Board of Trustees - Officers
Lisa Wise - President
Lisa Wise is an urban planner and Certified Public Accountant with nearly 20 years of professional experience in land use planning, public accounting, and finance...
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Herb Kandel - Vice President
A 20-year resident of Nipomo Herb joined the board of the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County in 2002, and initiated the Nipomo Chapter of the Land Conservancy in 2003...
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Val Endres - Treasurer
Valerie Endres has been a member of the Board of Trustees for more than 15 years. Her specialty has been membership events, including Barn Day, Creek Day...
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Board of Trustees - Members at Large
Gary Felsman - Immediate Past President
A resident of San Luis Obispo County for more than 25 years. He has served as President of the Land Conservancy for the past 4 years. He has a passion for working to protect and enjoy many special places on the California Central Coast...
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Beverly Gingg
Beverly Gingg grew up on a Paso Robles area cattle ranch and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and a secondary teaching credential at Carroll College in Helena, MT. After teaching junior high science in Boise, ID, she returned to the Central Coast to earn a M.S. degree in biological sciences at Cal Poly.
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Pete Jenny
A longtime advocate for outdoor recreation and land protection, Pete was instrumental in the success of the Dana Adobe Cultural Landscape project and a variety of other...
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Jeff Jorgensen
Jeff was born in Santa Monica, CA, and spent most of his youth as close to the beach as possible. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science, ...
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Brooke Langle
Brooke Brooke Langle has more than 15 years of professional experience as a biologist and botanist, working primarily as an environmental consultant throughout the Central Coast of California. Brooke is currently the principal biologist and owner of Terra Verde Environmental Consulting ....
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Sue Luft
Being a winegrape grower is a second career for Sue Luft. Sue spent thirty years as an environmental engineer, and moved from Bakersfield to San Luis Obispo County in 2004 to follow her longtime love for farming. Sue and her husband, Karl, owned a consulting firm that specialized in air quality permitting ...
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Penny Rappa
Penny Rappa comes to us with a great deal of enthusiasm and experience. With her husband, Joe and their three daughters, Penny moved to San Luis Obispo County in 1974. She currently lives in Avila Valley, ...
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BK Richard
B.K. grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania and moved around the U.S. for education. He enjoyed a 29-year career working on and leading advanced technology projects at TRW Inc. in California, Colorado, and Maryland,...
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Ed Carson - Board Emeritus
After serving in the Air Force and ED obtained his BS, MS and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. Upon retirement, Ed served as a Farm Management Extension Specialist for Purdue University from 1955-1983. ...
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