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Adopt Resolution honoring Daryl Griffith as 2012 Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Woman of the Year (Supervisor Potter)
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WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith has devoted her skills, time and energy as a long time community volunteer and is being honored as the 2012 Woman of the Year by Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, spent her life growing up in Cape Cod, Mexico and Puerto Pico; and
WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith attended boarding school in Massachusetts, Rollins College in Florida and American University in Washington D.C. followed by a fourteen year career in the airline industry with Eastern Airlines; and
WHEREAS, in 1980, Daryl Griffith and her husband Peter, owned and operated the oldest and largest real estate firm on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Holiday Homes of St. John, as well as St. John Insurance Agency; and
WHEREAS, in 1994 Daryl Griffith moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband where they began breeding quarter horses; and
WHEREAS, influenced by her mother, an artist, and her father, a musician, Daryl Griffith counts creativity and her love of music as true blessings in her life; and
WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith designed and painted furniture that was sold in her art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico and also operated her own catering company; and
WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith visited San Francisco and Carmel in the 70’s and returned many times over the years. In the late 90’s she was ready for another adventure and felt the allure of the Pacific Coast beckoning her to head west; and
WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith currently resides in Pacific Grove and lends her talents to the Pebble Beach Company as the Director of Catering at the Lodge at Pebble Beach; and
WHEREAS, Daryl Griffith serves on various boards and committees including; The American Institute of Food and Wine Board of Directors, Les Dames d’Escoffier Board of Directors and Les Toques Blanches...
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