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Dr. Charles F. Kennel
Since 1988, Dr. Kennel has been Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences at the University of California at San Diego.   He is also an important member of the Pew Oceans Commission.   Dr. Kennel is author or co-author of over 250 experimental and theoretical publications in plasma physics, space plasma physics, planetary science, astrophysics, and nonlinear science.   He has been a Fulbright and a Guggenheim scholar, and a Fairchild Professor at the California Institute of Technology.

Dr. Gregory Cajete
Director of Native American Studies and an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico.   Dr. Cajete, a Tewa from Santa Clara Pueblo, is an educator, practicing artist and educational consultant.   His books include Look to the Mountains: An Ecology of Indigenous Education and A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living.   He has also taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where he was the founding director of the Center for Research and Cultural Exchange.

Gary Snyder
As faculty member at the University of California, Davis, Mr. Snyder is well known for his association with the Beat writers and for his advocacy of community living and ecological concerns.   (Gary Snyder’s writing demonstrates the influence of Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound.)   His experiences as a logger and ranger in the Pacific Northwest were inspirations for his first two collections of poetry: Riprap (1959) and Myths and Tests (1960).   Many of his later works focus on alternatives to city living and show a reverence for nature and a deep interest in the philosophies of the East.   Snyder won a Pulitzer Prize for his collection Turtle Island in 1975.   Mr. Snyder is a scheduled reader at the Gala Dinner on February 13, 2004 in SDSU Library.

Gerald McDermott
Through bold, graphic renderings of timeless tales, Gerald McDermott communicates an understanding of the power of mythology, integrating cultural and archetypal symbols.   He is the creator of over 25 books and films.   His first picture book, Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti was named a Caldecott Honor Book.   Subsequent books include Arrow to the Sun: A Tale from the Pueblo, which won the Caldecott Medal and Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, another Caldecott Honor Book. Gerald McDermott has created many beautiful picture books during his long career. His rare ability to evoke the power of myth through simple language and brilliant art has garnered him a large international following and many honors including among them a Caldecott Medal for ARROW TO THE SUN and Caldecott Honors for RAVEN and ANANSI THE SPIDER. His most recent book is CREATION. Mr. McDermott is a Joseph Campbell Foundation Fellow.
http://www.geraldmcdermott.com

John C. Mohawk, Ph.D.
John C. Mohawk is a member of the Seneca Nation at Cattaraugus, New York.   An Associate Professor of History, he teaches in the American Studies Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo.   He edited Exiled in the Land of the Free and A Basic Call to Consciousness, and he is the author of contributed chapters, as well as articles in a wide range of publications and the book, Utopian Legacies: a History of Conquest and Oppression in the Western World.   He is the founder of the journal Akwesasne.

Peter Matthiessen
Mr. Matthiessen is a well-respected novelist, short story, and nonfiction writer.   He established his career writing about vanishing cultures, oppressed people, and exotic wildlife and landscapes.   The majority of his writing is based on his personal travels.   In 1965, with the publication of his fourth novel, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, he received critical recognition and a nomination for a National Book Award.   Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1974, he subsequently published Far Tortuga, often considered to be his most inventive work of fiction, and The Snow Leopard, winner of a National Book Award.   More recently he has written both fiction and nonfiction, receiving the John Burroughs Medal, the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation Award, and the Ambassador Award, English-Speaking Union.   Mr. Matthiessen is a scheduled reader at the Gala Dinner on February 13, 2004 in SDSU Library.

Entertainment

Annie Humphrey
Vocalist born and raised on an Ojibwe Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota.   Her first national exposure came on the album The Whispering Tree.   Offstage, she is dedicated to preserving the land and protecting wildlife and natural medicines.

Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Sisseton- Wahpeton Dakota Sioux, South Dakota; activist, folk singer and acclaimed actor in films and television “Dances with Wolves”, “Buffalo Girls”, “Lakota Woman”, “Walker Texas Ranger”, “Judging Amy” and “Northern Exposure”.

Keith Secola
Anishinabe (Ojibwe/Ojibway) originally from the Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota; award-winning musician, master guitarist and native flute player; singer, songwriter, composer and producer.     His song, NDN Kars, is considered the contemporary Native American anthem.

Robert Tree Cody
Member of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Community in Arizona; gifted flutist, dancer, storyteller, educator and actor; son of the late Iron Eyes Cody.     A traditional dancer, he is very active on the powwow circuit today and has six albums to his credit.

Film

Award winning documentary
In the Light of Reverence produced by the Earth Island Institute Sacred Land Film Project.

Alphabetical List of Panelists

Craig Adams, Executive Director, San Dieguito River Park Conservancy
For the past 18 years, the Conservancy has worked to preserve the natural resources and open space character of the San Dieguito River Valley and to implement a 55-mile River Park. The group raises funds and purchases land for the river park, conducts educational and habitat restoration programs. Craig has recently been involved with the launch of a watershed planning program for the 220,000-acre San Dieguito River watershed.

Alida Allison, Ph.D., National Center for the Study of Children's Literature, SDSU

Lynne Baker, J.D., Endangered Habitats League, planning, lawyer
Following a career in commercial construction, Baker earned her Juris Doctorate at the University of San Diego. She practiced Clean Water Act law and successfully defended the Regional Water Quality Control Board¹s first unified storm water permit at the Shipyards of San Diego Bay. She is one of 50 Construction Peers nationwide in the General Services Administration Design and Construction Excellence program. She is a member of the Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter Executive Committee and also chairs the Housing Action Network.

Michael Beck, San Diego County Planning Commission
A County of San Diego Planning Commissioner, Beck is also San Diego Director, Endangered Habitats League. He is the Founder/Chair, Lakeside Conservancy, member of the boards of the San Diego River Park Foundation and California Oak Foundation, and is a member of the League of Conservation Voters, San Diego.

Elizabeth Bell, J.D., Holland & Knight LLP, advisor National Tribal Environmental Council
Elizabeth A. Bell practices in the areas of Indian law, government relations, environment and natural resources, energy, business law, and entertainment. She served as a Counselor and Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where she advised and represented senior Departmental and Administration officials on matters related to the development and implementation of policy, regulations, legislative priorities, budgets, and other matters. Prior to joining the Department, Ms. Bell worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where she advised agency officials on legal and policy matters related to the protection and regulation of tribal environments. Ms. Bell has a B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. Ms. Bell is member of the State Bar of California, Bar of the District of Columbia, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and Native American Bar Association.

Jim Bell, author, lecturer
An internationally recognized expert on life support sustaining development, Bell¹s projects include the design and construction of the San Diego Center for Appropriate Technology and Ecoparque, a prototype wastewater recycling plant in Tijuana, Mexico that converts sewage into irrigation water and compost. He also worked as a consultant for the Otay Ranch Joint Planning Project and the East Lake Development Company. He's currently designing a life support friendly hotel for Terra Vista Management and is an ecological design consultant for the Ocean Beach People's Food Cooperative's new "green" store. Bell has more than 40 years experience in the design and construction industry.

Marc Beyeler, Senior Program Manager, California Coastal Conservancy
Southern California Regional Coordinator for the California State Coastal Conservancy and Acting Executive Officer, San Diego River Conservancy where for over 20 years, he has managed major land acquisition, enhancement and restoration projects. Marc is responsible for River Parkway and Coastal Watershed projects in San Diego for the Coastal Conservancy, including Otay River watershed and San Diego River watershed projects.

Judy Bishop, Executive Director for Education, Regional Transportation Center

Richard Brasher, The Keith Companies
A former president of Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 and current newsletter editor, he is a physical land planner/urban designer and a registered engineer. He has over 15 years of experience and works for the Keith Companies. Rich is active with numerous civic organizations.

Carolyn Chase, San Diego Sierra Club, Political Committee
A city of San Diego Planning Commissioner, Chase also serves on the County General Plan 2020 Update Interest Group and Chair of Mayor Dick Murphy's Citizen's Environmental Advisory Board. She founded San Diego EarthWorks, the organizers of the EarthFair in Balboa Park and the Earth Day Network, organizers of national and international outreach efforts for Earth Day each April. She is features editor of San Diego Earth Times, and author of a column, Cut to the Chase, for the San Diego Daily Transcript. A past Chapter Chair of the San Diego Sierra Club, she is now a member of both San Diego's as well as their statewide California Political Committees.

Geoffrey Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, San Diego State University
Geoffrey Chase attended Ohio Wesleyan University, receiving the BA in English in 1971. He also holds an MAT from Miami University (Ohio) and the AM in English from Boston College. After receiving his PhD in American literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981, he taught for 11 years in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University of Ohio. In 1992 he joined Northern Arizona University as the Director of English Composition, a position he held for four years. At NAU, he took an active role in the Ponderosa Project, a faculty development project aimed at helping faculty from throughout the university integrate issues of environmental sustainability into their courses. After having also served as Chair of the English Department, he served as the Dean of Liberal Studies and Assessment. In this latter role, he was responsible for implementing a new liberal studies program, the implementation of which is detailed in "Feet to the Fire," an essay that appeared in Schools that Learn. From 1999 until 2001, Dr. Chase was the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies at Northern Arizona University. In Dr. Chase's most recent move he has assumed the position of Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Studies at San Diego State University which he has held since January 2002. Dr. Chase also been a Fulbright Scholar in Turku, Finland, and his chief academic interests are sustainability, undergraduate curricula, literature, and writing. His out-of-academic activities include biking, skiing, kayaking, exercise, theater, art museums, and exploring new restaurants.

Sarah Chasis, J.D., Natural Resources Defense Council
Chasis is Water and Coasts Program Director for the National Resources Defense Council. NRDC is an environmental action organization that uses law, science and the support of more than one million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Janet Santos Cobb
President and Executive Officer, California Oak Foundation
President and Executive Officer, California Wildlife Foundation
Past President, Planning and Conservation League

Mike Connolly, Laguna Resource Services
Former Director of the Campo Environmental Protection Agency, his background includes 13 years of environmental program management and consulting. His work includes the preparation and review of Environmental Assessments for a wide range of projects including waste facilities, gaming, housing, rights-of-way and health care facilities. He assists tribes in developing environmental programs and completing deliverables under their programs.

Diane Barlow Coombs, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3
Retired Executive Director of the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority and aide to five County Supervisors, Diane currently serves as past president of CCC3, is a member of the County of San Diego 2020 General Plan Update Interest Group, and chairs the Volcan Mountain Preserve Citizen Advisory Committee.

Courtney Ann Coyle, Attorney at Law
Courtney focuses on environmental litigation and consulting to protect biological and cultural resource landscapes under local, state and federal laws. She represents the Quechan Indian Nation in efforts to protect traditional cultural properties and religious practices at the Indian Pass area near the Colorado River. Her cases have been profiled on ABC World News Tonight, The History Channel, Preservation Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She has been named California Lawyer Magazine¹s Environmental Lawyer of the Year for 2004.

Steve Crouthamel, chair, American Indian Studies, American Studies Dept., Palomar College

Teddy Cruz, architect, writer, scholar and urban theorist
His firm "Estudio Teddy Cruz" bases their work in the San Diego-Tijuana region and reflects his involvement in projects that straddle the border. An American Academy of Rome prize winner, he received his Masters from Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is a professor of design at Woodbury University, San Diego.

Michael Davis, Ph.D., History Department, University of California at Irvine
Mike is a MacArthur Fellow and author of eight books including the award winning City of Quartz, as well as Ecology of Fear, Magical Urbanism and Late Victorian Holocausts and, most recently, Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See. He has taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Philip S. (Sam) Deloria, Director of the American Indian Law Center, Inc.
A member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Mr. Deloria came to the Law Center in 1971 after graduating from Yale University's law school. He is a lecturer at UNM; a founder of the Commission on State-Tribal Relations; a member of the National Institutional Review Board for the protection of human subjects of research established by the Indian Health Service.

The Honorable Chris Devers, Sr., Chairman, Pauma Band of Mission Indians

Jay Diffendorfer, Ph.D., Vertebrate Biologist, San Diego State University

The Honorable Patricia Dixon, Vice Chair, Pauma Band of Mission Indians
Dixon received a B.A. and M.A. in History, and minored in Religious Studies and Sociology at the University of San Diego. She is also a lecturer and consultant on the American Frontier and Indian History for local schools and colleges. Dixon has continued graduate studies in comparative religion.

Craig P. Dunn, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management, San Diego State University
Craig Dunn specializes in business and society issues. His research interests include the meaning of work, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, managerial ethics and values, and community economic development. He is active in both the International Association for Business and Society (IABS), serving as President, as well as the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management (AofM). Additionally, Craig is Executive Director for the Corporate Governance Institute, a collaborative venture of the SDSU College of Business Administration and the Corporate Directors Forum (CDF), and Ethics Trainer for the City of San Diego Ethics Commission. Craig¹s articles have appeared in Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Management Inquiry, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Journal of International Management, Selected Readings for CPAs in Industry, Dictionary of Business Ethics, and Mapping Strategic Thought. He has recently served on the Board of Directors of Mission Federal Credit Union and the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation in San Diego, California, as well as on the Board of the Corporate Governance Institute, the Green Restaurant Association, and the Ethics Advisory Panel for the Institute for Local Self Government, the research arm of the League of California Cities.

John Echohawk, Ph.D., Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund
A Pawnee, Echohawk, was the first graduate of the University of New Mexico's special program to train Indian lawyers. He has served continuously as NARF Executive Director since its inception 1977. NARF is a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide. NARF concentrates much of its efforts on protecting and asserting Indian rights to natural resources. Major resource protection includes, land rights, water rights, hunting and fishing rights and environmental protection. Echohawk has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal since 1988 and has received numerous service awards and other recognition for his leadership in the Indian law field.

Janet Fairbanks, San Diego Association of Governments
Fairbanks is the project manager for the Multiple Habitat Conservation Program (MHCP), a multiple jurisdictional program for seven north San Diego County cities: Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Solana Beach, and Vista. The program designed a habitat preserve system for the seven city area and identified local implementation responsibilities. She is also working to develop a Regional Comprehensive Plan for the San Diego County area and identify funding sources for the regional preserve system. Fairbanks has worked in local government in the San Diego region for over twenty-four years.

Anne S. Fege, Supervisor, Cleveland National Forest
The Cleveland National Forest, with 450,000 acres of land in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, is managed for watershed values, habitat for native plants and animals including 22 threatened and endangered species, recreational use, some commodity uses, and open space. Fege has been a leader in the Urban National Forest Coalition for many years; represents the Forest Service in interagency programs with the Girl Scouts of the USA, serves on the teaching cadre for the Water Resources for Line Officers course, has served as the National Leader for Wilderness Management, and has worked in various research management positions.

Bob Flewelling: San Diego Program Director, The Trust for Public Land
He has worked for a national nonprofit that acquires and protects land for wildlife habitat, public recreation, and scenic open space since 1984 and has been working in San Diego since 1988. Working in partnership with local, state and federal agencies and with the support of other nonprofits, the Trust has acquired and protected almost 28,000 acres in San Diego over the last 20 years.

Marco Gonzalez, Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter
The Senior Staff Attorney with San Diego BayKeeper, he also serves as Director of the San Diego BayKeeper Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and Chairman/Legal Counsel for the Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter. Mr. Gonzalez received a B.A. in Biology/Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his J.D. and Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He has maintained a solo practice in general environmental law since 1998.

Lisa Gover, National Tribal Environmental Council
A Pawnee/Comanche, Gover serves as Program Director for the National Tribal Environmental Council's Lands. Gover coordinates work group activities with tribal government environmental officials to prepare recommendations for improving the Environmental Protection Agency¹s response with regard to tribal government environmental protection and resource management issues and priorities. Her specialized work experience is in working with tribal, federal, state, local and international agencies concerning tribal government issues in subjects including Superfund/NPL sites, federal facilities, international environmental and human rights issues, water rights, tribal government gaming, welfare reform, and other issues.

Theodore Griswold, J.D., Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Advisor for the Jamul and Pala reservations

John Grosskopf, President, Environmental Resources Engineering, Inc.

Mary Ann Hawke, Ph.D., Botanist, San Diego Natural History Museum
Dr. Hawke is a plant ecologist working with the Botany Department of the San Diego Natural History Museum as Director of their new San Diego County Plant Atlas project. San Diego County is recognized as a hotspot of biodiversity and through this project, community volunteers (called parabotanists) are trained to document local floral diversity by collecting voucher specimens. Her background includes science education, and an interest in plant-soil microbial ecology, lichens, arid lands, and the effects of human-caused disturbance on ecological health.

Lisa C. Haws, Viejas Tribal Government
Community Development & Land-Into-Trust Program Manager

Lawrence Herzog, Ph.D., School of Public Administration and Urban Studies, SDSU
Larry has been a Fulbright Scholar, Felow at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, consultant to n umerous international and U.S. planning agencies. He frequently writes for print media and is the author/editor of six books, including Shared Space: Rethinking the U.S.- Mexico Border Environment; From Aztec to High Tech; and Where North Meets South.

Alan Hoffman, The Mission Group, transit planner
Hoffman is Principal with The Mission Group, a strategic planning firm that works in transportation and urban development, specializing in applying market-focused analysis to planning problems. He serves as Chair of Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 Transportation Committee and is incoming president this year. His transportation work takes him to many areas, including several other countries.

Bradford D. Hollingsworth, Ph.D., San Diego Natural History Museum
As a Research Associate for the department of Herpetology and as exhibits curator for Reptiles, Real and Robotic, Brad¹s research interests center around the molecular and morphological systematics of squamate reptiles and focuses on the evolution and biogeography of the herpetofauna of Baja California and its associated islands.

James Hubbell, Ilan-Lael Foundation, Artist
James Hubbell sculpts unique living environments from nearby materials, providing beautiful shelters for humans to dwell in harmony with nature. Over the past fifty years he has shared an inspiring vision of the spirit of nature made tangible in glass, wood, metal, concrete, and stone, in homes, schools, gardens, pavilions, nature centers and peace parks around the globe. He is also founder and guiding light of the Ilan Lael Foundation.

Rob Hutsel, Director, San Diego River Park Foundation
Mr. Hutsel's responsibilities include directing their programs and projects, including the development of a master plan for the San Diego River Park. He is currently serving as co-chair of the San Diego River Watershed Management Plan workgroup and is on the board of directors of the Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, the San Diego Presidio Park Council, and the Mission Valley Preserve.

Bill Jacoby: San Diego County Water Authority, Water Resources Manager
As a manager for the Water Authority's local water resources programs, Mr. Jacoby has worked with the City of San Diego for 12 years in various positions, including initial development of its water conservation program.

Jon E. Keeley, Ph.D., Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. Keeley earned his Ph.D. in botany and ecology from the University of Georgia in 1977 and has a Master's degree in biology from San Diego State University. He is currently stationed at Sequoia National Park and is an adjunct professor in the department of Organism Biology, Ecology and Evolution at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Chris Khoury, M.D., Psychiatrist in private practice
Dr. Khoury is a graduate of Yale College and Duke Medical School. An avid outdoorsman with a love for nature, propelled him into the environmental movement to preserve our natural heritage so future generations can have an opportunity to bond to the natural world. He is a volunteer naturalist for the San Dieguito River Park and has served as the president of the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy.

David Kopec, Ph.D., Environmental Psychologist, Pacific Keys
Dr. Kopec earned a dual M.S. in Corporate Community Psychology and Administration; a Ph.D. in Environmental Psychology; and certification by the National Commission on Health Education Credentialing. As a postdoctoral student in China, he was immersed in the practice of feng shui and other ancient philosophies. He is a faculty member of Springfield College and an instructor at the Design Institute of San Diego and the NewSchool of Architecture and Design.

F. Cesar Lopez, Jr., Senior Water Resource Specialist, San Diego County Water Authority

Richard Louv, author and columist for The San Diego Union-Tribune
Mr. Louv has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor and other newspapers and magazines. He was one of the founders and senior editor of Connect for Kids, the largest child advocacy site on the World Wide Web. Mr. Louv has served as a columnist and member of the editorial advisory board for Parents magazine.

Carmen Lucas, Kayaaymii Indian, Laguna Mountain ('k-why me')
Tribal elder and member Kumeyaay Repatriation Committee, Lucas works as an archaeological technician, Indian monitor and Native American consultant. She also serves as a board member of the San Diego Archaeological Center, the San Diego County Historic Sites and on the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee. In 1976, Lucas returned to live full-time on her ancestral homelands in the Laguna Mountains.

The Honorable Mark Macarro, Chairman, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
Macarro has served as Pechanga Chairman since 1992, and has been at the forefront of sacred lands and environmental protection on reservation lands. Under his leadership, the tribe was one of the first in California to establish an environmental department within its government.

Peter MacLaggan: Senior Vice President or Project Development, Poseidon Resources
Peter has over 20 years of experience in water resources planning and management including development of several large-scale seawater desalination projects located in California. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from San Diego State University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego's School of Law.

Juana Majel-Dixon, member, Pauma Band of Indians; Recording Secretary, National Congress of American Indians

Patricia McCoy, Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Asso., mayor protem, City of Imperial Beach
Ms. McCoy has been an educator and wetlands activist for over thirty-five years. She was active in the creation of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve; served as a California Coastal Commissioner; board member for WildCoast, a binational conservation group working mainly in Baja California.

Toby McLeod, Earth Island Institute's Sacred Land Film Project

Suzanne Michel: Watershed Coordinator, San Diego County, So. California Wetlands Recovery Project
Dr. Michel has a doctorate in water resources geography from the University of Colorado. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego, Department of Marine and Environmental Studies. Her recent article in the Natural Resources Journal examines the geographic relationships between water transfers, wetland desiccation, marine ecosystem and water quality degradation along the border between California and Baja California.

Antone Minard, Ph.D., Folklore and Mythology, UCLA

Scott Morrison, San Diego office, The Nature Conservancy
Mr. Morrison, a senior ecologist for The Conservancy, oversees conservation planning and management for all Nature Conservancy reserves in Southern California and prioritizes land purchases based on biological value.

Larry Myers: Executive Secretary, Native American Heritage Commission
Mr. Myers was born and raised on the Pinoleville Indian Rancheria. Appointed by Governor Wilson to the Sesquicentennial Commission and a member of the Department of Forestry's Native American Advisory Council, he was instrumental in placing the Native American's commemorative seal on the west steps of the State Capital. He assisted in the development of the Federal Oversight Hearing on Native American Legislation; serves on the Committee on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Tom Oberbaurer: Environmental Resource Mgr., San Diego County Dept. of Planning and Land Use
Mr. Oberbaurer has worked for the County for 25 year reviewing potential environmental impacts from general plan amendments and identification of sensitive resources. His interests are County biological resources and biodiversity and the botanical resources of the Channel Islands and Baja California.

Pietro Parravano, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
Parravano is a commercial fisherman and is the owner/operator of the commercial fishing vessel Anne B. He harvests salmon, Dungeness crab, and rockfish. He has served as the President of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations since 1992. In 1994, Parravano started the Institute for Fisheries Resources to promote, sponsor and advance the recovery and protection of fisheries and their supporting habitats. Since 1997, he has been one of two U.S. delegates to the World Forum of Fish Workers and Fish Harvesters established in New Delhi, India to represent fishing families and communities committed to sustainable fishing, and is involved in numerous other similar pursuits.

Ken Quigley, Integrated Natural Resources Mgmt. Plan, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton
As coastal Southern California became urbanized and the list of endangered and threatened species grew, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton inherited a large number of conservation issues. As the point man for Camp Pendleton's natural resources management, he has expert knowledge on the successes, difficulties, and methods used to balance conservation with military land use.

Jon P. Rebman, Ph.D., San Diego Natural History Museum
As Curator of Botany, Jon has concentrated on building research ties between the museum and scientific institutions in Baja California and Baja California Sur. Following up his doctoral research at Arizona State University, his primary research is the systematics of the Cactus family. Under his guidance the botany department at SDNHM is compiling an annotated checklist of the flora of the Baja California peninsular and its islands.

Linda Salem, M.A., M.L.S., Education Librarian, Library and Information Access, SDSU

Mark Schaake, Management Department, San Diego State University

Gregg Schermann (HecAce), Esalen Institute
Born and raised in and around the Santa Lucia mountains and the Big Sur coast, HecAce is a highly skilled craftsman and devoted mountain man. His life long aim has been the study and mastery of living self sufficiently in a wilderness setting. He is a long term student of the medicine ways with Charlie Storm Owl.

David Schiffman, Esalen Institute
David Schiffman has been on the faculty of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur for 35 years, conducting seminars and leading workshops in a variety of wilderness settings. He has consulted with organizations and individuals in the fields of law enforcement, medicine, business, local tribal affairs, politics and the creative arts. David is an adopted member of the Esselen Tribe, where he was given the name Spirit Dancer. He is also a drummer and vocalist with the Big Sur Natives.

Jill Sherman-Warren, Pechanga Tribe, Environmental Director

Geoffrey D. Smith, San Diego River Park Foundation; California Wild Heritage Campaign
Mr. Smith is an active volunteer in the environmental community. He currently serves as chairperson of 4,000-acre Los Peñasquitos Canyon Open Space Preserve Citizens Advisory Committee; and is past Chapter Chairperson and Staff Conservation Program Coordinator for the Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter.

Wayne Spencer, Ph.D., Conservation Biology Institute
Dr. Spencer is an ecologist who specializes in the pragmatic application of science to improve ecosystem health, design nature reserves, and recover endangered species. Dr. Spencer has helped create several multi-species conservation plans in California, and serves as a science advisor to various governmental agencies and conservation organizations.

Jerre Ann Stallcup: Conservation Biologist with the Conservation Biology Institute
Ms. Stallcup has 20 years of experience in the management of large biological conservation planning and GIS mapping and modeling studies in the U.S. and abroad. She is currently working with Pronatura and U.S. and Mexican biologists on a binational conservation plan for the border region of San Diego County.

Mike Stepner: Principal, Stepner Design Group
Mike has over 30 years experience leading, managing and participating in comprehensive planning programs and development of public policy. He is on the faculty of the New School of Architecture in San Diego and has been recognized for his effective integration of architectural principles into public planning through historic preservation, restoration/urban revitalization and regulatory reform programs.

Mike Wangler, M.S., Professor of Geography, Cuyamaca College
As the coordinator of the Earth Sciences program at Cuyamaca College in San Diego County, he teaches geography and field-based earth sciences courses. He serves on the Board of Directors for the California Geographical Society and the San Diego based Back County Land Trust.

Allison Whitelaw, AIA; Principal, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Inc.
President of San Diego Architectural Foundation
Ms. Whitelaw's design expertise includes libraries, recreation facilities, schools, administration and operation facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants, historic restoration, life safety facilities and private residences. Some recent design projects include: Ridgehaven Green Building Demonstration Project for the City of San Diego; Wagenheim Middle School; North University City Branch Library and Community Building, and Point Loma Brand Library green building.

Jennifer Whitelaw: Principal of Whitelaw Marketing
As President of Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 and as a member of the Public Facilities committee for Downtown San Diego Partnership, her work has received an AMY Award from the American Marketing Association and an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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