ABBF Board and Staff
Scott Christopher
Scott brings his financial expertise and deep knowledge of the role of community foundations to ABBF. Following a 34-year career with J.P. Morgan, Scott Christopher retired in 2024 and now devotes time to community service, volunteering, and serving on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. Scott and his wife Allison are longtime residents of La Canada.
Scott was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Southern California, and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he majored in economics and sociology. After graduating from college, he earned a master’s degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Scott has served as a PCF board member since 2020 and is a member of PCF’s Investment Committee.
Eric (Tony) Gronroos
Tony Gronroos, MBT, CPA, joined the PCF board in 2024. He is an Altadena resident and has been displaced by the Eaton Fire.
Tony has over 25 years of public accounting experience in federal and state income tax services. He has served clients in industries such as manufacturing, distribution, investment banking, private equity funds, entertainment, media, real estate, estates and trusts, and corporate reorganizations. Tony is particularly knowledgeable in real estate, debt funds, and private equity funds. He assists clients with trust, gift, and estate planning, as well as federal and state income tax planning for high-net-worth individuals and companies. Tony has served on the boards of many charitable organizations, including Finance and Investment Chair for Union Station Homeless Services, Finance Chair of Pacific Clinics, and Finance Chair of Villa de Vida.
Greta Mandell, M.D.
Greta Johnson Mandell was born in Brooklyn Borough, New York, New York, and moved to California with her family in 1954, where she attended public schools in Compton. She enrolled at Occidental College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, and soon after, earned a Medical Doctorate from the USC School of Medicine. She undertook her Residency in Child and Adult Psychiatry, LAC-USC and Augustus F. Hawkins psychiatric hospitals between 1979 and 1985, thus starting her long career in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric evaluation, as well as holistic and alternative general medical care and pain management. Greta retired in 2019.
Greta’s philanthropic leadership in Pasadena is impressive. She has served on the Advisory Board for Pasadena Symphony, POPS, and Youth Orchestras, 2014-present; she was a Founding Member of the Theatrical Diversity Project, Pasadena Playhouse, where she also was on the Advisory Committee to the Board, and currently serves as a member of the Diversity Committee. From 2007-2010, she was a Board member at Theatre at Boston Court, and is a Trustee at Occidental College since 2015. Greta is also the Founder and Director of the Compton Arts Council, a nonprofit arts support organization. A longtime Altadena resident, Greta lost the home she shared with her husband Peter in the Eaton Fire.
Mark Mariscal
A resident of Altadena since 1989, Mark comes to the ABBF Board with almost 40 years of service on various boards of directors. He retired from City of Los Angeles in 2015 after serving the last 14 years as the Superintendent of Region Operations and before that, the Executive Director of the Expo Center. Although active in Altadena prior to 2015, he jumped in heavily the following year with the Altadena Rotary Club, the Altadena Library Foundation, Friends of the Library, and St. Vincent de Paul at St. Elizabeth Church. He is Board Chair of the Regional Park Open Space District representing Supervisor Kathryn Barger and the 5th District. If you have attended any of the Farnsworth Park Summer Concert Series, you have seen him on stage or running around the amphitheater. After the devastating Eaton Fire destroyed their home, Mark, his wife Paula and family are temporarily living in Pasadena. They will rebuild.
Candice Kim
Candice Kim will serve as the Senior Project Manager for the ABBF. She has over 15 years of experience as a community organizer and nonprofit administrator. She comes to us from the Moving Forward Network, a national environmental justice network located at Occidental College, where she focused on getting resources to historically underfunded frontline community organizations. Candice received her Master of Public Health degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and a B.A. in fine art from the University of California, Santa Barbara.