Who We Are
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Board Members - 2010
Buford Crites, President Former Mayor and council member of the City of Palm Desert and Emeriti Professor of Communication at College of the Desert
Margaret Park, Vice President
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians - Director of Planning & Natural Resources
Paul Selzer, Secretary
Retired attorney; currently consulting, specializing in endangered species and habitat matters
Fred Bell, Treasurer
Noble & Company, LLC Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Development
Joan Taylor, Director at Large
Conservation activist
Sue Adams
Scientific illustrator and naturalist, former Curator of Education at The Living Desert
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
Gary Johnson
Granite Construction Company - Aggregate Resource Development Manager
Lin Juniper
Southern California Edison Project Manager, Eastern Region Local Public Affairs for Southern California Edison
Ted Lennon
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
John Purcell
Third Falls Group, LLC - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Accredited Professional
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
Gretchen Gutierrez, Chief Executive Officer
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Judy Hardman, Chief Operating Officer
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Gerda Hook, Vice President of Development
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Tammy Martin, Director of Operations
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Arielle Maccio, Administrative Assistant/Marketing Coordinator
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Deborah Stone, Visitor Center Gift Shop/Buyer
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Judy Colgero, Visitor Center Gift Shop/Visitor Services
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Katie O’Connor, Desert Conservation Coordinator
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