Our Team
Staff
Aaron Cano
Program Officer
Janelle Choi Hillhouse
Program Officer
Jaime Colling
Program Officer
Katherine Day Hase
Development Director
Re deAnda
Senior Administrative Assistant
Kristen Ragain
Managing Director
Paty Sands
Fundraising Program Manager
Board of Directors
Ben Steele
Board Chair
EVP, Chief Customer Officer, REI Co-op
Eric Artz
Board Member
President & CEO, REI Co-op
Chris Carr
Board Member
REI Co-op Board Member
Katie Kniffen
Board Member
Store Manager, Tustin CA, REI Co-op
Squire Simpson
Board Member
Regional Director, Store Operations, REI Co-op
Wilma Wallace
Board Member
Chief Diversity and Social Impact Officer, REI Co-op
Marc Berejka
President and Ex Officio Board Member (nonvoting)
DVP, Community Advocacy & Impact, REI Co-op
Community Advisors
Julie Garreau - Executive Director, Cheyenne River Youth Project
Jose Gonzalez - Founder of Latino Outdoors and Avarna Group Consultant
Teresa Martinez - Executive Director, Continental Divide Trail Coalition
Vasu Sojitra - Independent Consultant, advocate for the disability community
Charles Thomas - Executive Director, Outward Bound Adventures, Inc.
Nooshin Razani - MD, MPH, Associate Professor, UCSF, and Director, Center for Nature and Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Jay Maddock - PhD, FAAHB, Regents Professor, Texas A&M and Director, Center for Health & Nature at Houston Methodist Hospital, Texan by Nature, and Texas A&M University
Nalini Nadkarni - PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Utah and National Geographic Explorer at Large
Myron Floyd - PhD, Dean, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University
Peter James - ScD, MPH, Associate Professor, Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Alumni:
CJ Goulding - Partner, Avarna Group
Juan D. Martinez Pineda - Senior Program Manager, forum for Community Solutions, Aspen Institute
Mercy M'fon - Executive Director, Wild Diversity
Nikki Santos- Executive Director, Center for Native American Youth, Aspen Institute