Outpost Neighborhood Association 2026 Annual Meeting and Board of Director Elections

A picture of the Outpost Neighborhood Association 2024 Annual Meeting at the Aviva Family and Children’s Services Community Room.

The Outpost Neighborhood Association (ONA) 2026 Annual Meeting is on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 6:30pm at the Aviva Family and Children's Services Community Room (7120 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046).

Feel free to come a little early around 6:00pm to mingle with neighbors and representatives from LA City, LA County, State of California, Los Angeles Police Department, Hollywood Bowl, wildfire preparedness, and neighborhood security companies. There will be snacks and refreshments too!

At the ONA Annual Meeting, topics include:

1. providing updates on the progress of ONA 2025 priorities and accomplishments;

2. reviewing ONA financials and thanking supporters for the work in 2025;

3. requesting feedback on priorities for 2026;

4. electing the 2026 ONA Board of Directors; and

5. hearing from experts on hillside wildfire preparedness and neighborhood security options.

FREE PARKING is available at the Aviva Family and Children's Services garage under the building, but space is limited so please consider carpooling or walking if possible. Just enter off of El Cerrito Place. The following address will take you directly to the parking gate entrance: 1783 El Cerrito Pl, Los Angeles 90028.

Map showing how to get to the parking garage at Aviva Family and Children’s Services from Outpost Estates.

Invited officials to the ONA Annual Meeting include: 

• United States House of Representative California District 30 – Laura Friedman

• California State Assemblymember District 51 – Rick Chavez Zburr and Robbie Staenberg

• Los Angeles County Supervisor 5th District - Kathryn Barger and Natalie Vartanian

• Los Angeles City Mayor’s Office - Karen Bass and Nico Padron

• Los Angeles City Council District 4 – Nithya Raman, J Anderson, Walker King, and Bernadette Cronley

• Los Angeles Police Department – Commanding Officer Captain Manuel Chavez, Sergeant Garret Colley, and Senior Lead Officer Joseph Raviol

• Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Live Nation Hewitt Silva)  – Josh Gertler and Nora Brady

Click the image above or here to access the 2026 ONA Annual Meeting agenda.

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Outpost Neighborhood Association (ONA)
2026 Board Candidates

The ONA Officers and Directors (the “Board”) is comprised of unpaid volunteers that are residents of Outpost Estates. The 7 people listed below have applied by the December 1, 2025 application deadline to be on the 2026 ONA Board of Directors (candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name). The 2026 ONA Board will be made up of 7 people: four Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) and three Directors that volunteer to Chair or Co-Chair various Committees, or support ONA in other ways.

The ONA Board is elected for a one year term each January at the in-person ONA Annual Meeting by current ONA supporters. Once the 7 Board of Directors are elected at the ONA Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors then vote on which of the 7 Board of Directors will serve as the four Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) for the one year term.  

As a reminder, per the Outpost Neighborhood Association (ONA) Election Procedures, only "Current ONA Supporters" (those that have made a donation to ONA in the past 12 months) are eligible to vote, all votes must occur in person at the ONA January Meeting, and no proxy voting is allowed. Candidates for the Board must be present to win.

Quinn da Matta

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? Director, Treasurer, Secretary

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Marketing & Communications

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? I love our neighbourhood, so I want to get more involved. The fires earlier this year were a huge wake-up call, which inspired me to get more involved locally and volunteer wherever I can — I volunteer with Habitat for Humanity once a month, and I am part of the Young Literati (an organisation that promotes and fundraises for our public libraries; we also have great social events). So I would love to get more people involved locally — helping neighbors in need, ensuring that our beautiful wildlife is safe and protected, and setting up two or three free libraries around our wonderful neighborhood. 

Laura Fox

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? Director

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Traffic & Safety

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? Habit.....to improve the neighborhood

Natasha Kerek

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? President

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Beautification

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? I am a Landscape Architect and would like to make our community more beautiful

Shane Nguyen

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? Director

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Rewards & Experiences, Recruitment

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? I’m running for the board because, after 25 years of calling this neighborhood home, I want to help bring neighbors together by creating more opportunities to connect, share experiences, and feel welcomed as part of our vibrant community.

Ben Nunemaker

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? Vice President

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Events

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? I like supporting our community growth and bringing people together
   

Sally Phillips

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? Director

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Events, Rewards & Experiences

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? If elected, this will be my 3rd term on the board, serving as Hollywood Bowl & Ford Theater Ticket Liaison.  I love working with, and getting to know, my Outpost neighbors as I communicate with folks both via email and in person. This position combined with the work that I will continue in assisting with events, is gratifying. Gratifying in that it builds community and enhances neighborly friendships, a potent recipe for keeping our neighborhood stronger & safer.  

Chris Wintrode

1. What Board position(s) are you interested in? President

2. Which Committee(s) are you interested in serving as Chair or Co-Chair? Marketing & Communications, Traffic & Safety

3. Why you are running to be on the ONA Board? I am a homeowner in Outpost Estates and have served on the Outpost Neighborhood Association (ONA) Board for the past five years in various capacities. I most recently served as President and Co-Chair of the Traffic & Safety and Marketing & Communications Committees. I have helped reduce ONA costs by updating the new www.outpostestates.com website, establishing the ONA google workspace for file and email management, and helped launch the donation platform, GiveButter. Additionally, I helped secure $50,000 in grants from Live Nation Hewitt Silva to install two new traffic islands on Outpost Drive. I am an active stakeholder and fierce advocate for solving issues that affect our neighborhood. I represent ONA on the Hollywood Bowl Community Advisory group and engage with neighbors and stakeholders to reduce neighborhood speeding, thru traffic, and stop sign violations and increase neighborhood awareness of and deter future crime activity in the neighborhood.