Pepper Tree Park
Board Members
The Pepper Tree Park Board of Directors consists of seven members elected to rotating three year terms. The current board members are:
|
Jodi Tritsch, President, Term expires 2022
I grew up in Topeka after moving here with my family in 1969. I have two lovely daughters, Maddie and Morgan, and one son-in-law, Cody, plus my current fur-baby, Beckham that some of you may have seen me walking with. I enjoy a variety of pastimes and activities, that include home renovation, reading, sewing, crocheting and jigsaw puzzles, to name a few. I retired in 2016 after spending the majority of my career working for the State of Kansas and for several agencies. I spent the last 26 years with the Department of Administration where I worked on their Employee HR and Payroll system and retired as the Deputy Director of the Office of Systems Management where I oversaw the IT staff for the HR/Payroll and Accounting Management Systems. I moved to Pepper Tree in June of 2017 and am thrilled to be here. I decided to volunteer for the board as I believe it is important to be involved with your neighbors and neighborhood. I’m dedicated to holding our property values up by keeping Pepper Tree Park a desirable place to live. |
|
|
Bonnie Carroll, Vice-President - Term Expires 2023
|
|
Lyle Squires, Secretary - Term Expires 2023 - Lyle Squires has been a resident of Pepper Tree Park for over 15 years. He has served two terms on the PTP Board, four as president.
Lyle is from Abilene, married to Sara, and they have four children and three grandchildren. Lyle retired from Federal Express as a Branch Manager. Sara & Lyle currently own two janitorial franchises, one in Topeka and one in Lenexa. They employ over 60 employees. Lyle believes that the board should strive to make PTP a very desirable place to live while maintaining the current HOA fee with no special assessments. |
|
|
Paula Anders, Treasurer - Term expires 2024 - Noble grew up in Winfield, Kansas and received a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University in 1963. Noble completed a variety of courses from Rockburst College, Central Missouri State University, and the University of Kansas. Before retiring from the Kansas Department of Transportation in 2005, he taught school in Birmingham, Alabama, held a variety of positions in New York City, worked for the Missouri Division of Employment Security, and the US Department of Labor. He moved to Topeka in 1980 when he took a position with the Kansas Department of Human Resources.
Noble moved to Pepper Tree Park in 2008 after marrying his wife Jan Keeler who is a retired minister. Shortly after moving to Pepper Tree he started maintaining our swimming pool and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2015. Among his interests in the park are to help see that the infrastructure is well maintained with available resources and that we have community of friends who look after the interests of one another. He and Jan share six grandchildren who live in Kansas and they enjoy volunteering at Pepper Tree and First Christian Church. They continue to make progress with their travel bucket list. |
Kathy Duncan, Director - Term expires 2024 - I mentioned to my 22-year-old granddaughter Tessa that I was going to apply for a spot on the Pepper Tree Board of Directors. "Good," She said, "You can help make sure this place and the Clubhouse keep looking good." Tessa was raised at Pepper Tree. For nearly 25 years the Duncan family has celebrated birthdays, high school and college graduations, held wedding and baby showers, hosted civic gatherings and family reunions at the Clubhouse. Tessa learned to ride a bike and I have had some of the best mother-son talks while walking our dogs and sitting on benches beside our ponds. The Pepper Tree neighborhood community is home. The Clubhouse, trees, ponds, sidewalks and pool combine to provide us the amenities and atmosphere which makes our development special to us. However, with this comes the responsibility of maintenance and vision to meet the needs of the present and future. I have lived here long enough to see many changes and improvements.
The transition of shake shingles to steel roofs, the rehabilitation of our ponds, exterior fence installation, establishment of a tree fund along with the painting and fence replacements, etc. Our infrastructure is aging and in order to maintain the present and provide for the future I know there must be elements of good planning, study and communication with each other, Unfortunately, infrastructure plans and implementation come with a fiscal note which will also require planning and study.
I have been a resident of Topeka for most of my life and attended McEachron, Jardine and Topeka West. After attending the University of Kansas, I married Tuck who was completing law school at Washburn University and we have been in Topeka ever since. I have had the privilege of serving on numerous community Boards and volunteer in several Topeka organizations currently.
I have not been able to participate in many of the outside volunteer opportunities at Pepper Tree. I thank all of you who work to make Pepper Tree look so attractive and clean. I would like to be a part of the present and future of Pepper Tree by contributing my efforts on the Pepper Tree Board.
The transition of shake shingles to steel roofs, the rehabilitation of our ponds, exterior fence installation, establishment of a tree fund along with the painting and fence replacements, etc. Our infrastructure is aging and in order to maintain the present and provide for the future I know there must be elements of good planning, study and communication with each other, Unfortunately, infrastructure plans and implementation come with a fiscal note which will also require planning and study.
I have been a resident of Topeka for most of my life and attended McEachron, Jardine and Topeka West. After attending the University of Kansas, I married Tuck who was completing law school at Washburn University and we have been in Topeka ever since. I have had the privilege of serving on numerous community Boards and volunteer in several Topeka organizations currently.
I have not been able to participate in many of the outside volunteer opportunities at Pepper Tree. I thank all of you who work to make Pepper Tree look so attractive and clean. I would like to be a part of the present and future of Pepper Tree by contributing my efforts on the Pepper Tree Board.
|
Connie Wood, Director - Term expires 2022 - I was raised in the small but active town of Lindsborg, Kansas. I attended Bethany College for 2 years and then continued my education at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City and became a registered nurse. I have worked and lived in small cities as Lindsborg and large cities and hospitals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Kansas City, Missouri. I moved to Topeka with my family many years ago...raised 3 children here and now have 10 wonderful grand children. I became an active member of the Topeka community by becoming involved with activities at Westminister Presbyterian Church, Topeka Symphony and other organizations. I continued with my career after my children began to grow up. I became a member of the first hospice team in Topeka and then moved to Stormont Vail Health Care eight years later to start a program for older adults, "HealthWise 55".
I became a widow too many years ago but continued my life with children, friends and career. Sixteen years ago I was looking to make a move from taking complete care of my property and began my search. I moved to Pepper Tree because of friends who lived here, the pool and the relaxing surroundings. I have made many new friends since my move. As a member of the Pepper Tree Board of Directors I want to continue my experience of our community as a great place to live, enjoy friends and neighbors and maintain the beauty of Pepper Tree Park. |
|
For a roster of PTP board members from 2004 to present click here.