Board
Member Biographies
LYNN
SADLER
President
Lynn Sadler is Executive Director of the Mountain Lion Foundation,
a national wildlife protection organization. Past professional experience
includes Natural Resources Director for the Planning and Conservation
League, Assistant Director for Information and Policy Coordination
at the California State Department of Personnel Administration,
and Legislative Consultant for the California State Senate Joint
Committee of Science and Technology. A twenty-five year veteran
of advocacy campaigns across the nation, Lynn ran her own public
affairs consulting firm, working for diverse efforts ranging from
the President of the United States to city council candidates, and
the Olympics to local charities. Lynn co-founded and performs with
the Sacramento Choral Society and serves on several local, regional
and statewide Boards of Directors. Lynn graduated University of
Missouri and Pennsylvania State University with degrees in political
science and journalism.
CYDNEY
BENDER-REENTS
Vice President
Cydney G. Bender-Reents, MAI is principle in charge of the firm
of Bender Rosenthal, Inc., (BRI) a Sacramento based real estate
appraisal, right of way (ROW) acquisition, and relocation firm specializing
in appraisal services, right of way management, and right of way
planning for small and large government and private infrastructure
projects. Ms. Bender Reents' professional experience in real estate
appraisal began in 1991 and encompasses a broad range of land uses
and property types. As a member of the Appraisal Institute, she
earned the (MAI) designation, and is a Certified General Real Estate
Appraiser, in the State of California.
Prior to her
career in real estate, Ms. Bender attended California Polytechnical
State University in San Luis Obispo, majoring in Agricultural Business
Management. Upon graduation, she entered the commercial construction
field as a Project Manager for a Sacramento based general contractor.
Her unique real estate background enables Ms. Bender Reents to grasp
complicated construction issues as they relate to right of way projects
and valuation matters.
ROBERT
J. SLOBE
Secretary
Bob Slobe is the Vice-President of the North Sacramento Land Company.
He is active in the community and has served as president of the
North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. He has served as president
of the Foundation for Educational Enhancement in North Sacramento
and Del Paso Heights, as well as in board positions for the California
State Railroad Museum Foundation, the board of the Crocker Art Museum,
and as commissioner on the North Sacramento Redevelopment Planning
Advisory Council. Bob graduated from Stanford University, and has
a Master's degree from The American Graduate School of International
Management. Bob's love of the outdoors is reflected in his hobbies
of tennis, running, skiing, hunting and travel.
TROY
PRATHER
Treasurer
Troy Prather is with the firm of Ueltzen & Company, LLP. Troy
formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Active 20-30 Club
of Sacramento #1. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited
in Business Valuation. He holds an accounting degree from Point
Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA, and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of California at Davis.
RUSSELL
AUSTIN
Russell Austin is the Managing Partner of Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld
LLP. He has over 20 years experience in private practice, specializing
in real estate law. His work has included a number of large, complex
conservation transactions for non-profit conversation organizations
including the American Land Conservancy. He has served as an Adjunct
Professor at McGeorge School of Law and as a Lecturer at UC Davis
School of Law. He holds a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and a J.D.
from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.
ROB
DONLAN
Rob Donlan is a partner with the Law Firm of Ellison, Schneider
& Harris L.L.P. His practice focuses on groundwater and surface
water rights, as well as counseling on matters involving state and
federal Endangered Species Acts, the California Environmental Quality
Act, and other state and federal statutory and regulatory requirements
affecting water users and water managers. Rob represents public
agencies and private parties before the California courts, the State
Water Resources Control Board, and other administrative agencies,
and advocates on behalf of water users on policy issues involving
water rights and water management.
KATHERINE
J. HART
Kate Hart is a member of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality
Control Board and an attorney with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP.
Ms. Hart's primary area of practice is land use law. She represents
the firm's clients in processing all types of land use entitlements,
and has extensive experience with the Subdivision Map Act, Mitigation
Fee Act, and the California Environmental Quality Act. She has worked
for both local agencies and private developers processing subdivision
maps, conditional use permits, rezoning and general plan amendments,
and variances, as well as negotiated development agreements and
various types of easements for residential, commercial and industrial
properties. Ms. Hart is a member of the State Bar of California
and the Real Property and Environmental Law Sections of the Sacramento
County Bar Association. She also sits on the Board of Trustees for
the Sacramento Valley Conservancy. She earned a B.S. degree at Santa
Clara University and a J.D. at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge
School of Law.
STEVE
JACOBY
Steve Jacoby currently works as an independent landscape restoration
consultant for various clients. The thrust of his work centers on
wildlife-habitat friendly agriculture and conservation design measures
for sustainable farming. Steve has been a project manager with Wildlands,
Inc. Wildlands is a leading company in California in the area of
mitigation banking and habitat restoration. In his work at Wildlands
as project manager, Steve oversaw various habitat restoration projects
from inception to completion. In this role, he has become familiar
with the process of mitigation permitting for endangered species
and wetlands and other government regulations of natural resources.
Steve coordinated these activities with land trusts and other non-profit
organizations to be certain they met all of the environmental and
financial objectives established at the inception of the project.
Steve has been
licensed in California as a Landscape Architect. He has more than
13 years of experience as the principle designer in his own landscape
architecture firm, Ono Design Group. He oversaw the development
of a program to mitigate for the loss of native trees for a non-profit
organization, the Sacramento Tree Foundation, in Sacramento County.
He also has experience in working with the legislative process as
a campaign manager for a 1998 state-wide ballot measure to promote
clean air.
As a graduate
of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in landscape architecture, Steve has
studied natural landscape processes and landscape development. He
brings a strong environmental ethic and sensitivity to his work
as a Board Member. His strong communication skills enhance his ability
to work with people in cooperative relationships to conserve natural
resources.
ROBERT
JONES
Robert Jones is Vice President
Emeritus at California State University, Sacramento. A native Californian,
Robert served as a professor of political science at CSU Chico and
has held senior administrative positions on four CSU campuses and
with the President's Office of the University of California. He
worked as a staff consultant with the California State Legislature's
Assembly Committee on Education and was Treasurer of the International
Association of University Presidents. Prior to his career as an
educator Robert accepted a position with the Alaska Department of
Fish and Game on the Alaska Peninsula to enforce commercial salmon
fishing regulations. With his wife Julianne and their two children
he organized and led Sierra Club family outings for fifteen years
to wilderness areas and rivers in California, Oregon, Idaho, British
Columbia and Alaska. He is an aviator, waterfowl hunter, kayaker,
and down hill skier.
Robert is committed
to assisting the Sacramento Valley Conservancy in the area of gifted
resource development for the acquisition of open space, the protection
working landscapes and habitat preservation.
DICK
TROY
Dick Troy is recently retired from the position of Deputy Director
for Operations for California State Parks. He was responsible for
overseeing the management and operation of more than 265 state parks,
reserves, historic sites and recreation areas. Dick has a BA in
Geography/Biology from San Diego State University. Dick also serves
on the Board of the California State Railroad Museum Foundation
and is President of the California Recreational Trail Conference
Foundation.
CHRIS
UNKEL
Chris Unkel is currently the Director of Public Policy with Ducks
Unlimited and a former Senior Field Representative for The Nature
Conservancy, Cosumnes River/Delta Project. He has also directed
the California Wildlands Program for the California Department of
Fish & Game (a start up interpretive program for the state's
major public wildlife areas). He served as a consultant for the
Assembly Resources, Land Use and Energy, and Water Parks and Wildlife
Committees. He holds a Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State
University.
JAY
ZIEGLER
Jay Ziegler is the principal of a Sacramento-based public affairs
consulting firm, Ziegler Associates. The firm was founded in 2003
and specializes in land use issues, regulatory concerns and political
communications. After graduating from UC Davis in 1984, Jay worked
in the California State Legislature and later served as Deputy Controller
for the State of California from 1989-1992.
Jay also served in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant
to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt for intergovernmental affairs
(1993-1996) and served as Assistant Trade Representative for Public
Affairs (1996-1999). At the Department of the Interior Jay's portfolio
included coordination of strategies to advance collaborative conservation
efforts between public and private concerns. In this capacity, he
addressed a series of volatile and complex regional natural resource
issues including as endangered species and habitat conservation,
expansion of natural parks and monuments.
Prior to starting his own consulting firm, Jay was the California
state director for the Gore-Lieberman presidential campaign (2000)
and then managing director, California Public Affairs Practice,
for Burson-Marsteller, an international public affairs firm. Jay
resides in Davis, California with his wife Carri and two children.
Sacramento
Valley Conservancy Staff
AIMEE
B. RUTLEDGE
Executive Director
Aimee Rutledge has been Executive Director of the Sacramento Valley
Conservancy since October 1996. Ms. Rutledge also helped found the
Friends of the Sacramento River Greenway, and has worked with the
American Institute of Architects, California Council and the California
Bicycle Coalition as a legislative advocate. She holds a BA in History
from Pomona College.
TAMMY
J. MEBANE
Stewardship Director
Tammy joined Sacramento Valley Conservancy in March 2005.
A native Californian, Tammy grew up in a ranching family in Central
California. She has 4 years experience in Program Management with
non-profits, specializing in native tree mitigation. Tammy brings
extensive experience managing and working with volunteers, giving
her own free time as a volunteer whitewater guide for Friends of
the River and Project Great Outdoors. When Tammy is not working
or volunteering she is seeking out new rivers to kayak and enjoy.
WENDY
BATY
Administrative Director
Wendy has worked with the Sacramento Valley Conservancy since its
"Birth Event" in 1991. She has also worked for the American
River Parkway Foundation, Sacramento Open Space, and other environmental
groups. She received a B.A. in Home Economics/Clothing & Textiles
at CSU, Sacramento. She is proud to be able to assist in the protection
of local lands as a preserve for wildlife habitat and recreation.
VICKIE
H. VALINE
Administrative Assistant
Vickie Valine, a Sacramento native, joined SVC in April of 2005.
Vickie received a B.A. in Environmental Studies from CSU, Sacramento.
Her activism goes back to the late 1970s with her involvement in
Friends of the River and Greenpeace. She has 15 years experience
with non-profit management and fundraising and is active in midtown
Sacramento neighborhood associations. Vickie has had a life-long
love affair with Sacramento and its environs, and looks forward
to helping SVC preserve more land in the Sacramento Valley.
Sacramento
Valley Conservancy Advisory Council
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Jay Abbott
Christy Anderson
John Anderson
Jennifer Buckman
Robert Burness
Ann Chandler
Jeff Chandler
Mike Eaton
Bruce Handley
Phillip Isenberg
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Bruce
Kennedy
Tom Lagerquist
Matthew Mahood
Len McCandliss
Taylor Miller
Mary Ose
Robert Overstreet
Susan
Peters McCuen
George Phillips
William A. Purdy
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Randy
Sater
Ron Suter
Daniel Taylor
Sherry Teresa
Hal Thomas
Marty Tuttle
Grant Williams
Paul Junker
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