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WHO
WE ARE

STAFF

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Brown’s Canyon and west faces of the Sawatch Range and Cochetopa Hills

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Adam provides leadership and supervision over strategic, programmatic and financial operations that support the Conservancy’s conservation programs. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University (2011), and has over 23 years of collaborative conservation experience in the Rocky Mountain West and abroad (South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana). Adam is an avid mountain biker, backcountry snowboarder and alpine enthusiast.

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the alpine on the Sawatch range

Harmony Jump

Natural Resources Conservation Manager

harmony@centralcoloradoconservancy.org

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Adam provides leadership and supervision over strategic, programmatic and financial operations that support the Conservancy’s conservation programs. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University (2011), and has over 23 years of collaborative conservation experience in the Rocky Mountain West and abroad (South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana). Adam is an avid mountain biker, backcountry snowboarder and alpine enthusiast.

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the alpine on the Sawatch range

Agriculture Program Manager

heather@centralcoloradoconservancy.org

Heather Mills

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Nathan Ward

Upper Arkansas Watershed

Partnership Coordinator

nathan@centralcoloradoconservancy.org

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Adam provides leadership and supervision over strategic, programmatic and financial operations that support the Conservancy’s conservation programs. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University (2011), and has over 23 years of collaborative conservation experience in the Rocky Mountain West and abroad (South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana). Adam is an avid mountain biker, backcountry snowboarder and alpine enthusiast.

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the alpine on the Sawatch range

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Brown’s Canyon and west faces of the Sawatch Range and Cochetopa Hills

Wendy McDermott

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Adam provides leadership and supervision over strategic, programmatic and financial operations that support the Conservancy’s conservation programs. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University (2011), and has over 23 years of collaborative conservation experience in the Rocky Mountain West and abroad (South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana). Adam is an avid mountain biker, backcountry snowboarder and alpine enthusiast.

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the alpine on the Sawatch range

Ricki Garden

Stewardship Coordinator

ricki@centralcoloradoconservancy.org

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Adam provides leadership and supervision over strategic, programmatic and financial operations that support the Conservancy’s conservation programs. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University (2011), and has over 23 years of collaborative conservation experience in the Rocky Mountain West and abroad (South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana). Adam is an avid mountain biker, backcountry snowboarder and alpine enthusiast.

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the alpine on the Sawatch range

Julie Richardson

Donor and Volunteer Relations

julie@centralcoloradoconservancy.org

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Brown’s Canyon and west faces of the Sawatch Range and Cochetopa Hills

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Adam provides leadership and supervision over strategic, programmatic and financial operations that support the Conservancy’s conservation programs. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University (2011), and has over 23 years of collaborative conservation experience in the Rocky Mountain West and abroad (South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana). Adam is an avid mountain biker, backcountry snowboarder and alpine enthusiast.

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the alpine on the Sawatch range

Bryce Howe

Conservation Program Manager

bryce@centralcoloradoconservancy.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Robert Tallmadge

President

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Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

anywhere in the unroaded backcountry that has fish and elk

Rob White

Secretary

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Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Alison Lerch

Board Member

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Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Dave Kelly

Board Member

Gina Peters

Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Gina Peters

Board Member

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Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Ben Goldfarb

Board Member

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Favorite Place(s) in Central Colorado:

Melissa Bade

Board Member

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