Executive Officers
The Board of Directors supports the work of the Society and provides leadership and strategic governance.
HE Ratu Muda P. Karen Cantrell - Chairman RSSG-CA.
Her Excellency Ambassador Karen Cantrell (Ratu Muda P. Karen Cantrell) is the Chairman of the Royal Society St George California Branch. She is an entrepreneur, political activist, business visionary, philanthropist, humanitarian, and descends from a noble and royal background.
She has a vast knowledge in Communications and Public Affairs, including a background in Community Relations, Business Ownership, Governance, and International Affairs.
An advocate for over 40 years, she works tirelessly to help other families experience a better life nationally and internationally.
He Ratu Muda Karen Cantrell is a direct descendant of H.G. Duke John of Gaunt - 4th son of Edward III, King of England and Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford one of the signers of the Magna Charta.
She is a member of the Descendants of The Order of The Garter and 34 Nobility Societies throughout the globe. She is actively engaged for 14 years in promoting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Campaigns at the United Nations and also with the local United Nations Association of the Inland Empire and United Nations Association of the Coachella Valley. Visit www.karencantrell.com
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Roger Neal - Member and Deputy Chairman
Congratulations to our newly installed Deputy Chairman Roger Neal.
Roger Neal began his career in 1981 in the mail room of MGM. He later joined a los angeles based PR firm, short time later he started his own PR firm, Neal Public Relations, where he worked with such clients as Tom Jones and Rudy Vallee. and achieved immediate success, accumulating an impressive client list in less than two years, that was 43 years ago, Roger has received a Grammy nomination for his creative contributions and organization of the Children Of The World, an album and video project that raised more than $500,000 for the USA for Africa Fund.
During President George Bush Sr. term of office, Roger served as the President's Advance Representative in the Los Angeles area.
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Neal also worked for President Ronald Reagan and has handled several GOP Congressional and Senator candidates in the past two elections. Neal also would go on to make history for clients over the years. Roger served on two boards at the HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and helped to produce the HEROES OF HOLLYWOOD event for the chamber each year that helps give grants to non -profits in Hollywood helping those in need.
In 2002, Neal started producing television.
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Roger was the Lead EP of the FAMILY FILM AWARDS TELCAST that aired on the REELZ Network on April 22, 2021. Roger is also the creator and lead EP of the talk show IDOL CHAT hosted by Susan Anton that is airing now on RETRO TV NETWORK, & FAMILY CHANNEL NETWORKS. Roger has handled TV specials for CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox. Roger also produces Film Premieres for many feature films.
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Roger has received 6 awards for his 43 yrs. in show business: THE HEROES OF HOLLYWOOD award, the Family Film Awards founders award, the HOLLYWOOD APPRECIATION SOCIETY’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, and the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOTION PICTURE COUNCIL, The Founders Award from the Family Film Awards, and was just inducted into the Norwood Hall of Fame in Norwood Ohio, Roger’s Hometown.
Neal is a Honorary member of The Royal Society of St. George, The King’s Charity that helps to raise money for many worthwhile charities across the globe and in the U.S. Roger also raises funds for tv, and film projects. As a publicist Roger has made history for many of his clients over the past 43 yrs. From Burt Ward, Bob Barker, Donny Osmond, Miss USA, UNIVERSE, TEEN USA pageants, Roger continues to make history for his clients, and has pushed many books to the NY Times best sellers list.
Roger’s current clients include David A.R. White, Burt Ward, Bob Barker Legacy, The Hollywood Museum, The Jose Iturbi Foundation, The Snow Moon Books, Tom Provost of Bags & Grace, Sam Rosenberg, and his new book LIVE READY! series among others, Roger also produced an Oscar Viewing Dinner each year and has become one of the top 3 events on Oscar Sunday!
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Temukung - Baroness Miranda Kramer, Vice President
Temukung Baroness Miranda Kramer is a Nurse and Nurse Practitioner.
She has decades of experience in healthcare and in nonprofit organizations and has received numerous academic, humanitarian and civil awards.
Currently she is in the process of completing two doctoral degrees.
Miranda holds royal peerage on 4 continents.
Chevalier Joseph Luna, Secretary, Treasurer and Advisory Council Member
Chevalier Joseph Luna is the Treasurer for the Royal Society of St. George, California branch and also one of the founding members of RSSG, California. He descends from English, Spanish and American Native ancestry.
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As a humanitarian, Mr. Luna can often be found active in street ministry projects reaching out to improve the lives of the underprivileged and impoverished by organizing food, clothing and school supply drives for families in the Coachella Valley, Ca. areas. Mr. Luna has been awarded the Presidents Lifetime Volunteer Service award and well as many other community oriented recognitions. Mr. Luna has also been awarded medals and recognitions from HRH Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie for his service to the Crown Council of Ethiopia.
He is an active member of the United Nations Association, U.S.A, and a key member of The Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, The Saint Lazarus Relief Fund, The Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen as well as other Chivalric organizations.
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Roccie Hill - Special Advisor to the Chairman
Roccie Hill is a career non-profit executive with many years of community-based experience. Roccie received her BA in Philosophy from UCLA, and her MA in English at California State University in San Francisco.
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She began her career as the Assistant to the Director of an NPR station, and in 1980 moved to Paris where she worked as the Marketing Officer for the Official French Committee for the Celebration of the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty. In 1986, Roccie moved to England, where she continued her nonprofit work in Marketing and Fundraising as the Deputy Director of Appeals for the national office of the UK YWCA, and as Director of Resource Development for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. She produced publicity films for non-profits and celebrity/royal events during her seven years working in the UK.
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In 1995, Roccie became the Executive Director of the fundraising nonprofit, Earth Share of California. She was also the elected Chair of the California Association of Nonprofits Public Policy Council (for 8 years), and a member of the California Attorney General’s Nonprofit Advisory Council.​
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Dr. Craig Paterson, Advisory Council Director
Dr. Craig Paterson was born and raised in Scotland. He studied at universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and York before doing a PhD in ethics at Saint Louis University, Missouri. He has lived in the USA since 1995 and is a dual national of the UK and the USA.
He taught ethics and philosophy of law at Saint Louis and Providence College, Rhode Island before becoming a corporate ethicist in health care and runs his own consultancy business. He is the author of two books published with Routledge on Analytical Thomism and also on Assisted Suicide. He is the author of several peer-reviewed articles in leading ethics journals.
Dr. Paterson has a great interest in the fields of history, chivalry, and the granting of arms. In 2016 Dr. Paterson was made an honorary research professor at the University of Madrid, Spain as part of the Concilium Research Group.
In 2017 he was honored by Her Majesty the Queen and appointed to the grade of Member of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem, a British Crown Order of chivalry. Also in 2017, he was elected to Fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a body that received its Royal Charter in 1783, Scotland’s leading historical society.
Mark DeWitt Lanyon
Mark Lanyon’s twenty-plus career in behavioral health was launched when he was studying for his Master of Human Services degree at Lincoln University (LU, ’98). During his career, Mark supervised and/or directed numerous behavioral health programs in settings such as the prison system, the probation and parole system, hospitals, and inpatient and outpatient behavioral health treatment programs.
Mark is the author of two books: Abolition and the Underground Railroad in Chester County, PA and Lost Chester County. Mark holds book presentations at local libraries, churches, and historical societies.
Mark is a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Sons of the American Revolution, the St. Andrew’s Society-Philadelphia, the Society of St. George-Philadelphia, St. George’s Society-New York, and the Royal Society of St. George-England.
In 2023, Mark was appointed the Royal Society of St. George Representative for the U.S. and Canadian Branches and Affiliated Societies. In my role my main functions are:
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Encourage each Branch/Society to increase community awareness of who they are and what they stand for.
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Encourage in organizing local events and functions to promote each Branch/Society and to bring increased awareness of who they are and by doing so increase membership.
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Encourage each Branch/Society to come up with creative events that will draw many people to them.
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Encourage each Branch/Society to support relevant charitable causes as well as hold fundraisers for those charitable causes.
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Be the liaison between the Branches/Societies and the RSSG Home Office in Loughton, England.
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Be the liaison between the Branches/Societies to share best practices that other Branches/Societies can benefit from.
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Be the liaison between the Branches/Societies and the British Consulates, the British Embassy, and the Honourary British Consuls.
My three short term goals are:
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To have more events that will highlight each Branch/Society.To co-host events with other Societies and Organizations such as the English-Speaking Union and the St. Andrew’s Society.
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To increase membership in each Branch/Society – especially young people.
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To work on the retention of members.
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Other Offices
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Genealogist: Tina Sansone - Rocci Hill
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Historian; Zackery Hopkins