Jim Blomquist, Chair California
Mr. Blomquist is an independent consultant to non-profit
groups specializing in campaign strategy and lobbying. He
worked for the Sierra Club for 25 years in a variety of
positions, including Regional Representative in the Pacific
Northwest and Southern California and a Washington Representative
in DC specializing in National Forest and National Park
issues, during the legislative fights over the spotted owl.
Mr. Blomquist also worked on the legislation to establish
the Smith River National Recreation Area. In addition, he
served as a Major Gift Officer and Director of the Office
of Educational Programs. Mr. Blomquist currently serves
on the Board of the Smith River Alliance and is an avid
fisherman.
Mark Trautwein, Secretary/Treasurer California
Mr. Trautwein was on the staff of the US House Interior
Committee from 1979 until 1995 under Chairmen Mo Udall and
George Miller where he was responsible for the committee’s
jurisdiction over parks, public lands and wilderness. During
that time, the Committee led Congress in doubling the size
of the national parks system, tripling the wilderness system
and enacting landmark conservation laws such as the Alaska
Lands Act. Previously, he was a staff writer for Congress’ Environmental
Study Conference. He holds a degree in journalism from the
University of California, Berkeley and worked as a newspaper
reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area for five years. He
retired from Congressional work in 1995 and returned to
San Francisco, where he is now an independent consultant
as well as an editor at KQED public radio.
Doug Scott Washington
Mr. Scott is the Policy Director for the Campaign for America's
Wilderness. He formerly managed a local environmental group
in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, worked at The
Wilderness Society, and for 17 years for the Sierra Club,
including as conservation director and associate executive
director. Mr. Scott was involved in the enactment of the Eastern
Wilderness Areas Act (1975), The Endangered American Wilderness
Act (1978), the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
(Idaho, 1980), The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (1980), and the California Desert Protection Act (California,
1994), among others.
Bill Pope Washington
Mr. Pope is an attorney based in Seattle, Washington. He currently
serves on the Board of Trustees of Earthjustice and is a long
time wilderness user and advocate. Mr. Pope also owns the
Mazama Country Inn and is a former Microsoft Corporate Counsel.
Linda C. McNulty Arizona
Ms. McNulty is Of Counsel with Lewis and Roca, LLP. She specializes
in complex commercial leasing, shopping center development,
real estate acquisitions and sales, complex title disputes,
environmentally-sensitive real estate issues, conservation
easements and natural resources. She served as law clerk to
the Honorable Richard M. Bilby, and was the staff attorney
for the American Continental Corporation/Lincoln Savings,
Charles M. Keating Multi-District Litigation from 1988 through
1992. She served as Special Assistant at the Arizona Department
of Water Resources, authoring portions of the first Groundwater
Management Plan for the Tucson Active Management Area and
as the Water and Natural Resources staff for Congressman James
F. McNulty, Jr., where her responsibilities included Central
Arizona Project, groundwater management, and the Arizona Wilderness
Act of 1984. Prior to joining Lewis and Roca, Ms. McNulty
was a partner with Mendelsohn, Oseran & Eisner, P.C. Ms.
McNulty is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona
Center for Law in the Public Interest and a member of Tucson
CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) and the Arizona Women
Lawyers Association.
Jon Mulford Oregon
Mr. Mulford was formerly engaged in the practice of law in
Denver and Aspen specializing in federal public land law.
He is a fellow of the University of Colorado Natural Resources
Law Center (1984). Mr. Mulford is the past president and founder
of The Wilderness Land Trust.
Buck Parker California Mr.
Parker has been on the staff of the
non-profit environmental law group Earthjustice
since 1980, where he served as litigation
coordinator, vice president, and, from
1997 to 2007, executive director. He
has also served on the boards of Ecojustice
Canada and the Asociación
Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente,
which he cofounded in 1996 to promote
cooperation and coordination among environmental
law groups in the Western Hemisphere.
Prior to his joining Earthjustice Buck
practiced law in Portland, Oregon, and
devoted many volunteer hours to wilderness
protection in Oregon, Alaska and the
West.
Andy Wiessner Colorado
Mr. Wiessner has worked for Western Land Group and facilitated
Congressionally approved land exchanges since 1988. His expertise
in legislative affairs stems from his extensive experience
in Washington D.C. that includes serving as counsel to the
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Public Lands
and National Parks, and the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining.
He has also served as a mediator for projects involving the
National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Park Service, and others.
Mr. Wiessner also serves on the Board of Directors of the
Eagle Valley Land Trust and the High Country News.
