WCC Board

WCC Board	(open position)	Gene Goffin is an attorney who is also working with WCC’s community group in Delta County to respond to the escalating development of coalbed methane resources in that area. Gene has worked with community organizations for nearly 40 years.
	Cara Golden started out on WCC's Board as a rep for WeCAN while she worked towards her Bachelors in Public Accounting and an MBA at Mesa State College in Grand Junction. Now that she has graduated, she is working and living in Montrose.	Noalani Terry is a freelance indexer and holistic health practioner. Prior to moving to western Colorado in 1997, she spent 9 years as Library Manager for World Resources Institute in Washington, DC. She has also served on the boards of the Whole Life Network, UVA and the Environment & Resource Management Division of the Special Libraries Association.
	Charlie Kerr is far from retired now that he no longer teaches English at Grand Junction High School. In addition to having what amounts to a full-time job as WCC President, he serves as the chair of the Mesa County Air Quality Planning Committee, is a member of the BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council - Category 2, and is an English instructor at Mesa State College.	Jack White (Community Alliance of the Yampa Valley)
	Audrey Berry (WCC of Mesa County)	Kim Phillips (Grand Valley Citizens Alliance)
	Rein Van West has been guilty of cultural and scholarly neglect in favor of more time outdoors. However, he did manage to find great rewards in 25 years as an educator and spent time as an administrator with the Colorado Outdoor Education Center, finding that connecting children with nature might be one of the more important nurturing and long-term benefits for our planet.	Hilary White (Sheep Mountain Alliance)
	Bob Connor (Uncompahgre Valley Association)	Jason Sullivan is a senior at Mesa State College in Grand Junction and a Colorado native.
	Monica Wiitanen is a member of the North Fork Coal Working Group, Delta County's Upper North Fork Area Planning Committee, the Valley Organic Growers' Association, and is a vendor at the North Fork Farmers' Market. Monica also enjoys the fiber arts--spinning, weaving, knitting, tatting and sewing.	Peter Crowell has been a Colorado resident since 1980, although during that period he spent 12 years as a businessman in Germany. Peter is interested in water issues, growth management, and sustainable agriculture. He also brought WCC into the Internet Age, creating WCC's first website.
	Curtis Imrie leads a corral-centered life at the base of Mt. Columbia in Buena Vista where he raises and races world-champion pack burros. He campaigns for economic populist causes, is an independent film-maker and has twice been the Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative (3rd and 5th districts).	Dean Moffat has been an architect and planner in Glenwood Springs for 31 years. He is also a board member of the Glenwood Springs Arts Council , Stepstone Center and the Frontier Historical Society.
	Tony Prendergast is a working outdoorsman who has been a wilderness ranger, Outward Bound instructor, natural builder and ranch hand. He serves on the Public Lands committees of WSERC and WCC, and helped create the Black Canyon Land Trust. He practices land stewardship on a ranch near Crawford.	Peggy Rawlins moved to Battlement Mesa in Garfield County nine years ago and almost immediately became a spokesperson on issues surrounding gas drilling. The issues of gas drilling seem to have followed Peggy in her recent move to Grand Junction, where she helped pass a watershed protection ordinance in 2006.

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to protect and enhance their quality of life in western Colorado.

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