Curt B. Campbell, President

Curt is a recently retired consulting scientist and charter member of the FOL SFBA group. He first learned about L’Arche through his wife, Marie. They have visited several L’Arche communities in France and the US and have been inspired by their inclusive, caring, faith-based vision. They live with their two sons, Eric (Downs) and Philippe, in the East Bay.

Dr. Lori Spampinato, Treasurer

Dr. Lori Spampinato joined the L’Arche community in 2020. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in assessment for developmental delay and autism in young children. She has more than 20 years of experience. Lori has one adult son and two adult stepchildren with one step-granddaughter. She enjoys church acvities, prayer, pilgrimages, singing and being a lector. She has served on a board twice. Once for the Santa Cruz Community Credit Union in 1983-84 and more recently from 1999 to 2004 for the East Bay Agency for Children. She is an avid open-water swimmer, hiker and gourmet cook.

Mary Frances Michaels, Secretary

Mary Fran is a designer and artist whose studio, The Flo Room, strives to “add joy to functionality” through design solutions and creative endeavors. In her current position as a Design Consultant and Visual Strategist, Mary Fran specializes in interior and architectural renovations for affordable housing in the Bay Area. She has previously served on the board of the School of Applied Theology. She has a degree in Interior Architecture from Northern Illinois University and a Masters in Narrative Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. Having been aware of l’Arche for many years, she and her husband, Jim, and her stepson, Chris, joined the Bay Area community in late 2019, especially appreciating their ethos of people with and without disabilities sharing life together. She had the profound gift of meeting Chris in 2002 as a teenager with Down Syndrome. Getting to know him–and his peers–over the years has been and continues to be a joy.

Greg Whillmore

I worked with adults with physical and mental disabilities for over 16 years as a care giver and teacher. I have worked with SPRED for 3 years a ministry in my church that serves persons with disabilities . I am a secular Franciscan and am active at Holy Spirit/ Newman Center in Berkeley. I am 75 years old and retired.

Laura Noviello

~ In Memory of Vincent Lefebvre ~

Vincent passed away unexpectedly in May 2020. We miss him terribly.

Vincent, in the blue shirt, first heard from L’Arche through his brother and sister-in-law, who are involved helping a community in France. Inspired by their example and Jean Vanier’s ideas for integrated communities, he has discovered our community a warm and caring group of people sharing these ideas and the many gifts that people with intellectual disabilities contribute to others around them.