Founded in 1881, the first President of the Eureka Valley Promotion Association was Behrend Joost, known in the neighborhood as the "Father of Southwest San Francisco" and "Grand Old Man of Twin Peaks.".
Here is a list of EVPA/EVNA presidents since our founding in 1881, a few missing will require some innovative research:
EVNA Presidents
1881 | Behrrend Joost | 1930-34 | Manuel F. Sylva | |
1882 | Horace Souther | 1936-37 | L.D. Bolger | |
1883 | J.L. Luty | 1938-39 | Dr. Glen P. Vincent | |
1884 | J.J. McMahon | 1940 | Ross T. Shoaf | |
1885 | M.S. Osterhoudt | 1941 | Charles T. Backus | |
1886 | W.E. Stevens | 1942-47 | Mrs L.R. Pownell | |
1887 | Samuel Theodore | 1948-49 | E.M. Gaffney | |
1888 | E. McKnew | 1950 | George S. Hill | |
1889 | W.C. Grace | 1951 | Burton J. Pacioretty | |
1890 | C. Mibach | 1952 | Willard W. Grundel | |
1891 | M.V. Stevens | 1953-54 | Albert J. Schomacker | |
1892 | C.W. Adams | 1955 | Ross T. Shoaf | |
1893 | James Whittaker | 1956-57 | Burton J. Pacioretty | |
1894-95 | W. Denvir | 1958-59 | Ross T. Shoaf | |
1896-99 | J.J. McDonald | 1960 | Burton J. Pacioretty |
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1900 | W.J. Cuthbertson | 1961-62 | Ross T. Shoaf | |
1901-02 | Hon. W.L. Coles | 1962-63 | Mario Spagna | |
1903-04 | R.C. Clark | 1971 | David Leash | |
1905 | Hamilton J. Riggins | 1975 | Sue Hestor | |
1906 | R.H. Plant | 1979 | Lee Mentley | |
1907 | Dr T.X. Sullivan | 1988 | Richard Lesnick | |
1908 | Nick Morrissey | 1989-91 | David Johnson | |
1909 | Eugene Wormell | 1992 | Rachel Heyman | |
1910 | Henry Becker | 1993-96 | Mike Klinkenberg | |
1911 | Dr T.X. Sullivan | 1997 | Rachel Heyman | |
1912 | W.B. Bush | 1998-01 | Lion Barnett | |
1913 | Chas. K. Blender | 2002-03 | Gustavo Serina | |
1914 | Frank Schafer | 2004 | Joe Foster | |
1915 | Louis Peterson | 2005 | Adam Hagen | |
1916-21 | Henry Becker | 2006-07 | Frank Weiss | |
1922 | Leo Hass | 2008 | Steve Clark Hall | |
1923 | Dr. M.J. McGranaghan | 2009 | Scott Wiener | |
1924 | Lou L. Lobree | 2010-15 | Alan Beach-Nelson | |
1925-27 | Henry Becker | 2016-17 | Crispin Hollings | |
1928 | P.M. Shoaf | 2018-19 | Mark McHale | |
1929 | A.J. Bullerdieck |