The Friends of McBean Park first convened in 2015 and became a 501(c)3 in 2017, following a major stadium renovation that occurred in 2016. Original board members were mostly lifelong residents of Lincoln, including Kris Wyatt, Larry Wyatt, Mindy Miller, Elizabeth Jansen, Susan Cope, and Linda Stackpoole.
These residents recognized the importance of McBean Park as a community gem. The organization’s original mission was to rebuild, rejuvenate, and restore McBean Park.
Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Matt Lundgren graduated with a Public Management degree from Northern Arizona University. Following internships with the Cincinnati Reds and Tucson Padres, he joined the Pacific Coast League Office in Round Rock, Texas.
In 2014, Matt moved to Sacramento where he joined the Sacramento River Cats. In 2015, Matt served as the General Manager for the Marysville Gold Sox and, in 2016, he helped run the Sacramento Stealth. He joined the Potters for their first season in Lincoln in 2017 as General Manager and joined the board of the Lincoln Potters in 2019.
Matt is now the President and General Manager of the Lincoln Potters Baseball Club. He resides in Lincoln with his wife, Randi, and their two young boys.
Kris moved to Lincoln over 50 years ago to be with her husband, Larry, in his hometown. They raised two daughters in rural Lincoln. Kris completed her teaching credential in 1972. Her first teaching job was at Glen Edwards School and then, two years later, moved to Lincoln High School, where she completed 37 years of teaching, counseling and coaching. Kris retired in 2009, after which she successfully ran for a seat on the WPUSD school board, where she served for the following 12 years.
Kris remains committed to Lincoln’s youth and larger community. She served on the Lincoln Community Foundation board for 16 years and has been a Rotarian for 28 years, including serving as the President in 1995-96 and has been the youth services chair for all 28 years. She and Larry also started Friends of McBean Park in 2016, in hopes of revitalizing, rebuilding, and restoring McBean Park. Kris is currently a Chamber of Commerce member, volunteers for the Lincoln Potters, and serves on the LPAL board and the Coalition of Auburn Lincoln Youth (CALY).
Isabel has been actively engaged in park planning for a number of years. She started her career in the early 2000s as an economic consultant. During her more than 20 years in that field, Isabel has analyzed the economic feasibility of developing, operating, maintaining, and enhancing a variety of local, regional, and state parks and recreation facilities.
Isabel, a native of Northern California, is an owner and Board Secretary for the Lincoln Potters Baseball Club. She is also the President of the Domeyko Taylor Holding Company, a firm that is actively reinvesting in Downtown Lincoln, including a new mixed-use project caddy-corner from City Hall that will contain a new headquarters for the Lincoln Potters, other small offices, and 7-8 residential apartments.
After working in the real estate sector for over 15 years, in 2017, Clifton founded Taylor Builders, a company that invests, entitles, and develops primarily residential real estate in the Sacramento Region, San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area, and Northern Nevada markets. Taylor Builders and its parent company, the Domeyko Taylor Holding Company, has been actively investing in Lincoln, including the Meadowlands subdivision north of downtown, a portion of Lincoln Crossing, and a series of mixed use projects downtown.
Clifton has long-standing ties to the community of Lincoln. He led the effort to entitle the Village 5 project for numerous years. During that time, Clifton served on the board of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce from 2007 through 2014. He also served as the Acting Director of the Moore Ranch Conservancy between 2008 and 2010.
Clifton was instrumental in bringing the Lincoln Potters Baseball Club back into operation in 2016 and is currently an owner and Treasurer of the Baseball Club.
Angie is a Media owner and executive with a 25+ year career in broadcast, digital, events, and related marketing/advertising fields. Her experience includes broadcast station ownership, responsibility for client and employee contracts, raising of diversity in the workplace, and establishing creativity, community service, success, and worker satisfaction in the workplace environment, with overall mission of growth for company, clients, and employees.
In addition to being a known Broadcast leader and Hispanic media expert, Angie is a mentor and active community leader. She has served as a mentor for the Mildred Carter Mentorship Program and the Sierra College Puente Program. She has served as a City of Lincoln Commissioner for redistricting and helps raise funds for the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Girl Scouts After School Program in Title 1 schools. She previously served as an Advisory Board Member for US Bank.
Angie has been married for 40 years and has three adult children and twin grandsons. Angie is a lifelong Lincoln resident.
A resident of Lincoln since 2007, Shannon has been actively involved in our local baseball community. She is the Co-Founder of Lincoln Lightning Travel Ball, a middle school boys baseball team. She manages social media, as well as scheduling and communications for Lincoln Lightning. Shannon also served as a Board Member for Lincoln Little League from 2021 to 2023; during her tenure with Little League, she was responsible for the league’s social media campaign to advertise events, promote sponsorships and build a strong on-line following. She also served as co-tournament director for the 11u and 12u all-star tournaments.
Shannon is an experienced middle school teacher/administrator and active substitute teacher for the Western Placer Unified School District. She has a master’s degree in Education from CSU Stanislaus and a Bachelor of Arts from Pepperdine University.
Dakota was native of Turlock, CA, before coming from Jessup University. He played baseball for the Warriors including the 2018 and 2019 seasons where they made the Opening Round of the NAIA World Series. After graduating with his Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Dakota continued his education at Jessup where he earned his Master’s degree in Sports Management. In 2019, Dakota was Jessup Athletics’ first Graduate Assistant, and he became the Director of Baseball Operations for the 2020 season. Dakota then landed the Assistant Athletic Director for Communications in the fall of 2020 at Western New Mexico University. He oversaw 13 varsity sports and helped in external operations. In April 2023, Dakota rejoined his alma mater and was named the Assistant Athletic Director of Business Operations at Jessup University.
Dakota and his wife Ariana have been married since June of 2023. The two have a dog together, Tucker.
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