Ann Banks:
CLASS OF 1962
Jarvis Collegiate InstituteClass of 1962
Toronto, ON
Rose Avenue SchoolClass of 1957
Toronto, ON
Lord Dufferin Public SchoolClass of 1957
Toronto, ON
Ann's Story
Life
Ann Banks
nee: Betty Ann Mason
JCI Class of Â62
Ann was born in Toronto, Canada where she began a 20 year career working with children. Her positions included kindergarten teacher, school psychologist, and art therapist. While employed as an art therapist, Ann worked with disturbed adolescents in a residential treatment centre in downtown Toronto.
Ann moved to Beverly Hills in 1980 where her focus shifted to work with developmentally disabled young people. Ann taught Living Skills at Beverly Hills High School and conducted a weekly Group Therapy session for these young people.
Volunteer work has always held an important role in AnnÂs life. During her 20 years living in Beverly Hills she was an acknowledged Community Activist. Her volunteer history includes an appointment as RP Commissioner to the Beverly Hills Unified School District. She was elected to the School Site Council and was appointed to, and served on, the Board of the Beverly Hills Education Foundation. Along with this, Ann served in numerous positions with the Beverly Hills PTA and PTA Council. Ann was awarded the prestigious Honorary Service Award by the State of California PTA. For many years Ann was a member of the Friends Boards of the Los Angeles Free Clinic, the fundraising arm of the Clinic. She also served on the Board of the LawyerÂs Wives of Beverly Hills, the Amie Karen Cancer Research Board, the Sisterhood Board of University Synagogue, the Board of Beverly Hills Hadassah -Tikvah Group, and the Beverly Hills AYSO Boar...Expand for more
d. After a 17 year absence of scouting in Beverly Hills, Ann Banks along with three other parents, brought scouting back to the community. Ann then held the position of Assistant Club Master and also was the leader of two Cub Scout dens.
Ann is currently the Vice President of TEEN LINE, which is the center for the study of young people in groups through Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA. In 2001 Ann was presented with the first ever TEEN LINE Service Award.
Between 1992 and 2001 Ann was the Director of Membership at Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California. By 2001 Ann had successfully sold all of the available memberships, making MCC a Âclosed and desired Club.
Between 2001 and 2004 Ann relocated to upstate NY. While there she sat on the Board of the Chenango County Council of the Arts and the Board of the Chenango County Hospital, WomenÂs Auxiliary.
Ann returned to California in 2004, purchased a home on the course at Wood Ranch Country Club, and accepted the position of Director of Member Services at Calabasas Country Club. Ann has three children, a son Drew, who is living and working on a Kibbutz in Israel; a son James, who graduated pre-med from UC Berkeley; and, a daughter, Ashli, who lives in Thousand Oaks with her husband Dr. Eric Shapiro and their two young daughters, Ainsley and Jacquelyn. Apart from travel, for pleasure, Ann enjoys fishing and outdoor activities; she is an avid reader and is a member of two book clubs. As for Âthe game of golf Â
Ann remains ever hopeful!
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