Palos Verdes
About Our Chapter
NCL, Inc., Palos Verdes Chapter is a group of mothers and daughters who have come together in a commitment to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.
Members shall reside in Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates, or Rolling Hills areas, including those residing in the 90274 and 90275 zip code areas. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Palos Verdes aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.
Join Our Chapter
Interested in joining our chapter? Membership opportunities are dependent on chapter openings.
If you know someone in our chapter, talk to her about getting started, membership obligations and our membership drive timeline. If you do not know someone in NCL, you are invited to complete this Membership Inquiry Form.
For any questions regarding Membership, requests for transfers or assistance with connecting as a Sustainer, email us.
Mothers and their daughters (grades 7-12) participate in a program that embraces:
Community Service
We understand and serve communities in partnership with local and national nonprofits. Each NCL, Inc. chapter promotes social awareness by considering the local community’s needs and selecting appropriate non-profit organizations to support through different volunteer activities.
We work with the following philanthropies:
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Heart Association
- American Red Cross
- Ballet California
- Disaster Response
- Friends of the Lomita Library (FOLL)
- Friendship Foundation
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Guild
- Kindness Rocks Project
- Miraleste Early Learning Academy (MELA)
- Operation Gratitude
- Peninsula Friends of the Library
- Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center
- South Coast Botanic Garden
- Sunrise Early Childhood Center
- USC Street Medicine
- Valmonte Early Learning Academy (VELA)
Philanthropy Highlight: Watch the Philanthropy Drive-Thru Video July 2020
Leadership Development
We build capable, courageous leaders through opportunities to learn, reflect and develop. Our leaders become successful in their education, career and communities by learning the necessary skills during their NCL experience.
Examples of skills developed include:
- Confidence
- Consensus building
- Team building
- Conflict resolution
- Event planning
- Parliamentary procedure
Our Chapter Board of Directors:
- President: Erica Mangham
- President Elect: Kimberly Sweers
- Secretary: Amy Davis
- Treasurer: Kristen Jensen
- Parliamentarian: Vivian Limb-Ng
- Vice President Communications: Mariko Hama
- Vice President Membership: Pauline Matarazzo
Diane Suzuki - Vice President Philanthropy: Heather Campbell
Marla Thompson - Vice President Provisionals: Jean Christen
Jennifer Smith - Vice President Ticktockers: Jeanine Hoffmann
- Sustainer Liaison: Susanna Munro
Christine Myrick - Vice President Chapter Engagement and Inclusion: Jennifer Smith
Susan Fetters
Cultural Experiences
We preserve National Charity League traditions and core values, while appreciating the growth that comes from connecting with different communities and cultures. We continually strive to build stronger ties with our communities and the individuals within them. It is through this understanding that we grow and develop broader worldviews that will shape and support our lives.
- Traditions – We celebrate the richness of our history through traditions that honor the past while serving the future.
- Values – We embrace values that make us strong as an organization of mother-daughter leaders.
- Community Connections – We build connections through experiences that impact our communities.
- Etiquette – We encourage and mentor kind, respectful and gracious social conduct.