We're Looking for a CEO – Friends of the Desert Mountains is looking for a Chief Executive Officer to help in their efforts of land acquisitions. For a two page PDF document with the position description and requirements, click here.

If you're interested, after reviewing Position Description PDF, please contact Judy Hardman, Chief Operating Officer, by email: click here.

Ted Lennon Board PresidentBoard Members 2008/2009

Ted Lennon, President – LDD Desert Development, Inc. President, LDD Desert Development, Inc. and CEO of Reserve Realty and President and CEO, Stone Eagle LLC, and President and CEO SilverRock LLC

Buford Crites, Vice President/Secretary - Former Mayor and council member of the City of Palm Desert and Emeriti Professor of Communication at College of the Desert

Fred Bell, Treasurer – Building Industry Association. Executive Officer, Building Industry Association Desert Chapter

Joan Taylor, Director at Large - Conservation Activist

Paul Selzer, Director at Large - Retired attorney; currently consulting, specializing in endangered species and habitat matters

Sue Adams - Scientific illustrator and naturalist, former Curator of Education at The Living Desert for 20 years

Bill Havert – Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy. Executive Director of CVMC, the organization established by the California Legislature in 1990 to protect the mountains surrounding the Coachella Valley

Kay Hazen – Kay Hazen & Company. Consultant, Coachella Valley-based Public/Government Affairs

Lin Juniper – Southern California Edison. Region Manager – Local Public Affairs for Southern California Edison

Margaret Park – Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Director of Planning & Natural Resources

Ruth Watling – The Watling Company
Partner in desert horticulturist-landscape design company; member of Pinyon Community Council
and National Monument Advisory Board; former Garden Curator at The Living Desert

Staff

Judy Hardman, Chief Operating Officer
Judy's email

Gerda Hook, Vice President of Development
Gerda's email

Tammy Martin, Director of Operations
Tammy's email

Arielle Maccio, Administrative Assistant
Arielle's email

Deborah Stone, Visitor Center Gift Shop
Deborah's email

Elizabeth Green, Visitor Center Gift Shop
Elizabeth's email