Staff Migrations
This summer we welcome back Shelly Backlar to the staff as Development Director. Shelly was Development Director for the Committee from 1987 to 1992, and you may remember her from Bike-A-Thons past. She'll now be working with us on special events and she'll be taking on some special development projects as well. Welcome Shelly!
The start of summer means we've built up to full staffing in the Lee Vining office, allowing us to lead natural history walks, keep the store open late, and conduct the Outdoor Experiences program. Welcome to all the folks joining us for the season:
Cheryl Ecklund will be our Intern Program Coordinator for the summer, handling supervision and scheduling for our intern team. In addition, Cheryl brings environmental education experience with her from Vermont, where she just graduated from Johnson State College, and she'll be assisting with our field programs.
Mike Klapp, a recent graduate of UC Davis, takes on the job of Outdoor Experiences Coordinator this year. Mike is extremely enthusiastic about the Mono Basin and will be sharing his energy with youth visiting from the Los Angeles area.
Michelle Hofmann returns for her second year as Canoe Program Coordinator and is already whipping our reservation system into shape. You'll see her down at South Tufa with paddle in hand.
Keeping the busy summer on track will be our two Senior Interns: Nathan Bomer and Davin Bowker. Nathan, currently in college at Oklahoma State University, is here for his second summer season and has taken charge of front counter information services, although you can expect to see him happily keeping all aspects of the program running smoothly. Davin has been with the Committee since last fall and will be making sure our interpretive walks are interesting, exciting, and up-to-date, as well as troubleshooting all sorts of office issues.
Departing is winter intern, artist, and student workbook mastermind Nancy Rehg, who'll be doing educational work of her own in the Mono Basin this summer. Thanks for your hard work Nancy!
Our five summer interns will be leading natural history walks, staffing the store, and getting visitors excited about Mono Lake. Sedina Banks is an Environment, Economy, and Politics major at Claremont McKenna College on her way to being an environmental lawyer. Arya Degenhardt is a student at Prescott College and will be applying past experience in the Sierra to Mono Lake. Coming to us from Whitman College is Carol Heinz, who is excited to be working with children in the outdoors. Yee Kee Lam, a native of Singapore and currently a student at Claremont McKenna, also joins us for his first time ever at Mono. And Michelle Petter, an Environmental Resources engineering major at Humboldt State who is particularly interested in water resources, rounds out the crew.
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