BOARD - Advisors
Hap Dunning
Hap Dunning is a retired law professor from the University
of California at Davis. For many years, Hap has been involved in efforts
to reform California water policy and water law, with a particular emphasis
on improving arrangements for maintaining and augmenting river and lake
levels.
Glenda
Edwards
Glenda
Edwards has worked to protect the Clavey River as a Wild and Scenic
River since 1994. She is a member of a collaborative group, the Clavey
River Ecosystem Project, that has as its goal an assessment and analysis
of the entire watershed to be used as the basis for future management
recommendations and monitoring. Glenda became an Advisor to the Trust
in 2000.
Rear Admiral James B. Greene, Jr. USN (ret.)
Jim retired from the US Navy in 1995 having completed 32 years of active duty. He is currently on the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA and also consults for Defense Industry clients. Since retirement he has been actively involved with numerous land and river preservation non-profit organizations as a Board member or advisor including a five year term as Chair of the Henrys Fork Foundation dedicated to preserving the headwaters of the Snake River in SW Idaho. Jim is an avid fly fisherman and first encountered the Tuolumne River on a 1970 camping and fishing trip at Tuolumne Meadows.
Richard Haratani
Teacher, Riverdale Elementary School.
Noah Hughes
Noah, a resident of Sonora, teaches earth science and geology at Modesto
Junior College. As an avid kayaker, Noah brings an intimate knowledge
of the Upper and Lower Tuolumne River and is excited about using his
expertise as an educator to further the mission of the Trust.
Jeffrey Leighton, C.P.A.
Consultant, foundation and not-for profit financial and management
issues, former Chief Financial Officer, Packard Foundation (10 years);
served as senior financial advisor to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Packard
Humanities Institute and Stanford Theatre Foundation. Serves on the
Trusts' Finance Committee.
Cecily Majerus
Cecily
has been a Trust advisor since 2003. She is a former Executive Director
to the Trust and Board member. Before moving out to California, Cecily
lived in Maryland and was their Governor's Coordinator for the Chesapeake
Bay. She is a current candidate for Masters in Medieval history.
Amy Meyer
Amy is a founding member of the Tuolumne River Trust and was
vice-president of the board for several years. She has been co-chairman
of People for a Goldn Gate National Recreation Area since 1971, was
vice-chair of the GGNRA's federal Advisory Commission for 28 years,
and was a member of the board of the Presidio Trust. She is currently
a chairman of People for the Presidio. She has been an advisor to the
Trust since 2002.
John Murphy
John Murphy is an attorney in Modesto. He was admitted to the California
bar in 1962. John is a member of the California and Stanislaus County
Bar Associations, but his main affiliations are the American Trial Lawyers
Association and the Consumer Attorneys of California. When he is not
busy preparing for trial or attending court appointments on behalf of
his clients, John enjoys trout fishing. He is a former Board of Governor
and a current Governor Emeritus of California Trout and served on the
Tuolumne River Trust board for 10 years.
Drummond
Pike
Founder and President, Tides Foundation, Tides Center, Groundspring.org
and Tsunami Fund; President, Highwater, Inc.; Founder and Associate
Director, Youth Project (Washington, D.C.); former Executive Director,
Shalan Foundation.
Wendy
Pulling
Wendy
Pulling is an avid birdwatcher, hiker and (white-knuckle) passenger
in river rafts. An environmental lawyer by training, she is the Director
of Environmental Policy at Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
She has served on the advisory committee since 2002.
Kate Ridgway
Investor, Legacy Ventures.
Sue Ellen Ritchey
Sue Ellen Ritchey is very involved in the Modesto community.
Professionally, she teaches high school students. She is also
a member of the Modesto Symphony Board and past Secretary, as well as
a member of the Board of Trustees of the Gallo Center for the Arts.
Richard Roos-Collins, Esq.
Attorney, Natural Heritage Institute;
former President and Board member, Tuolumne River Trust (10 years).
Norwood Scott
Staff, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency; Member, U.S. Wild Water Team; Member, Team Perception; Member,
Board, American Whitewater Association, Former Board Member, Tuolumne
River Trust (5 years).
Ron
Stork
Ron
is the Senior Policy Advocate for Friends of the River. He received
his Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Agriculture at the
University of California at Davis in Plant Science. In his occasional
spare time, Ron can be found ambling around mountain trails or floating
western rivers with a hand lens and a large Flora in hand searching
for rare wildflowers. Ron served on the Trust Board for 20 years before
joining the advisory committee in 2002.
Patricia Sullivan
Tricia
studied Biology both as an undergraduate at UC Davis and in graduate
school at Harvard. She joined PG&E in 1980, and in 1988, joined
the Environmental Affairs Department, where she manages investigation
and remediation of historically contaminated sites (such as former Manufactured
Gas Plant sites). Tricia's hobbies included hiking, backpacking and/or
camping, bird watching and, in general, being in nature. She is a former
Trust Board member and joined the Advisory Committee in 2002.
Johanna Thomas
Staff, Environmental Defense; Former
Executive Director (3 years) and Board Member (4 years) of the Tuolumne
River Trust.
Jennifer M. White, Ph.D.
Director for Education, U.C. Berkeley
Botanical Garden; former staff Science educator Lawrence Hall of Science;
Member, Advisory Committee to Yosemite Park Concession Services.
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