Rio Hondo Symphony

Leighton Anderson

Leighton Anderson is an attorney and a partner in the law firm of Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, LLP, in Whittier. He is an elected public official, serving since 1997 on the Board of Trustees of the Whittier Union High School District. Mr. Anderson also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Tri-Cities Regional Occupational Program (Tri-Cities ROP) and is a member of the Delegate Assembly of the California School Boards Association (CSBA).

His many non-profit affiliations include membership on the Board of Directors of the Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce, and membership in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association and Lion's Club International. In addition to Mr. Anderson's role with the Rio Hondo Symphony Association, as a member of its board since 1997, including service as the Association's President during 2001 - 2003, he serves on the Advisory Board of the Whittier Area First Day Coalition, which provides a short-term emergency transitional housing as part of a comprehensive approach to recovery from homelessness.

Mr. Anderson received his B.A. degree from Claremont Men's College, magna cum laude, in 1976, after which he attended law school at Columbia University, from which he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1978. He is married, and has three children (a daughter and two sons), ages 25, 22 and 19.

Wayne Campfield

Wayne Campfield is a community volunteer who has had an impressive career in marketing. Marketing and food have played an important role in his life. A native of Pennsylvania, he is a graduate of Michigan State University with a B.S. in Food Engineering.

Campfield began his career with General Foods Corp. in the Research and Development laboratories in Battle Creek, Michigan. Among the new products at that time were Alpha Bits cereal and Tang beverage. Subsequent assignments included a year in Caracas, Venezuela, four years in Kankakee, Ill. and 10 years in Toronto, Canada. It was there that his responsibilities transitioned from technical research to marketing. He also spent several years at the General Foods headquarters in White Plains, N.Y.

In l980 Campfield began working for the Mars Corp. in L.A. where he directed the specialty pet food marketing program. It was there that the widower met his present wife, Janet. Although retired, the Campfields continue to operate the Brea Car Wash.

A major hobby for both of them is fairly serious home vegetable gardening, fruit growing and the making of jams, jellies and fruit toppings.

One of Campfield's major civic activities is the Whittier Sunrise Rotary Club. He was instrumental in creating the "Battle of the Bands," the club's major fundraiser. Now, somehow he finds time to serve as Marketing Chairman of the Symphony Association, a position with endless challenges.

Anne Young