Staff & Contractor Biographies
- AFFILIATIONS: President of the Blackhills Regional multiple-use Coalition, Toyota Land Cruisers Association, Land-Use chair for the Black Hills 4-Wheelers, Land Use Chair for the Dakota Territory Cruisers...
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: 4-Wheeling, fly-fishing, camping.
- HOME STATE: South Dakota (I call the Black Hills of South Dakota and Rapid City in particular my home.)
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA: Black Hills, South Dakota and Moab, Utah.
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: Through Park Owens (former BRC Board Member) and the Toyota Land Cruisers Association.
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: See Interview.
- AFFILIATIONS: Utah Shared Access Alliance (USA-All)
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: 4WDing, dirtbiking, camping.
- HOME STATE: Colorado
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA: San Rafael Swell, Utah
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: Through my work at USA-All.
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: We need to become the biggest, baddest recreation advocacy organization in the country!
- AFFILIATIONS: Science Fiction Book Club
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Travel, home improvement, gardening and playing with my grandkids
- HOME STATE: Idaho
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA: The Seattle and Salt Lake City Areas
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: Applied for the Membership Manager position in 1998
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: I want the BlueRibbon Coalition to be so recognizable as an OHV advocacy group that no one ever asks, "Blue Who?" again.
- AFFILIATIONS: Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Association, COHVCO, Coloroado Snowmobile Association Director of Land Use and Legislative Activities, BlueRibbon Western Region Representative, Former President of the BlueRibbon Coalition (1996-2007)
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Snowmobiling, Personal Watercraft, some 4WD use
- HOME STATE: Colorado & Wyoming
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA: Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado; Snowy Range, Wyoming; Iditarod Trail, Nome to Anchorage, Alaska
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: The BRC was founded at the same time as COHVCO, and I joined BRC just after COHVCO got off the ground.
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: I feel we have made a lot of progress, and look forward to another period of growth over the years to come.
- AFFILIATIONS: California Association of 4WD Clubs (CA4WDC), Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR)
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Four-wheeling, writing, photography, music, hunting, fishing, sight-seeing and adventuring.
- HOME STATE: California
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA: Death Valley, CA; Moab, UT; Rubicon Trail, CA; and Sweetwater Mountains, CA.
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: Clark Collins asked me to help with the BRC Strategic Plan in 1996. I have been a loyal member ever since.
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: To develop a long term, useable, user-friendly Strategic Plan to help build membership and financial stability for BRC.
- AFFILIATIONS: Cal4WDC, Snowmobile Alliance of Western States (SAWS), Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR), United Four Wheel Drive, and my local four wheel drive club the Motherlode Rockcrawlers.
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Traveling in general, fishing, camping, photography, jeepin', snowmobiling, cruising my classic, swimming, reading, walking the trails and meeting other people with similar interests.
- HOME STATE:
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA:That's a tough one. I would have to say the Rubicon (that is where I met Del), yet Logandale, Nevada is awesome; the Sweetwater Mountians out of Bridgeport are a must see; and Alaska is great too!li>
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: After hearing about a local closure effort in my own backyard, I got involved with getting petitions signed when I was on the trail to keep them open for all access. I later met Del Albright who just happened to be very involved with BRC. It was a natural progression for me to be more active in BRC and I have been involved with educating both the private and public sector in the responsible use of our public and private lands for our recreational needs and purposes.
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: I would like to see the BRC expand and move towards being a more prolific entity that rivals the anti-access groups that are working hard to close our public lands. Educating the public users is also an integral part of our fight for keeping our lands open, so I also advocate for and teach responsible use and pass those values on to my family and friends. I am also very involved in recruiting new members as membership is the key to our goal of "Preserving our Natural Resources FOR the Public Instead of FROM the Public."
- AFFILIATIONS: Steering Committee Member, Western Communities for Environmental Solutions; Charter Member, Resource Education Network; Member, AMA District 36; Member, AMA; Member, Contra Costa County Sheriff's Posse.
- RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Off-road motorcycling, fishing, four wheeling, exploring national forest lands, desert touring, camping, dual-sport motorcycling, snowmobiling, target shooting, paint ball, politics.
- HOME STATE: California
- FAVORITE TRAIL/AREA: Grindstone Ranger District (Stonyford OHV Area) on the Mendocino National Forest, CA; Foresthill OHV Area, Tahoe National Forest, CA.
- HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN BRC: In 1990 I became concerned about the loss of multiple-use lands and decided to do something about it and joined the BRC.
- COMMENTS/GOALS FOR BRC: To proactively champion responsible multiple use recreation on public and private lands. Continue to build new alliances with other multiple-use interest groups.
