• Over 15 years of outreach, lobbying, media spokesperson and fundraising for conservation groups including: the Center for Biological Diversity; Living Rivers; Grand Canyon Trust; the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center; and the Society for Ecological Restoration.
• Directed campaigns for forest, river restoration and large landscape; cattle grazing reform, dam decommissioning, imperiled species listing, and critical habitat designation.
• Specialized in Colorado River Basin, a seven-state, two-country area beset by drought, water wars, population explosion, species extinction and a plethora of other insults. Yet, the river endures.
• Featured in news and TV series produced by:
• National Geographic Television: Colorado River Series, The End of the River
• National Public Radio (NPR): Freeing Fossil Creek
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): Colorado River Delta
• Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Arizona Republic and many other major media markets.
• Over 10 years in the corporate world including market research companies, strategic operations for Arizona Public Service Company; and VP of ExcelCare Enterprises, Inc., a business built with my husband to serve the healthcare and non-profit industries through consulting, conferences, marketing and strategy development.
Board Memberships
• SoiDog Foundation USA Board of Directors, 2018-2021 (National). SoiDog mission summary: End the dog meat trade in Asia; create a society without homeless animals; and ultimately end animal cruelty, through spay/neuter, rescue, emergency care and education.
• Sierra Club, National Board of Directors, 2003-2006 (National). Mission summary: To explore, enjoy and protect the planet.
• Living Rivers Board of Directors, 2001-2004 (Colorado River Basin). Mission summary: Revive the natural habitat and spirit of rivers by undoing the damage done by dams, diversions and pollution on the Colorado Plateau.
• American Marketing Association, Phoenix Chapter Board Member and President, [1989-1992.]
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