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Mark Pearson has worked for the Alliance in various
roles since 1999, starting out as the organization’s Grant
Proposal Writer and becoming Executive Director in 2000. He was an
Alliance volunteer for 6 years prior on public lands issues. Mark
was previously employed for 5 years as Vice President of the Wilderness
Land Trust. In the early 1980s, he worked as a grassroots organizer
for the Colorado Open Space Council on public lands and wilderness
issues. Mark has authored four books on Colorado wilderness and writes
a regular environmental column for the Durango Herald. Mark has a
B.S. in Engineering Physics from University of Colorado and an M.S.
in Natural Resource Management from Colorado State University. |
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Carol comes to the Alliance with an abundance
of community organizing and fundraising experience. Carol founded
the thriving Durango Farmers Market and directed it for ten years.
She has been active with Kiwanis, Operation Healthy Communities,
and Philanthropy Days in Durango. Carol also served in the role of
Children’s Museum executive
director. Carol is currently enrolled in a Non-Profit Management
masters program. She brings a wealth of creative ideas for special
events, recruiting membership, and cultivating donors. Carol has
a Bachelors in sociology from Fort Lewis College. |
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Amber joined staff in 2003 to spearhead our grassroots
outreach concerning the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
and San Juan National Forest management plans. Amber grew up on a
farm in McElmo Canyon, literally on the edge of Canyons of the Ancients.
Amber’s degree
in sociology from Fort Lewis College included a four-month internship
with the Alliance where she crafted our citizens’ vision for
future management of Canyons of the Ancients. |
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Jimbo’s professional background focused on experiential and environmental education prior to his arrival at San Juan Citizens Alliance. His milieu encompassed inaugurating and administering Outward Bound programs, teaching, professional guiding, significant foreign travel and exploration of the Four Corner’s wildlands. He holds both a BA and MA in education from Prescott College along with a Colorado teacher certificate. Jimbo’s personal heritage of outdoor activities includes backpacking, mountaineering, canyoneering, river running, winter sports and sea kayaking. |
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Tracy Daniels has lived in the Durango area for the past 11 years.
She attended Fort Lewis College, receiving a Sociology Degree and
an Elementary Teaching Certification. Tracy has been teaching for
5 years and spends her summers helping organize local bicycle races. |
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Mike joined SJCA in 2006 following ten years as an environmental consultant in the Four Corners region. He specializes in the National Environmental Policy Act, Federal Land Policy & Management Act, and Endangered Species Act compliance. Mike has a B.A. from Bates College and a M.A. in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver. |
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Eddie Soto joined Compañeros in 2005. He
brings extensive skills in campaign organizing, with a stint as field
organizer and Latino liason for the Democratic National Committee
in 2004, where he organized voter turnout in the San Luis Valley.
Eddie has a strong background in video production. Eddie has a B.F.A
in Studio Art Photography from the University of Texas. |
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Susan spent seventeen years in Southwest Colorado working in land
use planning, community development and resource management. During
that time she worked for tribal, federal and county government as
well as several small businesses. In her years in Virginia, Susan
was a planner for the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County,
where she focused on long range and neighborhood planning. She recently
returned to the southwest, and now lives in McElmo Canyon. Susan
holds a B.A. in Political Science/Economics from Duke University
and a B.S. in Geography (Land Use Planning) from Northern Arizona
University. |
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Josh brings nearly 20 years of experience in dealing
with the oil and gas industry to the position of Oil and Gas Issues
Organizer. He served three terms as a La Plata County Commissioner
from January 1993 to January 2005; in that capacity, locally he worked
to see that La Plata County’s oil and gas land use regulations were
not only enforced but expanded to protect surface owners’ rights.
Josh has dealt with numerous agencies, and legislative and Congressional
elected officials, to uphold the rights of local governments to exercise
their land use authority as it pertained to oil and gas development,
and to assert the right of local government to address with the environmental
impacts of oil and gas development. |
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Chuck Wanner is a long-time river advocate for Colorado rivers. Chuck
spearheaded the successful campaign to secure permanent protection
for the only designated Wild and Scenic River in Colorado -- the
Cache la Poudre in 1986. He was a Fort Collins business owner for
many years where he also served eight years on the city council.
Chuck was director of Friends of the Poudre before joining SJCA.
He now sits on the boards of the Colorado Rivers Alliance (as president)
and the Colorado Watershed Assembly. Chuck has a Masters in Public
Administration from the University of Colorado.
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Mr. Griffith is a retired scientist and educator.
He holds a PhD from Cornell University in physical chemistry and
worked both as an elementary school principal and later for the Smithsonian
and National Museum of American History. Joe enjoys backcountry recreation
activities. |
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Ms. Lachelt is Executive Director of the Oil and Gas Accountability
Project, and previously worked for the Alliance as E.D. until 2001.
She has a wealth of grassroots organizing experience with oil and
gas issues specifically. Gwen has a B.S. in Political Science from
Fort Lewis College. |
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Mr. Bendt owns the Computer Mapping Company and
provides GIS services to local governments and businesses across
the country. He is active in the Alliance’s Public Lands Task
Force. Paul is a pilot and an avid outdoorsman. He has a B.S. from
MIT and a PhD in Physics from the Univ. of Colorado. |
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Mr. Ford is the owner of Performance Videos and technical producer
of fourteen instructional books and videos on whitewater paddling.
He is a world champion whitewater paddler. Kent holds a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. |
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Mr. Delzell has resided in Colorado for 40 years.
He was a career employee of USDA, Soil Conservation Service and held
positions in Colorado, Hawaii and California. He retired as State
Resource Conservationist in California and was responsible for ecological
sciences, economics and conservation planning for SCS in that State.
Bob and his wife Kathleen own acreage at the base of the HD Mountains
south of Yellowjacket Pass. They have been actively involved in
raising awareness of the problems of drilling in the HD’s
and close to the Fruitland Outcrop. Bob graduated from Colorado
State University with a Master’s Degree in Wildland Resource
Management. |
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Ms. Koeppen has worked as a holistic health consultant
for 20 years. She is also an artist and lives in the heart of La
Plata County’s
gas field. Rebecca also volunteers as an ambulance driver and first
responder in Ignacio. |
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Ms. O’Shea Heydinger is Development Director for Native American
Protection and Advocacy, the disability law project of DNA-People‚s
Legal Services. DNA provides free legal assistance to members of
the Navajo and Hopi Tribes. Recently relocated to Bayfield, she was
previously an active member of the San Juan Citizens Alliance New
Mexico chapter. Chris has a J.D. from the University of California
at Davis, where she was editor of the environmental law journal,
Environs. |
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Ms. Hesse recently moved to Mancos from Northern California where
she was active in community issues including watchdogging a nuclear
power plant with the Redwood Alliance and working in the Tobacco
Prevention movement. She has a particular interest in air quality
given her viewshed that includes the haze of power plants near
Farmington. |
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Ms. Miller has extensive non-profit
management experience and worked for many years in outdoor and experiential
education, including as program director with Outward Bound. She
has a great interest in the public lands of the Colorado Plateau
and San Juan Mountains. She has a B.A. in Environmental and Outdoor
Education from Prescott College. |
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