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LWVLAC Voter Newsletter
LWVLAC Voter Newsletter

Board Members & Consultants

Margo Reeg
Co-President

 Margo Reeg, Co-President, has been a member of the League of Women Voters.

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Fatima Malik
Vice President | Action & Advocacy Chair

Fatima Malik is a Los Angeles civic and policy leader whose work includes government accountability, voting rights, criminal justice reform, environmental equity, public participation, government transparency, and public safety policy. Fatima develops policy positions, advocacy strategies, and formal communications to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff’s Department, and other county agencies, and works with public officials and community partners on countywide policy and governance issues.

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Caroline De Llamas
Secretary

Caroline De Llamas currently serves as Secretary for the County League and the State League.  Caroline has been a member of the League of Women Voters since 1968.

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Karen Carrey
Treasurer

Karen Carrey has been a member of the board and served as Treasurer since 2020.

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Martha Zavala
Director

Martha Y. Zavala has been on the Board of Directors since 2022 and serves on the board of the LWV Pasadena with a focus in voter outreach and service. 

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Kathy Kunysz
Director

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Teri Neustaedter
Director

Homelessness and Housing (Chair)

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Grace Peng
Director

Dr Grace Peng is the Natural Resources chair for LWV LAC ILO.

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Nancy Mahr
Consultant

Nancy Mahr, League Consultant, has been a League member for over 40 years.

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Margo Reeg

President

Margo Reeg has been a member of the League of Women Voters for more than 50 years and has held League leadership roles since 1979, including several terms as President of the Whittier League. She later served as President of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County from 2004 to 2006 and has held major voter service and voting-rights responsibilities at the local, county, and state levels.

Her commitment to elections and voting rights deepened after attending the League of Women Voters of the United States Motor Voter conference in 1995. From 1995 to 1999, she served as Government Director on the League of Women Voters of California board, working on voting rights and campaign finance reform. Since 2007, she has served as a consultant to the California League on voting rights, analyzing legislation affecting elections and access to the vote.

Margo has played a central role in Los Angeles County voter service for decades. Her work has included producing the League’s Voter Guide, presenting Ballot Briefings, conducting judicial forums and interviews, and helping voters understand elections through trusted, nonpartisan information. She has also served on the Election Systems Study Committee and continues to support the League’s voter education work, including its current VOTE411 program.

Her election-administration experience includes membership on the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Community Voter Outreach Committee, service as an inspector at early-voting and regular polling locations, and participation in the County’s Voting Systems Assessment Project, which helped inform the development of Los Angeles County’s modern voting system. Her work has also included redistricting, fair representation, public participation, and the integrity and accessibility of election systems.

Picture of Fatima Malik, Vice President of the League of Women Voters.

Fatima Malik

Vice President | Action and Advocacy Chair, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County

Fatima Malik is a Los Angeles civic and policy leader whose work includes government accountability, voting rights, criminal justice reform, environmental equity, public participation, government transparency, and public safety policy. As Vice President and Action & Advocacy Chair of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County, she develops policy positions, advocacy strategies, and formal communications to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff’s Department, and other county agencies, and works with public officials and community partners on countywide policy and governance issues.

A League member since 2008, Fatima has served in League leadership since 2010 and on the Los Angeles County board since 2014. She previously served as President of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County from 2019 to 2022 and as Communications Director for the League of Women Voters of California.

Professionally, Fatima is a Los Angeles real estate advisor and strategist with more than a decade of experience serving clients across Greater Los Angeles. Her work spans residential and income-producing real estate and combines market analysis, negotiation, design, technology, and regulatory knowledge to help clients navigate complex decisions. Earlier in her career, she spent nearly six years in regulatory compliance at a global investment management firm, specializing in risk management, regulatory filings, and insider-trading prevention. Her background also includes interior architectural design, sustainable development, and advanced study in artificial intelligence and machine learning for business applications.

Beyond the League, Fatima serves as President of the Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Women’s Advisory Board. She also serves in REALTOR® professional standards through Greater Los Angeles REALTORS® and California Association of REALTORS® hearing panels, contributing to ethics, due process, and professional accountability within the real estate industry.

Fatima is also a writer whose work often explores memory, intimacy, power, and people navigating difficult choices under pressure. Her writing has been recognized by the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and NYC Midnight.

Caroline De Llamas

Secretary

At the state and county levels, Caroline currently serves as Secretary, and is a member of the Executive Committee. She is also the Southern Coordinator of the LWVC Local League Coaches Program (LLCs), and the LLC for several local Leagues. She chaired the 2013-2015 LWVC Nominating Committee, and served on the Board of Directors from 2009-2013.

Caroline has enjoyed continuous LWV membership in various California Leagues since initially joining the LWV Tulare County in 1968. She currently serves as President of the LWV East San Gabriel Valley and on the Los Angeles County ILO Board of Directors.

At the national level, Caroline joined the LWVUS Shur Fellow Program, and served from 2015 through 2018. She previously participated in the LWVUS MRI Program (known as MGIK in CA) as a coach to five California local Leagues.

A retired Professional City Clerk/Treasurer, she is a past president of the City Clerks Association of California and holds membership in various professional organizations, including the National Association of Parliamentarians.

Karen Carrey

Treasurer

Karen Carrey joined the LWVLAC board as treasurer 2½ years ago. She has been a member of the LWV of Santa Monica for 25 years and currently serves as their treasurer as well. She has served in various roles for LWV of Santa Monica, including president and secretary.

 She has served in many volunteer roles in her community since 1985, with the most served in numerous capacities with the PTA for Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and 33rd District. Karen has a BA in Sociology and MA in Occupational Therapy and currently works as a pediatric occupational therapist.

Martha Zavala

Director

Martha Y. Zavala has been on the Board of Directors since 2022 and serves on the board of the LWV Pasadena with a focus in voter outreach and service. Martha has a degree in History at Cal Poly Pomona. Ms. Zavala retired from Los Angeles County after 40 years of service. During her tenure Ms. Zavala helped manage the selection and replacement of the County’s aging financial, purchasing, personnel and payroll systems.

Kathy Kunysz

Director

No information submitted.

Teri Neustaedter

Director

Homelessness and Housing (Chair)

Grace Peng

Director

Dr. Grace Peng, Director, is the Natural Resources chair for the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County. Previously, she worked as a weather and climate analyst for The Aerospace Corporation, an Air Force-sponsored lab, where her duties included calibrating and validating weather satellite data, data life-cycle planning, and data management.

She also worked as a weather and climate data specialist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research where her duties included preparing data used in weather and climate models and helping users from government and industry use data effectively to make optimal decisions. She holds a BA in mathematics and a BS in chemistry from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the U of Colorado, Boulder/the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics. She never stops learning; she spent the covid pandemic data crunching and earned a Specialized Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from UCSD Extension.

Nancy Mahr

Co-President

Nancy Mahr, Co-President, has been a League member for over 40 years, serving for many years on the board of the Palos Verdes Peninsula League. During that time she has served on the LWVC board as Director of Voter Service, on the LWVUS Nominating Committee, and as President of the LWV/LA County board for 8 years. She is also the Legislation Director for the California Board of American Association of University Women. Nancy Mahr earned her BA in Political Science from Occidental College.

 She received a Teaching Credential in Social Studies and English from CSULA and a Certificate in Corporate Communications from CSULB. Nancy taught high school, including two years in Kampala, Uganda, East Africa, through a Columbia University program. From 1984 to 1995, she worked in community and governmental relations for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and the Palos Verdes Library District. In 1996, she became the Public Information Officer for the County of Los Angeles Public Library. Ms. Mahr retired from the County Library in 2007.