
Photo Credit: Gilda Adler Photography
Board President – Janean Stripe
Janean Stripe, an 18-year member of The Country Friends (TCF) Board of Directors, is the new president of the Rancho Santa Fe-based nonprofit. Stripe, who has long served as the organization’s treasurer and chief financial officer, succeeds Suzanne Newman, who stepped down after a four-year term but continues to serve as first vice president.
Stripe, a certified financial planner and senior wealth manager with Lucia Capital Group, has worked in the industry for three decades and has been recognized as a five-star wealth manager for the past ten years.
Stripe notes that The Country Friends has donated nearly $15 million to San Diego County-based charities since it was founded in 1954, with special emphasis on causes that benefit women, children, the elderly, military families, and the disabled. It is an honor to serve as president of a grassroots nonprofit that has provided crucial funding to so many worthy causes for nearly seven decades,” Stripe says. “I look forward to continuing this important work. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of so many.”
Stripe also serves on the USD School of Business Advisory Board, as well as the boards of A Step Beyond, Santa Fe Christian Schools, The Barnabas Group, Science and Faith Alliance, and DCPI (Dynamic Church Planting International).
She is married to Tim Stripe, co-president of Grand Pacific Resorts in Carlsbad. The longtime Fairbanks Ranch residents have two married daughters and three grandchildren.
THE COUNTRY FRIENDS 2025 Board of Directors

Left to right back row:
Linda Sansone, Alicia Armstrong, Sage Billick, Irina Shkov, Jolene Davidson, Tamara Lafarga-Joseph, Valerie Parker, Lolly Sangster, Dr. Amber Yoo, Christina Macone-Greene, Keliene Hayward
Left to right front row:
(EBM) Andrea Naversen, (EBM) Marci Cavanaugh, (EBM) Suzanne Newman, (BOARD PRESIDENT) Janean Stripe, (ED) Yvette Letourneau, (EBM) Linda Block, Laura Mackinnon Chapman, Mia Park
Not in photo: (EBM) Deb Cross, Maggie Bobileff
ED = Executive Director
EBM = Executive Board Member