Roger is an executive with one of the world’s largest internet companies. Roger’s appreciation for the beauty and uniqueness of Hetch Hetchy Valley grew out of many hiking and fishing trips in Yosemite National Park. As a backpacker leader with the Sierra Club, he regularly takes others into the mountains to share in his enjoyment of these amazing natural resources. He lives in San Francisco and so has drunk a lot of water from the Tuolumne River that did not need to be stored in a national park.

Virginia lives in Los Angeles and is involved in the entertainment industry with husband Chip Johannessen.  She feels passionately that Angelenos and all Americans need to understand they are being deprived of a second Yosemite Valley they already own within their national park.  She is working to spread that message on social media.  Virginia was born and raised in Berkeley, and educated at Harvard.  Her grandparents met on a Sierra Club trip, which at that point could include the Hetch Hetchy Valley.  She expects her daughter to be able to go on a Sierra Club trip that once again includes the Hetch Hetchy Valley.

Peter has 30 years business management experience in the global high-tech industry, and is inspired to work on Hetch Hetchy based on a lifelong love of hiking and climbing in Yosemite.

Mark is a civil litigation attorney and a founding partner of an Oakland law firm called Marion’s Inn.

Kathy is the former head of the California Democratic Party.

Mark is a Restoration Specialist, Manager and Principal at Hanford ARC, a general engineering construction firm specializing in heavy civil construction and habitat restoration in sensitive resource areas.  In partnership with The National Park Service and other Federal, State and local agencies, Mr. Cederborg implements innovative construction techniques to protect and restore delicate ecosystems.  Mr. Cederborg has constructed over 60 habitat restoration projects totaling $35 million over the past 14 years.  In 2009, Mr. Cederborg was recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the Partners in Conservation Award, given to the Giacomini Wetland Restoration at Point Reyes National Seashore, for his work on one of California’s largest outer coastal wetland restoration projects.  Mr. Cederborg’s commitment to restoring Hetch Hetchy first began in 1993 when he visited the valley, and realized another hidden Yosemite lay flooded.  In 1999, he became founding board member of Restore Hetch Hetchy.

James is a retired lawyer (BA UC Berkeley; LLB Yale Law School), who practiced commercial litigation in San Francisco for over 40 years until retiring eleven years ago. He is involved now with a number of non-profit organizations. Jim founded and still serves on the board of The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence – a large legal-directed gun control organization with some 12 lawyers on its staff. Jim is also primarily responsible for his family’s ranch located near the northeast corner of Yosemite, outside of Bridgeport, California.

Jim first visited Yosemite with his Boy Scout Troop some 70 years ago, and today still has that same feeling of magnificence whenever he returns. When he first visited Hetch Hetchy some 40 years ago and experienced its magnificence, his wife said the Reservoir should be drained. Jim thought she had lost it but today thinks she had wonderful foresight! he has hiked around parts of the Reservoir, fished at the far end, and hopes that his children and others can enjoy its full splendor.

Ann is Director, Western Water and California Habitat Exchange, for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Ann joined EDF in 2002 to help lead its efforts to improve urban and agricultural water supply reliability and restore the San Francisco Bay Delta estuary. She currently leads EDF’s work to advance implementation of sustainable groundwater management and water transfers as well as habitat markets to restore critical habitat to benefit the environment and agriculture in California. She builds broad coalitions of state and federal agencies, non-profit partners, landowners, and the private sector to support the development and implementation of environmental markets that help increase California’s healthy freshwater and terrestrial systems and improve delivery of the environmental services these habitats provide. Ann has earned an M.A. in Environmental Science and Management from UC Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in Marine Biology from UC Santa Cruz.

Lance is a Sacramento attorney who specialized in election and political law. He is an avid backpacker and road bike enthusiast. He and his wife Suzette enjoy visiting Yosemite National Park many times each year and are devoted to the cause of restoring Hetch Hetchy. He joined the board in May 2007.

Craig lives in Davis where he recently retired from 30 years of service in the California Legislature as Chief of Staff for several legislators, including, most recently, 14 years with Senator and Assemblywoman Lois Wolk. He staffed hundreds of bills and policy initiatives, including in 2004 the legislative request to Governor Schwarzenegger to study the feasibility of restoring the Hetch Hetchy Valley. He began his education at Davis Parent Nursery School and completed it at Phillips Academy Andover and Stanford University where he captained their wrestling teams. In retirement, he runs a small business importing and distributing a boutique brand of agave spirits. He and his wife are regular volunteers at Project Amigo in Colima, Mexico.

Craig is a longtime supporter of RHH. He has been a regular camper at Tuolumne Meadows since the age of 2 and now, with his wife Cass Sylvia, serves as a National Park Service Volunteer Campground Host at Tuolumne Meadows.

Luis ‘Lucho’ Rivera has been a climber since high school, ascending big walls throughout California and abroad. He’s been especially drawn to Hetch Hetchy’s towering granite, where he counts the ‘Pama Punku’ route on Wapama Rock as one of his first free ascents.

Lucho, along with Timmy O’Neill, is the star of Restore Hetch Hetchy’s new film “Finding Hetch Hetchy: The Hidden Yosemite”. When he isn’t off climbing on his own somewhere, Lucho can be found as a wilderness staffer/instructor for high school youth programs, leading  backpacking trips and teaching rock climbing.

Mecia Serafino loves all things nature, from Yosemite’s big granite walls to tarantulas and fungi. She wants more people, climbers as well as other park visitors, to come to Hetch Hetchy while still protecting the valley’s wild character. Mecia is an accounting professional in the construction industry in San Francisco.

Melanie founded and runs the award-winning mWEBB Communications (2011 American Business Award for PR Campaign of the year), which provides hands-on, high-level creative public relations, strategic communications and marketing communications services to a variety of clients from technology to lifestyle and wine to the environment (including Restore Hetch Hetchy).  Melanie also has an extensive entertainment industry background, including theater and film producer, and helping to found The Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble in Pennsylvania.  Her corporate career includes nine years as Vice President of Corporate Communications at publicly-traded Autobytel Inc.  A graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Communications, her varied background includes many pro-bono media campaigns, including The National Park Service Channel Islands (Save the Fox campaign), PS I Love You Foundation (at-risk kids), and the Coast2Coast Swim Challenge (swim lessons for under-served kids).  Melanie has written for a variety of publications and blogs including The San Francisco Chronicle, Screen Actor Magazine, Huffington Post, Paso Robles Press, among others.  A triathlete who has completed two half Ironman races, Melanie has participated in three of Restore Hetch Hetchy’s Muir March/Rides, including a 7-day backpack into Yosemite backcountry and the inaugural 200 mile Muir’s Ride.  She is one of the team who puts on the highly-regarded Garagiste Wine Festivals, is WSET Level Three certified (in wine and spirits) and is currently working on her WSET Level Four Diploma Certification.

Spreck has 30 years’ experience working on water and power issues in his native California and other Western states. Before joining Restore Hetch Hetchy in 2012, Spreck spent worked for the Environmental Defense Fund and with conservationists, Indian tribes, government agencies and water districts to protect the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, restore California’s Trinity River and to manage and restore wetlands, streams and the Bay Delta in California’s Central Valley. At EDF, he was lead author of “Paradise Regained: Solutions for Restoring Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley”. Spreck is recognized as an expert in water system operations and planning by the California legislature, the state water board, and the federal courts.

Spreck brings both passion and practicality to Restore Hetch Hetchy. He understands well that restoration will only be possible if San Francisco and other cities are kept whole with respect to water supply, but believes that our nation’s love for Yosemite will ensure that a solution will be forthcoming.

Spreck lives in Oakland with his wife, Isabella. They have three adult children.

The best way to contact Spreck is by email – spreck@hetchhetchy.org. The office phone is 510-893-3400.

Julene joined Restore Hetch Hetchy in 2014 as Office Manager. Julene has over 20 years of administration and outreach experience working with many Bay Area non-profits including Restore Hetch Hetchy, the David Brower Center, the Children’s Defense Fund-CA and the Environmental Defense Fund. Her broad range of office and outreach skills, combined with her commitment to and passion for the natural environment, makes her a perfect fit for Restore Hetch Hetchy.

Julene holds a degree in Environmental Management and Restoration from Merritt College. She currently volunteers for the Marine Mammal Center and the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary, and has volunteered for Inner City Outings (Sierra Club) as a river guide. During her free time, she loves adventures, exploring the outdoors with her 2 daughters and 2 dogs, dancing, getting lost in the woods, and swimming in the ocean.

Marissa’s time spent living in Yosemite National Park drew her to the cause of restoring Hetch Hetchy. She hopes to mobilize all whose lives have been changed by Yosemite to take action for its future. You can usually find her running around the mountains, or traveling with her cat.