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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ANDREW POWERS
President
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RUSSELL GALIPEAU
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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JOHN KRIST
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KATE LARRAMENDY
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PAOLO PERRONE
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OSMANY 'OZZIE' RIOS
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SABRENA RODRIGUEZ
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DAN WAKELEE
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 -

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 -

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 -
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 WEITZEL
Retired Asia-Pacific Manager, US DOI Technical Assistance Program
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DON WOOD
Former Board of Trustee Treasurer
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