The Ladera Ranch Civic Council is a seven member nonprofit public benefit 501 (c)(4) corporation.  Each volunteer member serves a two-year term.  The current LRCC includes:

 

Bill Lawson: Chairperson

Jett McCormick: Vice-Chairperson

Ryan Sheets: Treasurer

Jeff Hamilton: Secretary

 

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Bill Lawson is a founding principal partner with the consulting firm of Urban Crossroads, Inc., a recognized leader in transportation throughout Southern California. At Urban Crossroads, Inc. which was recently recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the "Hot 500" fastest growing businesses in America he works with a variety of public and private sector clients on topics that include circulation planning, long-range transportation model forecasts, parking, traffic impact analysis, as well as noise impact analysis.

Mr. Lawson is member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), a certified Professional Transportation Planner and an associate member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE). His educational background includes a Master's Degree in Civic and Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor's Degree in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Before moving to Ladera Ranch in December 1999, Bill was a member of the Rancho Santa Margarita planning advisory committee, Cityhood executive committee member, and political action committee chairperson for Cityhood 2000.

Mr. Lawson was one of the first residents of the Ladera Ranch community where he continues to live today with his wife Tina and two children, Logan 10, and Bailey 7 where he is active in youth sports as an assistant coach with the Santa Margarita Pop Warner Football League and the Ladera Ranch Little League. He previously served on the Ladera Ranch Maintenance Corporation (LARMAC) from 2000 through 2006 and serves today on the Santa Margarita Water District Board of Directors.

Jett is also on the Board of Directors for the US Green Building Council Orange County Chapter. He is a LEED-AP and has extensive experience with sustainable building methods and materials. He was the Senior Project Manager on one of the largest privately funded LEED Gold Projects in the United States. He has a degree in Civil Engineering (BSCE) from the University of Southern California.  

 

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Ryan Sheets serves on on the Ladera Ranch Civic Council to ensure that our community continues to move in a positive direction and perform at the highest standard on both a civic and governmental level.

With my experience in recruitment and fundraising and a strong background in marketing, I will use my business skills to assist the board in meeting their 2010 goals. I would like to see more community involvement and help to communicate the goals of LRCC to the residents.

I am currently serving as a neighborhood representative and would like to advance my involvement into a leadership role for the community as a whole. Ladera Ranch is one of the safest places in the world to live and I hope as a member of the Civic Council I can help in keeping it that way.

As a resident of nearly 7 years, I have enjoyed watching the community grow and evolve into a wonderful place to live and raise my family. I want to help maintain that vision of Ladera Ranch and help our community thrive and succeed in the future.

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Jeff Hamilton has been a homeowner in Ladera Ranch since 2005. My wife, Loretta and I love Ladera Ranch and plan on not only raising our 3 children here, but also our future grandchildren. I am a graduate of the University of California at Riverside with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Geophysics. I have been an air traffic controller since 1987. Prior to moving to Ladera Ranch, I lived in Santa Ana where I was president of my homeowners association for 2 years, representing 700 homes. As a member of the Orange County Grand Jury from 2002-2003 I was involved in all segments of county government and its oversight. Our jury was instrumental in making the safe haven for babies a reality here in Orange County.

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Roger Redden has been a resident of Ladera Ranch since July of 2002 and has always been active in the community.  Mr. Redden is a founding board member of AYSO 1455 Youth Soccer and was an original member of the Ladera Sports Committee.  He is currently on the WASC Committee for San Juan Hills High School which is a two year commitment that is focused on helping the school qualify to become a distinguished School.  He has been regularly attending LRCC Board Meetings for over a year and can identify himself as one that shares the vision and passion of the current board.

 

With his experience of working with and for this community over the past 8 years he feels that he is qualified to help this organization move forward in obtaining the goals for 2011. The areas he would like to focus on include: Youth Programs, Neighborhood Watch and Ladera Safety Awareness.  Mr. Redden is a TEAM player and am willing to put in the time necessary to move this council forward.

 

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Todd Carlson and his family joined the Ladera Community in 2006.  He is active in volunteer activities including the Ladera Ranch Education Foundation, church activities and coaching youth sports.  He is currently General Manager of Edison Material Supply, Southern California Edison where he leads a team in the procurement of goods and services.