Board of Directors

George Dennis retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after 20 years of public service including the last 10 years working with endangered species in New Mexico. He moved to…

Robert joined the board in December, 2019. A native of southeastern New Mexico, Robert graduated from Cornell University, served in the Peace Corps, and studied business at the University of…

Mary Beth Kuderik, CPA, is a finance and accounting executive in Santa Fe with a long track record of supporting conservation work. Her varied community involvement includes experience on the…

Eric Neria is a landman and New Mexico native who grew up helping his grandfather on a sheep ranch in the Hondo Valley west of Roswell. After completing his education,…

Linda Brewer grew up on a farm in southern Ohio. Her life has been defined by land and animals since the beginning. She has had a long career as a…

Born in Roswell, NM, and raised on a family ranch in Picacho, NM, Nichole takes pride in her Hispanic heritage, which has shaped her values and perspectives. Though she now…

Chris’s four-decade career spans environmental planning, land conservation, construction engineering, artisan food manufacturing, and satellite communications. Originally from northern New England (NH/VT), he has a background in environmental science and…

Jerre is an ecologist with nonprofit experience in endangered species research and landscape-scale conservation planning of natural resources. She has degrees from Stanford University and the University of South Florida,…

Jack Wright is recently retired from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces where he served as a professor within and Chair of Geography since 1990. Jack has consulted in…

Elizabeth Richardson worked for Colorado Open Lands, a statewide land trust, for 10 years and served on the Board of the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts for 12. In these…