Jaime F Castillo
Presidente

Jaime F Castillo
I was born in Guadalajara city 62 years ago, I am a surgeon from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara with a specialty in Orthopedics and Traumatology at the IMSS for 33 years, my public and private professional practice is carried out in Ocotlan city, Jalisco. Currently only private practices since I met retirement requirements at the IMSS 8 years ago, where I held various positions in chiefs of surgery and education for the last 20 years of institutional work. I got to know the world of golf when I came to live in Ocotlan, when I enrolled in the club of the Celanese company, a club that at that time had an exchange of members with the country club of Chapala, so for more than 30 years I knew this beautiful golf course and I always dreamed of becoming a member, as far as I could do it, when I had the opportunity I came to play here with a group of friends. My sports passion is the golf and now that I am a member of the CCC and soon a resident of Vista del Lago also, I am very interested in this club becoming a better golf course every day and if in the future we could grow to 18 holes, to be prepared for doing it, we think in future generations. It is time for us Mexican members to get involved in decisión making for the improvements and proper functioning of our club and of course to make a team up with all members, always thinking about how we can improve our club and enjoy the sport that all passionate us.

Rene W. Debruyn
Vice-Presidente

Was raised in southern California. He worked in aerospace in the research department for ten year’s working on the Apollo and Saturn
space craft that made the trip to the moon After that he joined the army spending one year in Vietnam. Upon returning home he joined an International Digitsonics Corporation in San Francisco, CA. He then joined Xerox for 10 years. moving to Sausalito, CA. He soon became involved in local politics, he joined the Sausalito yacht club and soon became the club Commodore, Rene was one of the founders of the first sister cities with Sacade Japan and was asked to run for the city council. He was elected 1976 to 1980 became the mayor of Sausalito in 1978 to 1980, he was very involved with the Sausalito Art Festival which became the number one art festival west of the rockies. In the following years he became a real estate agent in Marin County managing 27 agents until his retirement. He met his wife Brenda on a golf course and soon married. Trying to figure our the next move, we vacationed in Mexico and fell in love with Ajijic, the people, weather, food, and very soon made the decision to move. We joined Atlas golf club for two years then moved to Chapala golf club at the encouragement of Agustin Roses

Peter Wakeman
Tesorero

Peter Wakeman
My Wife Doris and I moved to Mexico in October 2011 joining the Country club that same month. We have two children a son in Newfoundland and a daughter and two grandchildren in Ontario.
I was born in Ipswich in the UK in 1955 one of four children, where I was educated and did my engineering apprenticeship and became a mechanical design engineer.
I immigrated to Canada in 1981 to work in the growing high-tech industry in Kanata Ontario. Where I started working for Lumonics an industrial Laser company, initially as a Mechanical designer and finishing my tenure after 19 years as the Laser custom systems manager. At Lumonics I met my wife Doris who was also a mechanical designer. I moved on to two other High-tech companies as a project manager running various product developments until moving to Mexico.
My interests are golf, the stock market and woodworking where I make various items in support of my wife’s charitable work.
After being a member and enjoying the club for the passed ten years I feel I need to do my share by supporting and growing the club in whatever manner I can be useful.

Holli McVean
Secretaria

Holli McVean
I have been involved in the legal industry for thirty three years. My last position was as Director of Administration at a law firm in Calgary, Alberta with a total lawyer and staff count of 75. I was at that firm for 8 years and I managed the overall day-to-day business operations of the firm with an eye towards efficiency in Financial Reporting and Records, Human Resources, Operations and Facilities. I was a member of the Executive team as well as other internal committees and consistently brought enthusiasm and a positive outlook to all of my dealings. I am energetic and continually motivated to challenge myself to encourage and support the people around me. I am a champion of continuing education in all forms at all ages. In addition to the above experience I was an active member and director with the Calgary Association of Legal Administrators in a variety of capacities as follows:
Vice President of Memberships and President Elect 2019-2020
Treasurer and Director on the Board 2018- 2019
Vice President of Education 2016-2018
Chairperson – Financial Subsection 2013-2016
Vice President of Education 2003-2006
My full working and professional history are available on LinkedIn.com.
I retired in 2021 from the legal industry after 33 years.

Bill Porteous
Director de Golf

Bill Porteous
I’d like too introduce myself. My name is William Porteous. Most people call me Bill. I was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1958, the middle child of eight.
In 1978 I moved to Calgary, Alberta. After working at various jobs, including the oil rigs and bartender I returned to education and graduated with a BSC in information systems in 1986. I worked in the I.T. profession from 1986 until I entered to private sector in 1993. At that time my sister and I threw caution into the wind and purchased an English style Pub in the heart of Kensington In Calgary. For 22 years I co-owned and operated the very successful Kensington Pub, until my full retirement in 2015.
My wife and I have resided lakeside, both full and part time, since 2003. We have been members of CCC for nine years and feel I now have the knowledge and experience to be a benefit to the board of directors.

Renee Castles
Directora de Casa Club

I am a fine art painter and a cook from San Francisco, CA. I studied Art History and photography at UCSC in Santa Cruz, CA . Later at City College, in San Francisco I began painting which I continue to do today. My back ground in professional cooking began at Home Chef, a retail/cooking school in San Francisco.

At Home Chef I was the kitchen coordinator, tasked with buying all foods and goods for the cooking school and prepping for recipes which were to be taught in the evening classes as well as making those recipes which were to be presented and eaten by the class at the end.

I was then asked to help a pastry chef friend rebuild “the pastry” at Bradley Ogden-s highend restaurant, The Lark Creek Inn, in Marin county, I baked professionally for the next 6 months until we found a new pastry chef.

At this time I was married and living in a beautiful Victorian condo in SF. We had just finished remodeling and decorating when my husband suddenly died, a wrongly diagnosed brain tumor. I sold the condo and moved back to my house in Mill Valley, California.

As I remained serious about painting, I designed and built a studio for that purpose on top of my house. I had several very successful shows there and over the years continued to remodel the lower half of the house all the while painting.

In 2008 I married Vern Castle and we bought beach front property on the West coast of Mexico near San Blas, Nayarit. We designed and built two houses and for ll years spent most winters there. Every second year when we rented a house in Bali for 5 monthswhere we both worked, Vern as a writer and me as a painter. It was an inspirational time for us both.

In 2019 we decided to make Mexico our permanent home. We bought the Mueller house in Vista del Lago. Although beautifully sited, the house, because of its age, needed to be upgraded so we set to work. It needed to be remodeled to fit our needs and after all of our experience designing and remodeling houses in the US and Mexico we were
undaunted!

We moved in November of 2019, joined the Chapala Country Club and started our new, full time Mexico life. Despite the advent of the covid pandemic, we found new friends andnever looked back. I look forward to helping our world class golf course also have a world class club house.

Robert Elwood
Director de Campo de Golf y Plan a Largo Plazo

Robert Elwood
My wife Tina and I moved to Lakeside early in 2018 from the Salt Lake City area. Between us we have five children and three grandchildren. We love our new home, the culture and kindness of the Mexican people, and all that Lakeside has to offer. An important part of that is Country Club de Chapala.

My background is in the corporate world of telecommunications. I spent 30 years selling technology to businesses and eventually leading large sales organizations for companies such at Bell, AT&T, US West and Qwest. Most recently I gained experience in small business. I owned and operated a custom Murphy Bed business.

Tina and I were members of Willow Creek Country Club in Sandy, Utah for over 20 years. During my time there I contributed to our club by serving on the long-range planning committee and the grounds committee. Here at our club I have also been a member of our grounds committee. We are working hard to continually improve the condition and operation of the golf course.

I have decided to run for the board of directors in 2021. I have given it a great deal of thought and believe I can contribute positively to the overall success of Country Club de Chapala. I am confident we can continue to improve our club over time and would appreciate your support.

Rubén Santana
Co-Director de Golf

My name is José Rubén Santana Ochoa, my wife Mónica and I have lived in Chapala for 19 years, we have two children Meggan and Josué, we live in the Mirasol, municipality of Chapala, I am retired from the CFE since 2016.
I am an Industrial Engineer from the University of Guadalajara and I have a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from TEC Milenio. I started my work at CFE in the State of Nayarit where I worked in various positions such as Commercial Agent, Distribution Engineer, later they transferred me to the Vallarta Zone where I was head of the electrical
substations department and later as head of the distribution department of the Vallarta area.
At the beginning of 2004 I was appointed General Superintendent of the Chapala Distribution Zone where I worked until my retirement after 30 years of service to the CFE.
Currently I have a small business of installation and sale of Solar energy equipment. I am a Member of the Chapala Country Club since 2016, and I would like to serve on theBoard for all CCC members, for the benefit of the Chapala Country Club.

David Naisby
Director de Membresias

David Naisby
Barbara and I joined the club in 2014 as refugees from Scotland.
We arrived with 2 sets of beginners golf clubs, 5 suitcases and 2 dogs. We never looked back.
Historically, I was a Dental Surgeon for 37 yrs. I, rather … we, ran a large practice in England for 10 years until we moved to Scotland in 1988 for a better lifestyle. When we decided to retire after 26 years in Scotland we had grown a practice which was recognized throughout the world for excellence and we had a blast.
Back to Golf. I really did not start to learn/play golf until we joined the club although I knew the mechanics as my whole family were golfers to a very high standard. Barbara was never going to play. Look how long that lasted.
We both became, much to our surprise, very involved with the club. I became, by default, the GoGo guru which I ran for 2 or so years until politics messed it up. I also introduced and ran Night golf events which, being night time, created challenges as the bar etc was officially shut but it was always a huge success.
Barbara was Membership chair for 2 years and ran it extremely successfully. When her term ended and she went on to start a new and, to date, successful online business, I took over as Membership director and continued her work.
I resigned my position in late 2021 because I felt that I could not, in all honesty, continue with the board in situ at that time.
However, under new management, I would like to continue the process.

Fernando Basulto
Director de Comunicaciones

Fernando Basulto

Sue Campbell
Comisario

Sue Campbell
Before coming to live in Mexico, my husband, John, and I raised our family in the small hamlet of Ardrossan, outside the City of Edmonton, Alberta. For 25 years, after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Education, I taught High School Social Studies in the Edmonton Public School system. During that time, I was responsible for the creation and management of an International Basketball tournament, and encouraging students to create and maintain two charities (Santa’s Anonymous and Coats for Kids) which are still viable entities. Beyond the school environs, I was the President of the Strathcona County Chapter of Canadian Parents for French and was awarded the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada “in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada”. John and I joined the Chapala Country Club in September of 2000. I served a 2 year term as the Chairperson of the Ladies’ Golfing group and John was President of the Golf Club for two years, 2010 and 2011. Since John’s death in 2014, I have remained a Golfing member of CCC. During that time, I have adopted the attitude that I come to Chapala Country Club for “the sun, the fun, and the friendships” and feel that with that in mind, I am approachable by most of the members of the Club and can readily communicate with them. Having served on other Boards in Mexico, including two terms as a Board member of Fraccionamiento San Juan Cosala Raquet Club A.C. and two and a half years as the Secretary of Operation Feed, I feel that I have the background to understand the law in Mexico as it relates to our Constitution. I have also developed good relations with many Mexican families as a result of teaching English as a Second Language over the last five years. As a result of the latter activity, I have often found myself in situations where my listening skills have helped me to appreciate both sides of an issue and I have often resolved problems with both compromises and solutions based on the achievement of consensus among those involved. I would work diligently to represent all of the members of the Chapala Country Club and give an unbiased interpretation of any proposed actions by the elected members of the Board, as is the duty of a Commisario.

Alfredo Ortega
Co-Director de Campo de Golf

Alfredo Ortega
I am Mexican… My name is Alfredo Ortega

Tina Elwood
Comisario Alterno

Myname is Tina Cirino Elwood. My husband Rob and I moved to Ajijic in 2018.  Between us we have four daughters and one son.

I was born in a small town outside of Toledo Ohio and graduated from (the) Ohio State University, college of Optometry with the degree of Optometric  Physician. 

After moving to Utah, I practiced Optometry for thirty-five years.  My work experience includes a partnership of
two locations for twelve years and as an owner of my own practice for eleven as well as a variety of other practice styles.

I started playing golf when I was eight years old.  I played junior tournament golf for 7 years, high school golf for three years and two seasons of college golf.  And I have continued to play through my adult life.  I have had a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic and a shoulder injury. 

I enjoy our club and look forward to making a positive contribution.