I’m pleased to re-join GVGC as at-large representative. With my 28-year residency and service in the Valley Glen Neighborhood Association, I hope to make a significant contribution.

I moved to Valley Glen in 2010 and have loved our community ever since. I’m proud to serve that community by being a member of the GVGC. I strive to maintain and improve our wonderful neighborhood for my family and for all of our neighbors.

Sustainability Rep, PLUM Committee Chair, Gov’t Relations Committee, Parks and Medians Committee
I also am the Community Forest Advisory Committee Representative for Council District 2 working to preserve the trees in our community. Trees keep the Valley cooler and clean our air. Please water your street tree if it looks dry — ask me if you need guidance on how to do it.

I have lived in the Laurel Grove neighborhood since 2003. Over time, I have grown increasingly concerned about traffic safety for our community. I would use my seat on the council to advocate for an additional pedestrian crosswalk or traffic signal between Whitsett and Laurel Canyon on Oxnard, and a DASH route linking the Orange Line with major shopping plazas in our district including the upcoming NoHo West Development.

East coast transplant Krista Sipp has lived in Greater Valley Glen for over a decade. She works in the entertainment industry where she is committed to creating inclusive spaces where a wide range of voices can be seen and heard, and she now is bringing the same energy to her community. She is excited to join the board and the Community Outreach Committee, and work to make Greater Valley Glen a place where all of its stakeholders can be safe and thrive.

Awaiting Kristen Bio

I’m pleased to re-join GVGC as at-large representative. With my 28-year residency and service in the Valley Glen Neighborhood Association, I hope to make a significant contribution.

Sustainability Rep, PLUM Committee Chair, Gov’t Relations Committee, Parks and Medians Committee
I also am the Community Forest Advisory Committee Representative for Council District 2 working to preserve the trees in our community. Trees keep the Valley cooler and clean our air. Please water your street tree if it looks dry — ask me if you need guidance on how to do it.

Awaiting Walter Bio

I am a retired LAUSD school teacher. I have lived in Valley Glen at the same address for 45 years. I became a member of the valley Glen Neighborhood about 2016 helping deliver the valley Glen Voice neighborhood newsletter. In 2017 I joined the VGNA board. In 2019 I became the Leader of the VGNA Clean Team that holds a clean-up of the neighborhood on the 3rd Saturday on each month, and was appointed as a liaison between the VGNA and the council and was accepted on the Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council. I enjoy working on the council and hope we can make some real progress together.

Awaiting Alex Bio

I moved to Valley Glen in 2010 and have loved our community ever since. I’m proud to serve that community by being a member of the GVGC. I strive to maintain and improve our wonderful neighborhood for my family and for all of our neighbors.

Awaiting Leslie Bio

I am a 3rd generation Angeleno. Born and raised in Sherman Oaks, moved to Valley Glen in 2016 and fell in love with my new neighborhood. I have coached football at Notre Dame HS and Laurel Hall School.

In my 1 year on the council I got stop signs installed at dangerous Erwin/Ventura Cyn, lights along the perimeter of Erwin Elem School, and had a fence put up around the school parking lot to stop illicit activity that was going on.

I am a stay at home dad with a 4 year old and I work from home for a low vision technology company.

I am passionate about education, my wife is a teacher. I am legally blind and am a strong advocate for the disabled. I have a good relationship with our senior lead officer and city councilman.

Joseph Barmettler (District 4 Representative) has lived in Valley Glen for 20 years and has served on the GVGC board for the past three years. Joseph is also a committee member on the Government Relations Committee and the Planning and Land Use Committee for GVGC.

As a member of the Parks Committee, we have worked with the city to improve and beautify our community park. Our park is in better shape than it has been in years.

I want to put my political science degree to work and apply my experience in both the legal and political fields and get to work for our community. My first priority is to bring the resources we need to Greater Valley Glen and to be a voice for our community. I’m a Fordham University graduate and I have an avid interest in government. When I moved from New York to California, I spent considerable time working for Congresswoman Sanchez in Orange County, where I gained valuable insight into working with Federal, State, and local governments on behalf of everyone we represent. Considerable resources are being spent around and near us, and some of those funds need to come our way to address our own local needs and concerns. I want to build Relationships with the surrounding Neighborhood Councils so that together we can help address getting pedestrian crosswalks, bike lanes, a stronger law enforcement presence, as well as green energy initiatives.

I have lived in the Laurel Grove neighborhood since 2003. Over time, I have grown increasingly concerned about traffic safety for our community. I would use my seat on the council to advocate for an additional pedestrian crosswalk or traffic signal between Whitsett and Laurel Canyon on Oxnard, and a DASH route linking the Orange Line with major shopping plazas in our district including the upcoming NoHo West Development.