A North Falmouth resident and a long-time LWV member, she has been President, First Vice-President, Treasurer, and Bulletin Editor. She also served as LWVMA Treasurer for two years. She also serves as webmaster.

MISTY NIEMEYER, MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR 

Misty is one of the newest members of the board . She is a biologist who works for a local non-profit organization and has a passion for environmental and marine conservation. She moved to Falmouth 15 years ago from the west coast and has since become involved in many aspects of local community work in Falmouth, including being a co-founder and member of the leadership for Engage Falmouth allowing her to work on variety of local issues.  She serves as the liaison between the two organizations and serves on the Falmouth LWV voter services committee, as the two organizations collaborate to get out the vote and educate local voters, allowing them to make informed choices and encourage them to get more involved in their community.

MEGHAN PALANZA, OBSERVER CORPS CHAIR

JUDY ZISS, LEGISLATIVE & CIVICS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR

Judy is a lawyer who was born in the Bronx, grew up on a poultry farm in a small Connecticut town, and lived in New Jersey, New York and Wellesley before moving to Falmouth. She started her legal career in the U.S. Department of Justice and later was associated with a firm in Boston.  Now retired, Judy is active in grass roots politics and once helped establish a group called Prevent Foreclosures Cape Cod. In the Falmouth League, she is our Legislative Committee Chair and also serves on our Civics Committee, a recently-formed group which acts as a resource for the Falmouth Schools as they implement the new state civics education law

FELICIA BORDICK, VOTER SERVICE CO-CHAIR

 Felicia and China Mapp will co-chair the Voter Service Committee. After retirement from a 30 year career, five years in social work and 25 years as an elementary teacher, I had more time to pursue my love of reading, writing, sailing, stargazing, and especially political advocacy. For ten years I wrote a monthly column entitled Kitchen Table Time for the community newspaper. With teacher friends I authored two handbooks, one for parents, Recipes for School Success, and for grandparents, Gigaboomer’s Guide to Gigs. I started a book club for retired teachers and left it behind in new hands when my husband and I moved to Falmouth last year. In 2016 I channeled my concerns for our democracy by starting a grassroots’ group, Bethlehem Morning Voice Huddle, registered with the Women’s March and then with Indivisible. I wrote LTEs to voice my concerns. And by 2018, I decided to focus strictly on getting out the vote. With like-minded advocates, I started a google group of volunteers, WeGOTV, starting with 60 volunteers and obtaining funding from Indivisible Grow Grants. Today the group has 276 volunteers. The work of the Huddle and WeGOTV continues under new guidance in Albany, NY. With all the turmoil permeating our peacefulness in recent years, I find solace in the order and continuity of observing the night sky and in the power of the wind and smell of the salt air when sailing. I am particularly grateful to serve the LWV, an organization representing what matters most in a citizen’s voice, the right to vote.

MARY FRAN BUCKLEY, COMMUNICATIONS CO-CHAIR & BULLETIN CO-EDITOR

Before moving from Washington, D.C. to Falmouth in 2007, Mary Fran’s career was in publishing, in particular as the editor for association monthly magazines. She also served as the director of communications at a private girls school in Washington, D.C. Mary Fran joined the staff of Eight Cousins Bookstore in May 2007 and worked there until her retirement on December 31, 2020; her last six years at Eight Cousins were as a co-owner.  In joining the Falmouth League of Women Voters, Mary Fran follows in the footsteps of her mother, Fran Weiffenbach, an active League member and voting rights activist.

EILEEN MATTINGLY, COMMUNICATIONS CO-CHAIR & BULLETIN CO-EDITOR

 Eileen was a classroom teacher (middle school through college) in Falmouth, the Philippines, New York City, and Maryland for over 30 years. She has a B.A. in International Studies from Georgetown University and M.A. degrees from St. John’s University and the Johns Hopkins University. Eileen has been a curriculum consultant for PBS, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Learning. She served as Director of World Wise Schools, the National Peace Corps’ K-12 program on cross-cultural education, and was founding principal of an independent high school focusing on global studies near Annapolis, Maryland. She is now a consultant for Journeys in Film, a non-profit organization committed to designing interdisciplinary cross-cultural curriculum to help students understand and appreciate people from other cultures.

KAREN EPSTEIN, DIRECTOR AT-LARGE

DON GIBBONS, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING COMMITTEE CHAIR

Don moved to Falmouth in 2017 while his husband was working at the cancer center on the Vineyard. While earning a degree in developmental biology he quickly decided he preferred the writing table to the lab bench. He has spent his career explaining scientific advances to the public at one of the first consumer science magazines, SciQuest, to physicians as editor in chief of Medical World News, and to broader audiences as head of communications at Stanford School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, where as Associate Dean for Public Affairs his duties included lobbing congress for research funding. As the first openly gay dean at the school he worked on multiple diversity committees and initiatives. He later served as chief communication officer at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and currently conducts communication consulting for biotech companies—and walks his beagles on our beaches.

He joined the League last year because of a long-term interest in voting rights and stopping voter suppression.

BRUCE WOODIN, DIRECTOR AT-LARGE

Originally from Texas, I retired in 2012 after a 33 year career in the Biology department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studying the effects of pollutants on the expression of detoxifying systems in aquatic organisms in the environment, ranging from fish to whales. I was involved with studies of the PCB pollution of the Acushnet River in New Bedford, as well as the post spill effects of the Exxon Valdez.  In my final years, our lab focus shifted to using zebrafish embryos to examine these effects on gene expression during development.  For many years, I also had a side career as a singer/entertainer, until a surgical error during a cervical disc fusion paralyzed my right vocal cord.  My wife and I raised two children in Falmouth, and have a great appreciation for the quality of life in this community.  I worry about the effects that the shortage and cost of housing will have on our work force, and also about the long term damage that climate change will have on our coastal community.

         My activities in retirement include sailing our 1977 Pearson 28, fishing, kayaking, playing guitar with a Celtic music group, traveling extensively, knitting, and spending time with my grandchildren.   I am also a Pond Watcher for West Falmouth Harbor.

JANICE ROOK, DIRECTOR AT-LARGE

Janice Rook is a new member of the LWVF Board.  She is a graduate of Northeastern University and has a Masters Degree in Urban Education.  Jan was a teacher/administrator in the Boston Public Schools for 34 years before moving full time to the Cape.  She is committed to working for Voting Rights and Equity for ALL.

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 PENNY DUBY, FACEBOOK EDITOR

Penny serves as the coordinator for Facebook outreach to members and the community.  This augments our website as a means to interact, share photos /videos and provide updates on news from Leagues at the national, state and regional levels in a close to real time available format. 

CHINNA D. MAPP, VOTER SERVICE CO-CHAIR

Chinna is committed to equity and leaving people, places and things better than she finds them. She has served as both a board and steering member as well as the inaugural chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging committee. She will return to serve as Co-Chair of the Voter Services Committee. A former classroom teacher, she is very passionate about Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

LYNNE ROZSA, FCTV REPRESENTATIVE

Lynne has been a resident of Falmouth for fifteen years   Shie is the League's Falmouth Community Television representative. She is an active volunteer: Falmouth Service Center, Falmouth Eats Together, WE CAN, Belonging to Each Other, Falmouth Jewish Congregation, and Litter Free Falmouth are currently the organizations that keep her busy.

GAYLE SIMUNDZA, WEB ADMINISRATOR

Gayle is originally from the Chicago area but has lived in Falmouth since 1988.  She and her husband raised two children in town.  Prior to her retirement, she was a manager at the CLAMS library network.  In addition to editing the LWVF website, Gayle is the Roster Manager for the local league. She also volunteers with the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program.