Karen considers herself a native Californian, despite being born in Maine, as she has lived most of her formative and adult years in northern California. Following her passion for land use and natural resources policy, Karen completed graduate coursework in City and Regional Planning at California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo. Read more…
Tatyana Kjellberg lives in Loomis with her supportive husband, wonderful son and daughter, and eclectic variety of animals ranging from dogs to chickens to tortoises. She volunteers on the boards of her children’s soccer association and local elementary school, and the Loomis Basin Education Foundation. Tatyana enjoys the outdoors while Read more…
Kristi grew up surrounded by nature. She was fortunate to learn about the flora and fauna from Mrs. Terwilliger in Marin County at an early age and has carried that love throughout the years. Kristi feels the introduction of “screens” is keeping people out of nature thus limiting their interest Read more…
Mark’s connection with Placer County began at his Grandparents’ property in Ophir, which they purchased in 1924. With an Architecture degree from San Luis Obispo and study in Copenhagen, Mark started work at Placer County in 1993. Eight years later, Mark moved his family to Ophir, where they reside today. Read more…
Iggy Rivas discovered his love for the outdoors while growing up in Los Angeles. (Yes, it was possible back then!) Since moving to Northern California, he has seen urbanization taking over formerly pristine areas in Placer County. Iggy worked for a mining and construction company based in Sacramento, retiring as Read more…
Drew Schultz is a native of Northern California with a love of the outdoors, and a lifetime of enjoying them from the ocean to the highest peaks in the Sierras. His career of cooking and baking with mostly farm fresh and wild caught ingredient,s for the average diner and Presidents alike, Read more…
Christine Pieper’s love of land conservation has deep roots. Christine was born on a dairy and grain farm in Maryland, which her parents permanently protected with an agricultural conservation easement when she was in high school. When she began her career in nonprofit fundraising, she was drawn to environmental causes. Read more…
Maggie is an attorney with the California Department of Justice. Prior to that, she represented numerous public agencies in California and across the country on a range of matters, including litigation, transactions, and policy issues. She graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Law and has two undergraduate degrees from Read more…
Bob is a former hydrologist and senior project manager with the U.S. Geological Survey, specializing in studies of stream and ground water quality. He earned his MS degree in Hydrology from the University of Washington and a BS degree from Huxley College of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University. Bob Read more…
Jim lives on five pastoral acres in Newcastle, attending to a testy little fruit orchard. He is a member of the local CSA, The Natural Trading Company, an avid cyclist (on and off the pavement), and retired from Hewlett-Packard after 25 years as a Software Engineer. He has actively helped Read more…