TEAM 2025
Staff
Mariah Roberts - Executive Director
Tricia Wiltshire - Campaign Manager
Yadira Flores - Community Engagement Director
Brenda Gutierrez - Lead Community Navigator
Amy Canizal - Community Mobilization Coach
Maria Baeza - Program Assistant
Jose Aguirre - Program Assistant
Tina Rutsch - Accounting Lead
John Paul Agbayani - Accountant and Payroll Clerk
Seasonal Staff
Amanda Madrid - Program Instructor
Armando Medina - Program Instructor
Kelli Rogers - Program Instructor
Andrew Beaton - Program Instructor
Elise Bartlett - Program instructor
Jayson Orozco - Program instructor
BOARD
Adriana Mata, Chief Community Impact Officer, Second Harvest Food Bank - Director
Anne Hayden, Community Volunteer - Director
Francisco Estrada, Analyst, Local Agency Formation Commission - Director
Kim Namba, Dep Director (Ret), SC County Parks - Treasurer
Lesley Harris, Attorney (Ret) - Chair
Lilia Chagolla, Member Services Director, CCAH - Vice Chair
Sheila Peck, Environmental Consultant (Ret) - Secretary
Terry Corwin - President and CEO (Ret) Land Trust of SCC - Director (Immediate Past Chair)
ADVISORS
Gina Castaneda, Founder/Director Aztecas Youth Soccer
Jeff Gaffney, Director, Santa Cruz County Parks
Bryan Largay, Conservation Director, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Dan Haifley, Community Volunteer
Yolanda Provoste Fuentes, Educator
Cat Moses, Founder/Director, Santa Cruz Black Health Matters Initiative
Justin White, CEO, K&D Landscaping
Mariah Roberts - Executive Director
Tricia Wiltshire - Campaign Manager
Yadira Flores - Community Engagement Director
Brenda Gutierrez - Lead Community Navigator
Amy Canizal - Community Mobilization Coach
Maria Baeza - Program Assistant
Jose Aguirre - Program Assistant
Tina Rutsch - Accounting Lead
John Paul Agbayani - Accountant and Payroll Clerk
Seasonal Staff
Amanda Madrid - Program Instructor
Armando Medina - Program Instructor
Kelli Rogers - Program Instructor
Andrew Beaton - Program Instructor
Elise Bartlett - Program instructor
Jayson Orozco - Program instructor
BOARD
Adriana Mata, Chief Community Impact Officer, Second Harvest Food Bank - Director
Anne Hayden, Community Volunteer - Director
Francisco Estrada, Analyst, Local Agency Formation Commission - Director
Kim Namba, Dep Director (Ret), SC County Parks - Treasurer
Lesley Harris, Attorney (Ret) - Chair
Lilia Chagolla, Member Services Director, CCAH - Vice Chair
Sheila Peck, Environmental Consultant (Ret) - Secretary
Terry Corwin - President and CEO (Ret) Land Trust of SCC - Director (Immediate Past Chair)
ADVISORS
Gina Castaneda, Founder/Director Aztecas Youth Soccer
Jeff Gaffney, Director, Santa Cruz County Parks
Bryan Largay, Conservation Director, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Dan Haifley, Community Volunteer
Yolanda Provoste Fuentes, Educator
Cat Moses, Founder/Director, Santa Cruz Black Health Matters Initiative
Justin White, CEO, K&D Landscaping