Our Board
fallbrook village association
The success of the Fallbrook Village Association is a reflection of the talented people we have putting their time and effort into our organization.
roy moosa - President
Active in the Fallbrook community as a business owner of Sun Realty, an elected member of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group, President of the Fallbrook Historical Society and the Fallbrook Village Association and is involved in the Railroad Heritage Park, Heyneman Park, The Ross Village Square as well as the Mission Theater.
Vince Ross - vice president
Vince graduated from Huntington Beach High School and Stanford University in 1955. He, his wife and children moved from Orange County to Fallbrook in 1964 looking for a rural lifestyle. Vince has been a community leader and volunteer since arriving in Fallbrook. He was Founder and President of the Fallbrook Village Rotary, Founder and current Board member of Fallbrook Revitalization and Advisory Council, Founding President and now Vice President of the Fallbrook Village Association, and, Founding President and Co-Founder of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy. Vince has received numerous awards over the years including, the Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards, Dedication of the Main Street Park to the Vince Ross Village Square, Supervisor Horn’s Chairman’s Guardian of Water, and the Fallbrook Historical Society’s Pioneer of the Year Award.
Jenna Gratz - treasurer
Jenna has lived in Fallbrook most of her life, a graduate of Fallbrook High and the University of California, Irvine. As a third generation Fallbrook business owner, she is currently the Director of Operations at Manfred Mortgage and the owner of space oneTEN, both in the Fallbrook Village.
She has been a member of the Fallbrook Village Association Board of Directors since 2014 and currently serves as Treasurer on the Executive Committee.
jerri patchett - Secretary
A Los Angeles native, Jerri moved to Fallbrook in 2000, continuing her passion for volunteering and quickly finding causes to support in her new Village. As a community leader, she worked with the Friends of the Fallbrook Library to raise $3 million dollars to support the building of a new County Library which stands today as the jewel in the crown of the County Library system. Jerri was co-founder of the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance (and is President of their Board of Directors) and President of Fallbrook Arts Inc.'s Board of Directors which oversees the Fallbrook Art Center and School of the Arts. She serves as Secretary on the Fallbrook Village Association Board of Directors, working on The Plaza and Railroad Heritage Park projects.
Manny Gratz
Manny has been around Fallbrook for over 50 years and a full-time resident since 1992. He is the founder of Manfred Mortgage with offices in the heart of downtown and a graduate of Humboldt State University. He and his wife, Carol, are active members of the community, and past volunteers in Rotary, Boys and Girls Club, Little League, CYSA, Chamber of Commerce and Connections Networking.
He has been a member of the FVA Board of Directors for 18 years and is the Board Chairman of the Fallbrook Summer Nights Series
Craig Grimm
Craig moved to Fallbrook in 1974 after graduating from UCLA. He has been involved in various leadership positions on non profits over the years which include Pop Warner Football, Fallbrook Village Association, Fallbrook Village Rotary, Vince Ross Square, two churches, Fallbrook Boys and Girls Club and Fallbrook Historical Society. Craig and Family took a 18 year hiatus from Fallbrook but moved back to “his roots” in 2017.
Michael Griffiths
Michael ("Mike") Griffiths is a southern California native, and lived in Los Angeles for 35 years. He spent over 30 years in executive management at Fortune 500 Company - Aramark Services, where he served as Vice President, Supply Chain Management. He received his Master of Arts, in Business Management (M.A.M.) from the University of Redlands in 1986 and his Bachelor of Arts, in Theater Arts (B.A.) from California State University, Northridge in 1982. He retired in 2016 and moved from the "big city" to the friendly Village of Fallbrook that same year. He quickly became interested in supporting the local community and is also a member of the Fallbrook Arts, Inc. Board of Directors. His focus on the Fallbrook Village Association Board is to support a fiscally sound approach to the Association's many projects, drive collaboration with County leadership, and support the needs of local business owners and the citizens of Fallbrook as we work toward revitalization of our physical, cultural, and economic environment in the greater Fallbrook area.
Jackie Heyneman
She is a native Californian. After retirement from the military in 1971, we chose Fallbrook as our forever home and arrived in July 1972. Raising our younger children here lead to Parent Teacher Organization participation, National Charity League, then, Save Our Forest/.Fallbrook Land Conservancy , Fallbrook Players Theater group, Fallbrook Beautification , Fallbrook Village Association and other community groups.
Volunteer time and effort is significant and rewarding . It is part of life in the unincorporated Village of Fallbrook. I am proud to be among so many giving people.