Diane lives in rural Newcastle with her supportive husband and spirited dog. She enjoys many outdoor activities, including cycling, gardening, hiking and trail running as well as indoor activities such as meditation and the occasional binging on a good book. She currently works for the State of California analyzing way Read more…
Eralise grew up in the Auburn area and has explored trails throughout Placer County from an early age. After earning a degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon in 2022, she returned to live in Auburn, where she has a renewed passion for preserving natural spaces for everyone to experience and Read more…
Jeffrey Foltz is a native-born Californian for most of his adult life he has lived and worked in northern California. His home and community for the last 15 years has been the city of Rocklin. During his career as a City Manager he helped build communities and strived to improve Read more…
Kelleann’s passion for the environment and her professional training as a landscape architect led her to understand the critical importance of land conservation. Her teaching, research and community service all focused on this throughout her career. She recently retired from Penn State as the director of the Stuckeman School of Read more…
Collin Hobbs first heard about Placer Land Trust over a decade ago, when he relocated to Auburn from Sacramento and moved into the Real Estate business. He enjoys living on a five acre parcel in the Auburn area, keeping its wild creek-bed areas wild and using other areas for sustenance. Read more…
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…