Sam has lived at Lake Tahoe since 1970. He has been involved in the construction industry his entire work career as a builder, developer, consultant, construction expert and Washoe County Plans Examiner. His personal interest include: hiking, knitting, music and wood working.

John has lived in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, since 2003. He is currently the executive director of the Sierra Business Council (SBC), a member-based, non-profit organization located in Truckee, CA, dedicated to supporting collaborative solutions to create more vibrant, prosperous and sustainable communities throughout the Sierra Nevada. Prior to SBC, John served as the executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for five years. Prior to that, John spent 25 years as a planner and manager for the Bureau of Land Management, the last nine years as the District Manager in Carson City, NV. John enjoys hiking, mountain-biking, skiing and kayaking.

Jim grew up in the Bay Area and graduated from Cal State University, Chico with a B.S. in Marketing. After selling his share of Redwood Office Products in 1992, Jim moved to Alpine Peaks located on Tahoe's West Shore in Ward Canyon. His interests are skiing, biking, hiking, camping, fishing, golf and travel. Jim has daughter in elementary school. He has been on the Board since 1999 and served as President in 2005 & 2006

Grew up in the Boston area, and hiked and back-packed extensively in northern New England throughout her young adulthood. She relocated to southern California in the late 1970's and continued to hike, backpack and ski the San Bernardinos, San Jacintos, San Gabriels, Santa Monicas and eventually southern Sierras. In the 1990's she founded a hiking club in Orange County, and became an activist with a local, grassroots organization which successfully defeated a planned project to install a paved, fenced trail along the San Clemente coastline.

In the summer of 2000, after semi-retiring from a long career in health care research and administration, Lily moved to the north shore of Lake Tahoe . She now teaches English, holds holistic health workshops and dabbles in free-lance writing and singing. After falling in love with the TRT she decided to become a Trail Guardian. Always an outdoor enthusiast and environmentalist she is thrilled to be on the Board to help preserve and enhance this magnificent resource.

Born and raised in central Oregon. Steve spent much of his youth fishing, camping, boating and hiking. Steve was the first to thru-hike the entire Tahoe Rim Trail in the summer of 1998 and has since hiked the 165 mile Tahoe Rim Trail 6 more times. He's published an elevation-profile map of the Trail in addition to redesigning and maintaining the Tahoe Rim Trail website. Steve has his own graphics and software development company. Steve and his wife Claudia reside in Zephyr Cove.

Retired from IBM in 1998 after 30 years in sales and marketing and moved to Reno from Chicago. Started volunteering with the TRTA in 2000 as a trail builder and crew leader. Currently a Master Trail Builder with experience designing, laying out, building and maintaining trails. Served on TRTA Board of Directors from 2005-2009 as Vice President Trail Operations. Also volunteer with the Nevada Museum of Art as a docent and a preparetor and served on the NMA Board of Trustees for four years. Spend all my spare time hiking and snowshoeing and enjoying the Reno/Lake Tahoe area.

Jennifer came west from Wisconsin to get her doctorate in paleontology at UC Berkeley. She fell in love with the odd corners and characters of Nevada, and never left. After working as a zookeeper, fossil preparator, and college professor, she now makes a more mundane living developing online courses in earth sciences and mathematics. Jennifer and her husband Brad live in Carson City.

Barbara is a semi-retired social-clinical psychologist who moved to Lake Tahoe with her husband, Andrew from Marin County in August 2002. She has a lifelong involvement in environmental/ conservation protection, education, and planning locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. She is currently an elected Supervisor on the Nevada Tahoe Conservation District Commission, and a member of the Pathway 2007 Forum representing Regional Recreation (land and water). She loves the Tahoe Basin and has raced in ten marathons over the past five years raising money for medical research.

Kirk grew up in Sacramento and spent most winter weekends skiing in the Lake Tahoe area. He has a Bachelors degree in biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His ornithology background has included working with Gunnison Sage Grouse and Lewis's Woodpeckers in addition to co-leading international birding trips. He is also an environmental educator who worked with Portland Audubon and is now doing the same at Lake Tahoe. His favorite pastime activities are hiking, biking, snowboarding, and snowshoeing.

Started camping and hiking at an early age with the boy scouts in the San Gabriel Mountains and eastern High Sierras where he developed his passion for the mountains and outdoors. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in Geology, moved to Northern California in 1958, and built a house in Tahoe City in 1966. In 1959 he entered the real estate field as an appraiser specializing in the valuation of geology related properties, open space, and government projects (eminent domain) for over 40 yrs. He with his wife Sue have enjoyed hiking outstanding trails including the Tahoe Rim (#55 & 56), John Muir, Tahoe-Yosemite, Pacific Crest (portion only), Appalachian (portion only), Incan (Peru), Chilkoot (Alaska), and Cinca Terra (Italy). Additionally they have skied in all Seven Continents including Antarctica and gone to the high points in 45 of the 50 states. He is past president of the Tahoe Trail Trekkers and board member of the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society.

Originally from Toronto, Canada, has been visiting Lake Tahoe since 1959 and moved from Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles to become a full time resident of Incline Village in 2001. He was educated at Neuchatel Junior College in Switzerland and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has been on the Board since 1998. He developed his trail building skills in Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada at a summer camp where he built hiking trails and trails for the horseback riding program he ran. He implemented the highly successful Trail Guardian program. Current Trail Guardian donations are deposited into an Endowment Fund at the Parasol Foundation that will eventually help place the Trail in a secure financial position so that it will remain pristine for generations to come. He also worked with Mark Kimbrough to replace the Adopt-A-Mile program with the current Adopt-A-Vista program, a major gift donor program. Chuck's father was Lorne Greene, star of the Bonanza series that has brought much attention to the Tahoe region. He is President of the Sierra Front Recreation Coalition, an umbrella public-private nonprofit created to address the outdoor recreation needs of the Sierra Front region. He is the founder and President of the Incline Village and Crystal Bay Historical Society, created to preserve the rich history of Incline Village and Crystal Bay. He works with various local civic groups and agencies on governance in Incline Village/Crystal Bay, and creating sustainable communities around Lake Tahoe. He is currently the lay member for Washoe County on the Advisory Planning Commission for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

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John and his wife, Diane, first worked on the Trail in 1985. After 30 years as part-timers, they moved to Tahoe in 1999. "Retirement" in 1987 followed by a consulting career has now led to John's involvement in many Tahoe activities. In addition to the TRTA Board, hiking the Trail, duplicate bridge, and a love of classical music and opera, John has gotten involved in local government (Lakeridge GID Board), Tahoe's future (Pathway 2007 Forum) and the Nevada-Tahoe Partnership, a consortium of local governments. He has also published a guidebook, "East Tahoe Trails", to trails on the east side of Tahoe.

Deby grew up on a small gentleman's farm in Southern California's wine country and has spent most of her life riding and showing horses in a wide variety of disciplines. Deby, her husband Kelly and three sons moved to Lake Tahoe in 1999 and then to Genoa in 2005 to accommodate their growing horse farm. Deby has hiked and ridden her horses many miles of the TRT and will complete the entire 165 miles this summer by foot in an effort to complete a project that will better inform the equestrian community about the TRT. Deby is excited to be on the Board in an equestrian capacity and hopes to unite the equestrian community with the other TRT users in harmony and safety.

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With a passion for sports and activity for young people, Bea taught physical education and coached sports for years before starting her own medical records business. When she and her husband semi-retired they became fulltime residents of Incline Village in 2003. Now they both work on projects that improve the area environmentally and aesthetically. They love to hike, mountain bike, and snowshoe the beautiful trails around Lake Tahoe.