About the Santa Cruz Mts

Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council
Who We Are

The Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council is a nonprofit public benefit corporation comprising biologists and other natural resource professionals whose objective is to conserve native plant and animal biodiversity in the Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregion. A nine-member Board of Directors governs the Council.

Directors of the Bioregional Council are required to be familiar with native flora or fauna and have a working knowledge of scientific research techniques or science-based habitat management practices. Associate Directors assist the Directors and may chair Advisory Committees.

The Directors and Associate Directors serve as individuals. Individual affiliations are listed for information only and do not imply any endorsement of the Bioregional Council or its actions by the entities listed.

Directors
Matt Freeman Vice President of the Board, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Portia Halbert Environmental Scientist, California State Parks Department
Betsy Herbert Environmental Analyst, San Lorenzo Valley Water District
Diane Renshaw President of the Board, Consulting Ecologist
Cindy Roessler Senior Resource Management Specialist, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Steven Singer Secretary and Treasurer of the Board, Consulting Biologist, Steven Singer Environmental and Ecological Services, Santa Cruz
Jerry Smith Associate Professor of Biology, San Jose State University
Georgia Stigall Native Habitats
Associate Directors
Jim Barry Senior State Park Ecologist, California State Parks, retired
Zoe Chandik Consulting Botanist
Toni Corelli Consulting Botanist
Gene Forsburg Pacific Meridian Associates
Hugh Graham Santa Clara County Planning Department, retired
Jim Johnson Streamkeeper, San Francisquito Watershed Council, a program of Acterra
Fred McPherson Biologist and Teacher; board member of San Lorenzo Valley Water District
Ken Moore Wildlands Restoration Team
Randy Morgan Consulting Biologist
Howard Shellhammer San Jose State University, retired