Stuart Walthall – President

Stuart, along with his twin sister Beverly, were born at Sutter Memorial Hospital in 1951. The Walthall family house on El Dorado Way was so close to the hospital that the twin’s parents simply wrapped them up and walked home. Stuart is truly an East Sac boy, having attended El Dorado Elementary, Kit Carson Jr. High, Sac High, Sac City College and CSU Sacramento. In addition to teaching private guitar and piano instruction since 1973, his career in music has also included live performance, film and video scoring, musical theater direction, and audio recording production. Stuart has a home in Locke Ca, where he is Chairman of the Locke Foundation, a 501c(3) non-profit organization whose mission if to educate the public about the history, culture and legacy of the town of Locke. He is also active in Angels of the Fields, an organization which brings Christmas to the children of local farm workers.

Steve Cippa – Vice President

Steve was born at Sutter Memorial Hospital in 1952. He was raised with his brother and three sisters on 51st Street and Elvas Avenue. All of his primary education was Sacramento based. He attended St. Mary’s Grammar School, Sutter Junior High School and Sacramento High School Class of 1970 as a stand-out athlete. He played football and graduated from Santa Clara University, Class of 1974, with a Bachelors of Science Degree. In 1977, Steve embarked on a career in the commercial real estate industry which remains his business focus today as Senior Vice President of Colliers International, a global commercial real estate brokerage firm. Steve currently resides in Sacramento with Susan, his wife of forty-one years.

Lyle Cunningham – Treasurer

Lyle grew up in East Sacramento and attended Coloma, Theodore Judah, Sutter Jr. High, Sacramento High then Sacramento City College. He served 4 years in the U.S. Navy. In 1976 he was hired by Red Baron Steakhouse and within a year he was in management for their newest restaurant in Hillsboro, OR. This launched a 30-year career in business management consulting which evolved to the healthcare industry. He was VP Sales for one of the largest healthcare consulting companies in the nation. Lyle and his wife Christine returned to Sacramento in 2006 to assist their aging parents. As a result of this experience he started his own insurance business with a focus on the over-65 demographic helping with Medicare and all senior insurance products and services.

Joe Prassa – Secretary

Joe was born in Chicago in 1953 and moved to Phoenix Arizona, with his family, in 1959. He attended Brophy College Preparatory, a small Jesuit school, a then graduated from Loyola University, Los Angeles, with a BS in Psychology. Moved to Sacramento, in 1976 and started a printing company. He sold and retired from that business in 1996 and, a few years later, was asked to take a position as Plant Manager of St. Francis of Assisi Church, in Sacramento. He retired from there, after 15 years, in 2018. He and, Sharon, have two sons and a grandson. He spends as much time as possible, these days, playing music with his friends and his Band.

Kelley (Sue Heacox) Woodward – Director

The Heacox family arrived in Sacramento in December 1957 from the Southern California State Parks. Susie attended Theodore Judah Elementary, Sutter Junior High, Sacramento Senior High School, most of the colleges in Sacramento County, Sierra College, and UC -Davis. Experience (40+ years in State service): Library; History; Education; Accounting; fiscal reporting; auditing; fiscal policy; training; and on-site client support. Hobbies: Writing; Art; Performance; Research; Travel; Music; Non-Profit Organizations; and collecting stories that need to be told. Kelley lives in a 100-year old bungalow in the Newton Booth Historic District of the old Central City of Sacramento. Her son, D’Wayne Bartlett, is a sou chef at the Allegretto Winery Resort in Paso Robles. Kelley-Sue Heacox-Woodward is involved with the work of several local non-profit organizations.

Gary Little – Director

Gary A. Little was born at Sutter Memorial Hospital in 1940. He graduated from McClatchy High School in 1958 and attended Sacramento City College. In 1970 Gary started the real estate brokerage firm of Kaufman & Little, located at 38th & J Street, and later formed Little Real Estate, which is now run by his son Chris in East Sacramento. He married Jaimie Tyler in 1991. He has been active in real estate for 50 years. Gary is a member of the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, UC Davis Leadership Board and Amador Cancer Research Foundation Board.