Brooke was the founding president of the organization and served on the Board of Trustees for eleven years. Brooke holds a BSc in Environmental Planning & Management from UC Davis with an emphasis in urban planning. She has worked in government as a planner, as an environmental consultant, and for international law firms as an environmental analyst specializing in environmental due diligence in real estate transactions and client compliance/enforcement defense. Brooke also served for seven years on the City of Ventura Parks & Recreation Commission. Her interests in the natural environment and land use planning principles have come together in her passion for preserving Ventura’s wild places. Brooke plays a key role in negotiating VLT’s land acquisitions, serves as liaison with our real estate counsel, and advises on planning matters related to VLT’s land holdings. Brooke and her husband, Everard, can’t think of a better place than Ventura to have raised their two children.

Brooke’s favorite hobbies include mixing up craft cocktails, body boarding, birdwatching, and gathering friends and family for a fine meal. For nearly 20 years she has walked Ventura’s hillside neighborhoods with her “walking group.”