966-1967 |
Arthur B. Schellenberg |
1960-1965 |
George W. Leftwich |
1960-1965 |
Lillian B. Calvan |
1963-1963 |
Virgil Crismon |
1960-1960 |
Charles W. Miller |
1957-1960 |
William P. Mahoney, Sr. |
1959-1960 |
Robert Beaugureau |
1959-1960 |
Phon D. Sutton |
1955-1959 |
Robert M. Japp |
1953-1957 |
Ed de Forest |
1953-1954 |
Delmar W. Fischer |
1953-1953 |