Glenn Oelker - Board Member

Glenn Oelker - Board Member (Past President)

Glenn grew up and completed his undergraduate (UC, Irvine) and medical education (UCLA) in Southern California. He practiced Comprehensive Ophthalmology for 32 years in San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County, moving from Avila Valley to Cayucos in 2014. Glenn was twice elected to the San Luis Coastal Unified Schools Board of Education, serving from 1998 to 2005. He also co-founded the T.E.A.Ch. educational foundation, supporting students of that district. Glenn is married to Carol, a retired elementary and high school counselor. Several times a day, they can be found walking their therapy dog Labrador Retrievers, Pauli and Lucy, who often volunteer at Cayucos library. Their two sons were raised in the area, one a Cal Poly SLO architect and the other a MIT laser/optics physicist. 

Having been impressed with the accomplishments of the Cayucos Land Conservancy (CLC), in their efforts to establish a Cayucos greenbelt, Glenn joined their Board of Directors in 2015 and was President from 2018 to 2025. Glenn also became a board member of the Cayucos Lions Club and the Cayucos Citizens Advisory Council. He was thrilled to be leading CLC in the preservation of “dog beach” and the SLO County Toro Coast Park, completing the southern Cayucos greenbelt.  He regrets not working with Roger Lyon, a land use attorney and founder of CLC, who died flying a medical mission to remote Mexico in 2010.