About OCPA

Tina Locklear, President

tina@locklearlaw.com

Tina Locklear is General Counsel for the technology and intellectual property division of a local Fortune 500 company and spends her free time lobbying for animal rights reform. She has been an animal rights activist since graduating Western State University College of Law in 1998. Currently serving as the President of OCPA, Tina learned much of the true horror of industrialized animal abuse after finding OCPA in 1999. Her past experience in volunteerism includes serving as treasurer for a children’s rights organization and two educational organizations (Law Review and Delta Theta Phi Fraternity.) Tina was an accountant before pursuing a law degree. She resides in Anaheim Hills with her five rescued cats.

Julie Meskell, Secretary

julie.meskell@ocpausa.org

Julie Curran-Meskell is Humane Education Director for Orange County People for Animals. She also serves on EarthSave Orange County’s Steering Committee, and has worked on many school-related projects including the Healthy School Lunch Program. Julie holds a B.A. in Social Ecology and has extensive sales and marketing experience in skincare products and medical diagnostics. She resides in Tustin, California with her husband, their two boys and their beloved dog, Slinky.

Rev. Ava Park, Founder and Past President

ava.park@ocpausa.org

Ava Park founded OCPA in 1988 to educate Southern Californians about institutionalized animal abuse. In ten years, Ava was arrested eight times for civil disobedience related to animal rights, including at the Rose Parade, where she and six others halted with their bodies the General Motors float to focus attention on GM's horrific animal crash studies. Ava has been featured in numerous articles describing her work in Orange Coast Magazine and other publications, was the subject of the Sunday Profile in the L.A. Times, and appears in print media, radio, and television discussing animal rights and nonviolence. For five years she hosted a weekly talk radio show, "Visionaries," interviewing leaders in non-violence, human rights, women’s rights, animal rights/welfare, the environment, and metaphysics. In 1998, Ava was named Citizen of the Year by OC Weekly. Ava is an ordained minister and Founder and Spiritual Director of The Goddess Temple of Orange County, the only temple of its kind in the United States (www.goddesstempleoforangecounty.com) dedicated to honoring the Sacred Feminine. Ava creates community rituals and ceremonies, including beautiful animal memorial services for companion animals who have passed on. She also marries couples, facilitates house and birth blessings, divorce rituals, and more. She is a popular speaker in Orange County on the topics of animals rights and women’s spirituality. To book her as a speaker or minister, call 949-651-0564.

Pamela Kurp, Director

pamela.kurp@ocpausa.org

Pamela has a strong background in marketing, technical writing, web development, business analysis and project management. She has been a self-employed independent consultant for over 15 years and now lives in Oregon.

Dina Kourda, Director of Fundraising and Events

dina.kourda@ocpausa.org

Dina Kourda is the Director of Fundraising and Events for Orange County People for Animals. In the past year, she has been dedicated to Proposition 2: The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. Her past experience in volunteerism includes serving as treasurer and vice president for the Women's Environmental Council of Orange County. Dina holds a B.S. in Engineering Geology and works as a professional engineering geologist in the environmental field in southern California. She resides in Irvine, California.