Present & Past Park's Commissioners
Thank you to the following Commissioners for their years of service as Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Commissioners. 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 |