MEET OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Our board represents an impressive variety of backgrounds and professions with a unified commitment to the betterment of our land.
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MARK WATKINS
President
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SYLVIA SCHNOPP
Vice President
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DOUG TRAPP
Secretary
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MERIDITH THOMPSON
Treasurer
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BRIAN CLARK
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RUSSELL GALIPEAU
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JOHN KRIST
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KATE LARRAMENDY
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ANDREW POWERS
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OSMANY 'OZZIE' RIOS
VLT ADVISORY COUNCIL
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MIKE ANDERSON
Founder & Advisor
Maranantha Financial -
SEAN ANDERSON
Ecologist and Professor
CSU Channel Islands -
CLAUDIA ARMANN
Executive Director
McCune Foundation -
BROOKE ASHWORTH
Senior Conservation Advisor, Ventura Land Trust
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MARLYSS AUSTER
President & CEO
Visit Ventura -
GARY BEDNORZ
College Counselor and
Public Speaker -
JOESPH BRANDT
Senior Biologist, US Fish &
Wildlife Service -
BARBARA BROWN
Co-founder
Ventura Tree Alliance -
MARGO BYRNE
President & CEO
Channel Islands YMCA -
CRAIG CAREY
Outdoorsman and
Author & Teacher -
RUSS CHARVONIA
Senior Wealth Advisor &
Planning Attorney -
DAVID COMDEN
City Planning Commissioner
and Mentor -
LORELLE DAWES
Director of Expanded Learning
VUSD -
STEVE DOLL
Owner of
Doll Real Estate Services -
JIM EISENHART
President of
Reset Partnering -
JIM FRIEDL
General Manager, Conejo Recreation & Park District
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CARY GLENN
Economic Development Assoc.
City of Ventura -
JOHN HANKINS
County News Service, Advisory Council Co-Chair
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FRANK HEIN
Ecologist and
Exhibit Designer -
JIM HINES
Advocate at
the Sierra Club -
JENISE WAGAR- HERNANDEZ
Executive Director
Pier into the Future -
SONIA KROTH
Community Relations Manager
County of Ventura -
DENNIS KULZER
Former Board of Trustee, Ventura Land Trust
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GEORGE LEIS
President & COO
Montecito Bank & Trust -
JANE MONTAGUE
Former Board of Trustee, Advisory Council Co-chair
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FRAN PAVLEY
Former State Senator
Environmental Policy Director -
BANKS PECHT
Executive Coach/Founder
Banks Coaching -
PAOLO PERRONE
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy -
SABRENA RODRIGUEZ
President, Board of Education, VUSD
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KAT SELM
Senior Associate, Better World Group
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MICHELLE SEVILLA
Dir. of Communications
Steve Bennett's Office -
JILL SHAFFER
ED Alzheimer’s Assoc. CA Central Coast, Former Board of Trustee
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MICHELLE STEVENS
Founder & CEO
The Refill Shoppe -
KIM STROUD
Executive Director
Ojai Raptor Center -
MARCOS VARGAS
Retired - Former ED of the Fund for Sana Barbara
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HEIDI VOLPE
Director of Photography at Patagonia
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ERIC WALLIS
Product- Snow and Mountain Bike, Patagonia
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MIKE WATLING
Director, Tech Operations
Agilent Technologies -
TOM WEISEL
Engineer, Arch Day Design, Former Board of Trustee
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MARC WEIZEL
Retired Asia-Pacific Manager, US DOI Technical Assistance Program
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DON WOOD
Former Board of Trustee Treasurer
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