Brandon joined CDS at the age of 5 when his family attended their first Scottish Games in Costa Mesa. His father, Robert (Bob) Butler soon became Clan President and served on the board of CDSSC for many years until his death in 2006. Brandon is proud to carry on his families Scottish Traditions in memory of his grandparents who hailed from Glasgow. He has been to Scotland including a visit to the CDS Museum in our Clan lands and a round of gold at St. Andrews. He holds and AA from Long Beach City College and has studied at CSULB and the University of Arizona. He currently works as both a first responder and a professional athletics official.
Member since 1997
Lori has enjoyed being part of the Scottish community even before the 2015 Ancestary.com discovery that she is
indeed 9% Scottish. She was married for 15 years to Past Clan President Robert Butler whom she raised three boys Brandon, Scott and Bryan with. For the last 35 years she has worked in non-profit management for many Southern California charities. She holds a BA in Communications from Cal State Fullerton. In keeping with the recent tradtion of clan recording secretaries love of cats, she has adopted to rescue cats Piper and Ashley. She has been a member of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society and served many years as Publicity Chair for the San Diego Games.
David Druse – Vice President – Art Director
Member since 1979
Andi was born in Kansas as Andrea Jae McConaughey. She later moved with her widowed mother and her sister to New Jersey. Her mother married a widower with four children. She and her sister were adopted by their stepfather and she became Andrea Jae McConaughey DeCou. Andi went to Whittier College in California. She later married and divorced and is now known as Andrea Jae Cranmer aka Andi Cranmer. She has one son Jim who with his wife lives in Maryland. Andi worked for Travelers Insurance in downtown Los Angeles for over 10 years, then worked for an independent insurance agency in Pasadena. She retired in 2006 and has been visiting family across the US and has now become addicted to genealogy!!
Open Board Positions
- Sunshine & Communications / International Liaison
- Clans of The Highland Representative
- Clan Historian/ Bards Corner
Brianna joined the clan with her family including her siblings Mariah and Jordan at a very young age. She has served as a CDSSC board mebmer for many years now. A very talented scots lady, she has been known to sing, play the harp and provide other forms of entertainment for Clan events. She works in adminstration for a first responder agency and is an swesome mother to her beautiful daughter Jasmine.Her positive “can-do” attitude is welcome by all and her vegan salds are a huge hit at all clan potlucks.
Judy Stover – Scholarship Chairman
Charles Ables – Board Member
Member since 1977
