Monrovia Community Services Chair Gloria Crudgington was recognized by the California

Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS) District 13 for her service to the Monrovia community for

her work on the Monrovia Hillside Preserve. Crudgington has served Monrovia for many years, but this recognition specifically recognizes the 14 years of service and leadership in developing the Monrovia Hillside Wilderness Preserve.

 

The California Park & Recreation Society's Awards Program recognizes the outstanding achievements of agencies and individuals in the areas of community improvements and programming, facility design and park planning; marketing and communications; and professional and citizen leadership. As an award winner, Crudgington will be featured in the Spring Issue of Parks and Recreation and on the CPRS website at www.cprs.org.

 

Crudgington was appointed to the Monrovia Community Services Commission in 2003 and has served as Chair of that commission. Her efforts over the past 14 years have resulted in the preservation of critical open space in LA County which opened in 2013. She and her husband Cleve have also received the Monrovia Chamber of Commerce’s Iris Award in 2003 for their work on the Foothills.

ABOUT GLORIA

Education:

BA in Psychology, Vassar College

MA in Marriage & Family Therapy, Phillips Graduate Institute

 

Business Experience:

  • 1972-1977 Sears, Roebuck & Co., Buyer, New York, NY
  • 1977-1982 Division Manager, Campus Casuals, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1982-1984 Agent, Residential Income Property, Danrox Properties, Montrose, CA
  • 1984-2013 Marriage  Family Therapist in Private Practice, Pasadena, Monrovia
  • 1977-present Owner/Manager, Myrtle Court Apartments

 

Community Involvement:

  • Co-Chair, Yes on Measures A & B Committee (to Save Our Foothills), 2000
  • Monrovia Historic Preservation Group Board Member & Activist, 1997-present
  • Monrovia Provider’s Group, (Regional Senior services providers) 2005-present
  • Santa Anita Family Service, Board Member, 2011-2015
  • Chair, Military Program Advisory Committee, Santa Anita Family Service
  • Congresswoman Napolitano’s Mental Health Consortium, Veteran’s Sub-Committee
  • Library Construction Oversight Committee
  • Post Office Bear Mural Restoration and USPS contract negotiation (mural now on display in the Monrovia Library
  • Community Wildfire Protection Plan Committee
  • Art in Public Places Committee
  • Volunteer Workshop leader (on relationships and teen suicide), GIRL POWER
  • Volunteer Workshop Leader, Monrovia/Duarte Youth Summit
  • Past Chamber of Commerce Member

 

Elected Positions:

City of Monrovia Council Member 2015 - 2020

  • Represents Monrovia on the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) Water Policy Committee
  • Represents Monrovia on the Rio Hondo Watershed Oversight Committee for Safe, Clean Water (Measure W)
  • Liaison to the Historic Preservation Commission
  • Past Liaison to the Community Services Commission, Planning Commission, Wilderness Preserve Foundation.

 

Appointed Positions:

Chairperson, Wilderness Preserve Steering Committee, 2000-2003

  • Lobbied Sacramento for foothill funds as Measure A & B’s grass roots leader
  • Member, Negotiating Team

Community Services Commissioner, 2003-present, past Chairperson

  • Major projects: Wilderness Preserve/Canyon Park Resource Management Plan, Julian Fisher Park Playground Equipment, Wilderness Preserve Foundation

 

Awards:

  • Monrovia Chamber of Commerce Iris Award (Citizen of the year), 2003
  • California Parks & Recreation Society (CPRS) District 13 award for 14 years of service and leadership in preserving our hillsides, 2014
  • California Parks & Recreation Society (CPRS) Statewide Presidents Award 2016 for 14 years of leadership in preservation