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About Us

Pacific South Judging Region

The Pacific South (PAC South) Judging Region was first established in 1955. We normally judge monthly at four centers within our region: San Marino, San Diego, Long Beach, and Santa Barbara. We also provide judging services for shows over the entire Southern California area, Arizona, and Southern Nevada, and outreach judging to orchid societies that would like to have a judging during their meeting, upon request. Check our Judging Centers and Events sections for the most up-to-date information on judgings.

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A Message from
our region Chair

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Hi! I am Phyllis Prestia, Chair of the Pacific South Judging Region. I would like to personally welcome you to a place that I have called home for decades. We invite you to join us at our next judging whether it may be exhibiting a plant or learning how to become a judge. Our doors are open to all. As we always say, "Come for the orchids, stay for the friends". We hope to see you soon!

Phyllis S. Prestia

Pacific South Judging Region Chair
E-Mail: orchldy2@mac.com

Pacific South
Judging Center Chairs

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Peter T. Lin

Pacific South Judging Region Vice-Chair

Yorba Linda Judging Center Chair
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: minicatt99@yahoo.com

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Phyllis S. Prestia

San Diego Judging Center Chair
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: orchldy2@mac.com

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Jim Sloniker

Santa Barbara Judging Center
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: jimorchid@aol.com

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Michelle Dobard

San Marino Judging Center Chair
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: auberginego@gmail.com

Pacific South Judging Center Vice-Chairs, Officers and Directors

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Arthur Pinkers

Santa Barbara Judging Center Vice-Chair
Yorba Linda Judging Center Vice-Chair
Director of Awards

Attendance Officer
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: arthur.pinkers@gmail.com

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Betty Kelepecz

San Diego Judging Center Vice-Chair
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: bettypk@aol.com

Brandon Tam

San Marino Judging Center Vice-Chair

Director of Community Services
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: btam@huntington.org

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Karla Velasco

Secretary

San Diego Judging Center Vice-Chair (Arizona)
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: karlaavelasco@gmail.com

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Donna Ballard

Treasurer
Member of Executive Committee

E-Mail: donnalballard2@gmail.com

Pacific South Members

Accredited Judges
Donna Ballard

Lisa Marie Basilio

Carol Beule

Gayle Brodie

Linden Burzell

Fred Clarke

Cindy Coty

Tim Culbertson

Michelle Dobard

Norman Fang

Betty Kelepecz

Marlyn Lee

Peter T. Lin

Arthur Pinkers

Phyllis Prestia

Lori Rheinberger

Jim Sloniker

Rina Soto

Bev Tall

Brandon Tam

Karla Velasco

Outhay Viengkhou

Baozhong (Jack) Zhu

Associate Judges

Josephine (Jojo) deBeaubien

Jose Carlos Lopez

Kenneth Snauwaert

James Roberts

Emeritus Judges

Roger Brown

Paul Gripp

George Hatfield

Karen Muir

Senior Judges

Bryce Augustine

Nancy Augustine

George Cooper

Maureen Cooper

Thamina Haque

Howard Liebman

Dory Mowlavi

Doug Overstreet

Renate Schmidt

Sandra Tillisch-Svoboda

Ann Tuskes

Paul Tuskes

Student Judges

John Alexander

Mukund (Mike) Arwari

Tom Beer

Jane Wesley Brooks

Jason Gomez

Gail Kronick

William (Bill) Loy

William (Bill) Tse

Clerks

Kevin Chen

Jenifer Chungafung

Kevin Dubiel

Erik De Leon

Kaiju Lyu

Veronica Mejia

Brayden Myers

Sheewa Salehi

Mandy Sun

Retired Judges

Benzo, David
Champlin, Stephen
Kotsybar, Jim
Mortenson, Robert
Tatum, James
Wise, Edwin

Photographers

Maddiel Alpizar

Jeanie Anderson

Kevin Dubiel

Arthur Pinkers

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