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The SRC Living Legacy Foundation is a California corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Its Board of Directors are all SRC residents. The current Directors (August 2024) are

Steve Johnson
Chairman and Educational Grants Chair
Marcia Chaiken
Secretary
Linda Elden

Vince Martin
Wade Meyercord
Assistant Treasurer
Judy Stratman
Fund Development Joint Chair
Terry Stratman
Fund Development Joint Chair
Colin Whitby-Strevens
Treasurer

Board Member Profiles

Marcia Chaiken
Marcia Chaiken, Secretary

Dr. Marcia Chaiken earned a B.A. (with honors), in Zoology, from Douglass College, Rutgers University; an M.A.  in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Ph.d. in Sociology, from the University of California, Los Angeles. As Director of Research, at LINC for almost 20 years, Dr. Chaiken had primary responsibility for designing and overseeing all research projects and dissemination products. She has developed and carried out research and produced research-application reports and presentations for many of the federal research agencies included in the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Public Health, and the U.S. Congress. Private foundations for whom she has developed research, reports, and presentations include the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Given key findings about the role of education in promoting wholesome development and preventing high-risk behavior, she is gratified to serve on the Board of Directors of the Living Legacy Foundation.
Linda Elden

Linda joined LLF because of her interest in higher education. While teaching at California State University, Los Angeles, she met many students who were from the first generation in their families to enter college. They held responsible jobs and even raised children while they studied and worked. She developed a deep respect for their discipline and dedication. Linda holds a Ph.D from the University of California, Irvine.
Steve Johnson, Chairman and Educational Grants Chair

Steve has a BS in chemical engineering, and a Stanford MBA. He worked for a number of medical technology companies in Silicon Valley. He spent six years at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he met his wife, Eleonore. Together they have had a rich life of volunteering for Meals on Wheels and Avenidas senior center in Palo Alto.

Vince Martin, Chairman and Fund Development Chair

Vince graduated from Stanford in Industrial Engineering and received an MBA from Harvard. He worked for three large conglomerates for several years before he and a friend established their own company, acquiring a number of small industrial products companies over a twenty year period. Vince took a leadership role in the non-profit world in Milwaukee WI, chairing the Boards of United Way and of the United Performing Arts Fund. He is a Life member of the Board of Coe College (Cedar Rapids IA) and believes that education is the root of excellence in any endeavor.
Wade Meyercord
Wade Meyercord

Wade enjoyed a long high-tech career with IBM (as General Manager of the San Jose operations); Memorex (as President of the Storage Equipment Group); Read-Rite (as CEO); and finishing the last 30 years as a consultant to high tech companies. He served on 5 public company boards, usually on the finance and compensation committees. He and Phyllis have had a strong interest in aiding education, particularly for those less fortunate.
Judy Stratman
Judy Stratman, Fund Development Joint Chair

Judy is a Registered Nurse with a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Her adult work has centered around first, her family and also issues of community need. When encountering issues of Peace and Justice, she tirelessly accompanied dying individuals and their families through her work with Hospice and also advocated on behalf of homeless individuals and families to address personal and community challenges. That advocacy led to her founding a not-for-profit organization aimed at preventing homelessness.  Addressing the educational needs of SRC staff and their family members will provide her with an opportunity to advance their goals.
Terry Stratman
Terry Stratman, Fund Development Joint Chair
Terry received a BEE in electrical engineering from Villanova and a law degree from Penn, after which he spent three years in Washington D.C. working for what is now the US Patent and Trademark Office as a patent examiner. While in D.C. he and Judy met, married and had their first child. They then moved to the Chicago area where Terry began a 40-year stint in private practice as a patent attorney, from which he retired in 2009. After raising their family in Naperville, IL he and Judy spent the last 16 years before moving to SRC in Long Beach, IN where Terry did volunteer work for various organizations. He has long considered education as critical to effective citizenship and success in life.
Colin Whitby-Strevens, Treasurer

A SRC resident since 2018, Colin came to California in 1998 to join a start-up company which was acquired by Apple in 2002, for whom he worked until his retirement just before moving to SRC. He has worked on international standards for the last 35 years of his career, taking Board and technical leadership roles for HDMI, USB, Qi, FireWire, and many other standards. He gained his PhD from Cambridge University (England) in 1969 and has worked as an academic as well as in industry. He is a strong believer that education should be open to all, regardless of background and financial circumstances, and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Living Legacy Foundation.


The SRC Living Legacy Foundation is a tax-exempt charity under the IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt umbrella. Its tax ID is #84-3432820

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