Joel Berger:
Having lived and worked in the Jackson Hole area for more than a decade, Joel believes that more effort needs to go into building public involvement in sustaining wildlife and healthy ecosystems. He strives to put plans into action that will reach those goals. "I am interested in living in environments where the local community has deemed healthy ecosystems, minimizing impacts, and sustaining wildlife as high priorities,” he said.
Joel has a master’s degree in biology from California State University, a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Colorado, is a Ph.D. candidate at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, and has earned fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution. He is the senior scientist for the Wildlife Conservation Society and a professor at the University of Montana. Joel is married to Kim Berger, and has a daughter, Sonja.

David Carlin:
David Carlin first traveled to Jackson Hole in 1948 on a "great family western tour." Avid outdoors-people, he and his wife Lisa have visited the area regularly for the past 15 years and purchased a home here in the mid '90s. David brings to the Alliance Board an impressive array of academic and business achievements. These include degrees from Princeton and Ohio State Law School, client relations work and key leadership in the world's largest and preeminent human resources consulting firm.
As an Alliance Board member, David hopes to be an active leader in working to forward the organization's mission -- to promote responsible land stewardship to ensure that human activities are in harmony with the area's irreplaceable wildlife, scenic and other natural resources. In considering the growing number of issues that are facing the Jackson Hole region, he sees effective Yellowstone ecosystem land use planning, establishment of community values, balanced transportation planning, coordination of town and county land-use planning, and the provision of affordable housing as some of the most important.
"However, identifying such issues is much less difficult than providing the influence and means to achieve appropriate solutions," he acknowledges. Nevertheless, he remains an optimist: "There is ample opportunity to continue to influence the direction of the area we love so much. I believe I can help."

Addie & Ted Donnan, Honorary Board Members:
Together Ted and his wife Addie make for a dynamic duo in the community. They have been supporters of the Alliance since its inception and have taken turns sitting on the Board of Directors. The Donnans' immense generosity with their time, efforts and knowledge has been invaluable in making the Alliance what it is today.
Addie has played a vital role in organizing major fundraisers for the Alliance, including the Silent Art and Antique Auction and the annual "Addie's Trunk Show." She's also the major driving force behind the Alliance's needlepoint rug project, rallying volunteers to create exquisite rugs, which are then sold to support the work of the Alliance. Meanwhile, she is a full-time volunteer for St. John's Hospital, Junior League, Red Cross, YWCA, United Appeal, St. John's Episcopal Church, the League of Woman Voters, and the list goes on. She is currently affiliated with the Teton Science School, the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, the R.E. Lee Memorial Association and the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Ted, a retired executive from the Federal Paper Board Company, has special expertise in finance and investment management. He served for years as treasurer of the Alliance and continues to be a key member of the Finance Committee. Ted has also served on the Board of Directors for the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Teton Science School and the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. He has been active with several fundraising committees, including St. John's Episcopal Church, St. John's Hospital, and the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance's capital campaign to purchase an office building.
Ted and Addie own the Owl Ranch in Wilson and have been property owners in Jackson Hole since 1967, where they enjoy spending time with their two daughters and granddaughters.

Dick Ferguson:
Dick Ferguson has a long-standing love for the valley that began when he first started visiting Jackson Hole in 1946. He and his wife Jean purchased property in the valley in 1973 and spent 36 summers here and in Yellowstone before making it their full-time home in 1997.
It didn't take Dick long to become involved in several community causes. He has taken on roles as a lay chaplain at St. John's Hospital, Teton Science School volunteer, "55 Alive" instructor at the Senior Center, and director of the Teton County/Jackson Parks & Recreation Board. Dick previously worked as an educator and coach in Southern California and as a national park worker for more than 40 seasons. He enjoys hiking, canoeing, traveling, fishing and cross-country skiing.
He joined the Alliance Board in hopes that the organization could put his and his wife's talent and skills to use to help preserve an area he has loved for more than 50 years.
"We joined because not only does the Alliance hold many of the same concerns as we do, and not only does it always fight for them, but sometimes it wins. We love it when the good guys win and are willing to work to make it happen," Dick said.
His goals for the Alliance include trying to help change the local government's course. Dick is most concerned about new urban sprawl, scenic helicopter tours, growing congestion, disregard for wildlife needs, ill-advised land swaps, irresponsible governmental decisions and what he calls the "insatiable greed" of some.

Bruce Hayse:
A deeply ingrained love for the land and an abiding desire to protect it brought physician Bruce Hayse back to the Alliance board of directors in September 2005. He previously served two three-year terms from 1997-2003, and by rejoining the board, he hopes to augment efforts to stand up for natural landscapes while populations grow and development pressures accelerate.
Jackson Hole has seen dramatic changes since Bruce first moved to the valley in 1983. “There are daily fewer sanctuaries for wildlife to roam and for humans to find a place to touch the natural rhythms of the world.” he said. “Jackson Hole is fortunate in always having had articulate and dedicated defenders, and the Alliance is in the position of carrying on that tradition.”
Bruce is an avid outdoor recreationist and spends a great deal of his free time skiing, kayaking and exploring the Absaroka and Gros Ventre Ranges. He originally hails from the high desert of eastern Oregon. He earned honors degrees from the University of Wisconsin in biochemistry and plant ecology and received a degree in medicine from the University of Oregon.
Today, he operates a family practice clinic in Jackson, serves as the director of Home Health and Hospice services for St. John’s Hospital and is the president of the Wyoming Wilderness Association. His conservation efforts aren't limited to Jackson Hole, as he was one of six co-founders in 1998 to start “Africa Rainforest and River Conservation, Inc.” a non-profit that helps protect African rainforests, river systems and wildlife.
Bruce attributes his love for the land to his grandfather who, at the turn of the century, came from west Texas to Oregon, where he lived with Indians, learned to make his own arrowheads and struggled as a homesteader. “Even in his later years he was always eager to get out into the desert he loved; wearing his long underwear all year long and with his perpetual wad of chewing tobacco,” he notes. Although the medical degree may deter Hayse from the tobacco, he certainly carries on his grandfather’s passion for the natural world.

Kathe Henry:
Kathe describes her first hike up a mountain at age 12 as an epiphany that made her want to live in the mountains. Kathe grew up on Long Island, attended Middlebury College in Vermont and spent 35 years in the Chicago area raising four children and teaching tennis before her westbound journey finally landed her and her husband Ed in Jackson Hole, where they soon became Conservation Alliance members. When Kathe’s son died of AIDS in 1993, she became the president of the Scott Opler Foundation in his memory. The foundation supported the Alliance and other environmental groups. Now that she is no longer running the foundation, she is pleased to join the Alliance board and focus on issues such as traffic, air pollution and roadless areas in Jackson Hole. Kathe claims never to have met an environmental cause she didn’t like.

Nancy Hoffman:
A supporter of the Conservation Alliance since the early days, retired real estate broker Nancy Hoffman was welcomed back home to the board in July 2008. Nancy owned Ely Associates Property Management in Jackson for 17 years and retired in the late ’80s to enjoy raising and racing quarter horses. “Had some winners, too,” she says with pride. Having lived in the Jackson Hole area for more than 30 years, Nancy also said she hopes her experience, history and familiarity with the issues will prove to be a good resource for the Alliance. “Finding a good Comprehensive Plan that truly meets the vision of the community and specifically protecting the wildlife and vistas that make Jackson Hole what it is are our most pressing issues,” she added. Nancy’s other volunteer work includes serving as president of the Star Valley Land Trust Chapter of the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust, vice president of the newly formed Therapeutic Riding STAR group in Star Valley, and secretary of the Sweetwater Irrigation Company. She’s also involved with the Horse Council of Wyoming and the Wilderness Society, and was honored by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department as the 2007 and 2008 Landowner of the Year for the Jackson area for her outstanding land stewardship.

Jeff Hogan:
With camera in hand, award-winning cinematographer Jeff Hogan has made himself at home everywhere from the wilds of Patagonia to the wildly pitching deck of a crab boat on the Bering Sea. But when he first set foot in Jackson Hole in 1980, Jeff found his home base. “I first moved to Jackson Hole with plans to spend the summer between semesters while studying architectural engineering at Wentworth Institute of Engineering and Technology in Boston,” Jeff said. “I never returned to study in Boston.”
A self-employed wildlife filmmaker and cameraman, Jeff has many productions for National Geographic, the BBC and ABC to his credit, on subjects ranging from beavers, bears and baboons to wolves and whales. In 2005-06, he even braved 30-foot seas and below freezing temperatures aboard the fishing vessels “Rollo” and “Northwestern,” documenting fishermen’s lives on the Bering Sea for the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” series. At home, Jeff and his wife Karen and son Finn spend much of their time exploring the wilds of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. A gifted photographer as well, Jeff also co-owns Wild Exposures Gallery in downtown Jackson, where he has kindly hosted events for the Conservation Alliance and shared his passion for the valley’s unique beauty and wildlife.
Jeff called being invited to join the Alliance board a great honor, and said he “plans to take greater care in studying the issues that will direct the future of Jackson Hole and enlighten those around me who may care about these issues but may be pressed for time.” Jeff also hopes to recruit new members to the Alliance to help preserve wildlife and wilderness.

Bill McClure:
Bill McClure owned a mechanical contracting and engineering company in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but says Jackson Hole’s environment and wildlife led him and his wife Ruth to choose this area as their new home when he retired in 2000. Bill has two daughters and a stepson who visit frequently with their families, and says he wants to help “keep development within reason and within the boundaries of the Comprehensive Plan, and at a slow pace to maintain Jackson Hole as one of the last great places left in the U.S.” A mechanical engineering graduate of Lafayette College, class of 1963, Bill enjoys golf, skiing, hiking, fishing, climbing and hunting.

Mac Munro:
When Mac joined the board in 2004, he was no newcomer to the organization. Mac is the only board member to have started his relationship with the Alliance as an art auction intern. Mac’s internship spanned the winter of 1997, and from there, he worked both full and part time for Alliance from 1997-1999 as research and outreach assistant. "I really enjoyed the work I was involved in and the people I was working with during that time period. I felt it was rewarding and wanted to get more involved in the advocacy aspect of the environmental world here in Jackson."
Mac also brings with him a strong background in environmental studies. He moved to Jackson in 1994 to pursue a graduate degree in environmental education through the Teton Science School’s Professional Residency in Environmental Education program. His bachelor’s degree is in environmental studies and geography from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, and he has a master’s in environmental education from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona.
Since settling in Jackson, Mac has had many jobs in the outdoor field, including working as a mountain bike guide and a nordic and telemark ski instructor. In 1999, Mac and three friends founded Two Ocean Builders, a small company specializing in custom residential and commercial building projects in Jackson. Now the owner of a different small business, Mac and his wife Janet have a son, Henry, who fills much of their time, and a chocolate lab named Ruby. Janet is a massage therapist, outdoor enthusiast and a board member of the Thanks A Million Foundation. Mac enjoys skiing, ice hockey, golf, fishing, playing music and recreating in the outdoors. "I am very excited and honored to be a part of the Alliance’s Board of Directors and can’t wait to contribute," says Mac. "This organization is extremely important to this community and the natural world that surrounds it. I look forward to the challenges ahead and working to protect and maintain this valley’s natural integrity.”

Julius Muschaweck:
Many people call Jackson Hole their dream land, but not many came as far to find their dream land as Julius. Julius Muschaweck moved to the United States from his native Germany, where he grew up in the construction business, studied architecture and obtained a master's degree from the Munich Institute of Technology.
Julius' experiences in Germany and his life's work bring with them invaluable insight for the Alliance and the entire community. As a young man, he was lucky to have survived the bombing of Munich during World War II, when 185 bombs rained down within a 1/2-mile radius of his home. After the war, he was heavily involved in rebuilding Germany. With 60 million people in a country about the size of Wyoming, the endeavor forced Julius and others to design and construct with a sensitivity to the environment and the future. "If we had not been extremely conscious about the environment, we would have killed ourselves . . . and the environment," he said.
Julius first visited the United States in 1951, when he came to study on a scholarship. He has always cherished his homeland, but the United States impressed him as much more easygoing than war-torn Europe. He fell in love with North America and its people, and he hoped to return someday. In 1980, he did return with his wife Erika, moving first to Florida and then to California. They began visiting Jackson Hole in 1983, purchased a lot here in 1993 and moved permanently to the valley in 1995. The Muschawecks first learned about the Alliance through Howard Stirn at the R Lazy S Ranch.
Over the years, they have become increasingly involved with the Alliance's work and have volunteered at the annual Silent Art Auction benefit. When Julius ponders the challenges facing the Alliance, the first thing that pops to mind is the trend of building more roads, bigger roads, and a possible North Bridge over the Snake River. "The biggest challenge is not to destroy the environment here," he said. "When I read about having roads widened to five or six lanes, it's scary because I know how much traffic two-lane roads carry with drivers being sensitive and being patient."
He lives on the Teton Village Road where a North Bridge would add the most convenience for residents, however, he believes it would be an enormous mistake to construct the bridge due to the environmental impacts. "Convenience has its price," he said. "That's just too high of a price to pay."
An environmentalist all of his life, Julius is excited to be a member of the Alliance Board and hopes he can use the role to help the people of Jackson Hole become even more conscious of just how beautiful and invaluable the area is. He wants to encourage everyone to handle the environment with not just great care, but "the greatest care." "Once it's gone, it's gone forever," he said.

Rafe Rivers:
A summer spent guiding on the Snake in 2005 set the hook for Georgia native and avid fisherman Rafe Rivers to move to Jackson Hole full time after he graduated from college in December that same year. Our youngest board member was invited to join after he served as an Alliance outreach intern in 2007, providing invaluable help with Party for the Pronghorn and other events.
Rafe has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics from the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia, where he also received a certificate in Environmental Ethics. Now working as operations manager for The Clear Creek Group property management company, Rafe has some impressive goals for his first term: “I want to learn how to balance a growing population within a fragile ecosystem, and hope to further my environmental education through the knowledge of our experienced and committed board and staff. I also think my age group is a large population in Jackson who cares about this valley but may not know how to help give back. I hope to help bridge this gap as well as be an asset to the Alliance with my hard work, dedication and strong environmental ethic.”
Rafe said that stopping oil and gas development on public lands, gaining Wild and Scenic designation for Snake River headwaters, and protecting Jackson Hole’s cherished natural resources from irresponsible growth are the valley’s most pressing issues. “I believe the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance truly helps this valley find a sound balance in smart growth while protecting our irreplaceable ecosystems,” he said. “And I feel honored to be part of such a thoughtful and dedicated group of people who care deeply about Jackson Hole.”

Chuck Schneebeck:
Chuck, a retired educator, has for many years combined environmental activism with environmental education in California and Wyoming. (If you know his son, former Alliance program associate Carl Schneebeck, you can see how effective Chuck must be at training people to make a difference!) Chuck and his wife Carol are involved community members and coordinated the fence removal project for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation from 2002 through 2007. He is an avid ornithologist and has a bird-banding license.
Chuck hopes to use his experience as an educator, biologist, environmental activist and manager of complex systems to help the Alliance protect wildlife habitat in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
“I believe that opportunistic development has the potential of destroying the very natural resources that draw people to the valley,” he said. “Increasing population without careful planning could easily result in reduction of wildlife, polluted air and water, and transportation gridlock.”

Pegi Sobey:
A professional fundraiser for the past 25 years, Pegi Sobey brings a wealth of expertise to her role as chairperson of the Alliance’s Development and Planned Giving Committees. Pegi was born in Dayton, Ohio, the eighth of nine children, and worked and volunteered in Ohio, Florida, Texas and California before retiring to Moran with her husband, Doug, in 2001. After working in law office management and stockholder relations with BFI, Pegi embarked on a second career as development director and fundraising consultant for numerous nonprofits, including The Marine Mammal Center, Audubon Canyon Ranch, Marin Conservation League, Marin Audubon Society, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Yosemite National Institute, Marin Baylands Advocates and WildCare. She also provides volunteer assistance to Endeavor Wildlife Research, Wild Things Unlimited and Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation. Now, Pegi says she wants to help the Alliance achieve fiscal stability and to establish a successful planned giving program to begin to build a permanent endowment fund to sustain JHCA’s current and future efforts. When she’s not monitoring wildlife as a volunteer for Wyoming’s Game & Fish Department, or removing barbed-wire fencing for the Wildlife Foundation, Pegi enjoys traveling, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, golfing, playing cards, canoeing, wildlife viewing and videography/photography.

Anthony Stevens:
The Alliance was enriched with a new voice when Anthony Stevens joined the board in May 2005. Born and raised in Jackson Hole, he learned to love the outdoors while backpacking, horseback riding and spending summers on a ranch in Dubois. A course with the National Outdoor Leadership School, as well as spending time with his mother Emily Stevens, longtime valley resident and environmental steward, inspired him to get involved in protecting the wild lands that shaped who he is today.
“I joined the Board of Directors at the Alliance because I wanted to educate and inform those around me about the issues that threaten and often harm our valley, county and state,” Anthony said. “The biggest problem that I see facing Jackson Hole is overgrowth. Without proper planning, we will increase the density of the valley to the point that we will destroy what it is that makes this place so unique.”
Anthony also serves on the board of the Wyoming Outdoor Council, an environmental education and advocacy group in Lander, Wyo. In his 30s, Anthony is one of the youngest directors on the Alliance board, and said he looks forward to getting more young people involved. “We [the younger generation] need to get more involved in protecting the environment in which we live and play,” he said. “If we don’t start fighting for what we have now, we may not have it in the future.”

Nancy Taylor :
Some people have a green thumb -- Nancy Taylor has a green heart, mind and soul.
The author of “Go Green: How to Build an Earth Friendly Community,” Nancy also teaches classes in yoga, meditation and green building, has a business called Green Living and Building Consulting, and has written the weekly “Going Green” column for Planet Jackson Hole since 2004. Reflecting Nancy’s wide range of environmental interests, her columns have covered the gamut from global warming to toxic chemicals to renewable energy.
“I am passionate about this natural environment and have a deep respect for the way the Alliance addresses conservation and planning issues in the region,” she said regarding her decision join the board. No stranger to community service, Nancy is also a member of the Authors Guild, the United States Green Building Council, the local Green Building Action Team and the resource group of Sustaining Jackson Hole. She’s also a former board chair of the Northern Rockies Action Group in Helena, Mont., and of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, Calif.
The mother of two daughters who also work in the environmental field, Nancy has a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Denver and a master’s in social work from the University of California at Berkeley. Since 2004, each winter, she has taught a six-week course called “The Art of Green Living and Building” in collaboration with the Murie Center. In connection with her consulting business, she has worked with many homeowners and businesses on all aspects of green building, from solar site selection and construction materials, to indoor air quality and energy efficiency.
A resident of the valley off and on since 1973, Nancy lists oil and gas development, and “a lack of understanding of what is truly sustainable in this bioregion” as the most critical issues facing Jackson Hole today.

Amy Unfried:
Amy Unfried first came to Jackson Hole in the summer of 1969, and starting in 1984 she returned with her husband and three children nearly every year and took every opportunity to learn about local issues and the natural history of the valley. Since 1991 she and her husband Steve have had a home in the valley, and they have lived here full time since 2001.
Amy, a Wellesley graduate with a master's degree in economics from Yale, worked in the world of finance and economics for several years before she changed course to study at the National Academy of Fine Arts in New York and become a sculptor. Her bronze figures have been exhibited widely and won awards in many national exhibitions.
On joining the Alliance board in 2002, Amy expressed a hope to help the Alliance work cooperatively with other community organizations on whatever issues arise, including some of the current pressing issues like affordable housing, inappropriate development in wildlife corridors and riparian zones, and the threat of wildlife disease to both wildlife and humans.
"The first year that we had a home in the valley, my husband and I became supporters of the Alliance and of a number of other local organizations that we thought were doing important work," she said. "We continue to believe that the Alliance is playing a crucial role in protecting the quality of life here, so I am happy to work toward this goal as a member of the board."

Carol Wauters:
Joining the Alliance board in early 2007, director Carol Wauters is no stranger to environmental work, or to the valley. She began visiting Jackson Hole 25 years ago, when her daughter Lexey became a ski instructor at the Village right out of college. Carol moved here full time in 2002. Her undergraduate degree is in biology from Colby College in Maine, which she followed with research in immunology at Cornell Medical School before obtaining a Masters of Education from New York University. While living in Croton-on-Hudson, Carol was part of a committee that achieved a special “school-within-a-school” in the Croton public school system, where she taught science and art. Other work included four years as assistant director of a political action group focusing on environmental and social problems in Westchester County, and volunteering for many years for the Hudson River Folk Festival in its campaign to clean up the river through “education, outreach and political persuasion.” She has also volunteered for the Sierra Club and the Alliance, and believes in doing “whatever is required to maintain and preserve this very intricate ‘web of life’ of which we are but a part.”