CEO named
Hermosan Jennifer Oliver has been appointed president and CEO of South Bay Credit Union.
Oliver has more than two decades of professional credit union experience and recently served as president and CEO of Los Angeles-based California Bear Credit Union.
“Ms. Oliver brings an extensive base of strategic knowledge and leadership experience to South Bay Credit Union, along with a unique understanding of the credit union industry,” said Jerry Gaines, board chairman of South Bay Credit Union.
Oliver holds a master’s degree in business administration and has served in various volunteer capacities throughout her career, including the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation, L.A. Foodbank, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Children’s Miracle Network.
She lives with her husband and two children in Hermosa Beach.
Santa photos
The Gum Tree boutique and café, 238 Pier Ave., will be more like a Christmas Tree on Thursday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 5 when Santa visits to take pictures with the kids, benefitting the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation.
Prints and digital files will be $20, and the hot cocoa will be free. Every penny goes to the Foundation.
Victoria O’Leary (photographybyvictoria.com) will be Santa’s photographer 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Lauren Pressey (www.laurenpressy.com) will take over 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Boogaloo for birds
An event 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 at Café Boogaloo, 1238 Hermosa Ave. will benefit International Bird Rescue Research Center (www.ibrrc.org) in San Pedro.
The center rehabs injured wildlife, often pelicans and gulls from this area, and responds to international ecological crises like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
A $10 donation includes entry into a bar-wide game of Go Fish to meet new people and compete for a prize. Football will be on the box, and a silent auction will feature gifts donated by local businesses.
Rotary party
A Hermosa Beach Rotary holiday party will be 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at the clubhouse at the southern tip of Hermosa Valley Park, Gould Avenue and Valley Drive.
Donation is $30, and the evening features hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert, a no-host bar, a live auction and 50-50 raffle.
RSVP to Barbara Clark at 310-989-3655 or 310-376-0951. ER
