Board of Directors & Staff

Board Officers

President - Andrew Fulks

Andrew has been a constant advocate for appreciation of the Putah and Cache Creek watersheds. He is the founder of Yolohiker.org, a local trails advocacy, hiking, and outings webpage. He is also the co-founder of the Capay Valley Hiking Club, an ad-hoc group of hikers that meet twice a month to hike in the watershed. Andrew is presently the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve Manager for UC Davis, managing 6 miles of stream and several hundred acres. His interest in in open space preservation and public access.

Vice President - Chad Roberts, PhD

Chad Roberts is a conservation scientist and a conservation activist. He was the Conservation Chair of the Redwood Region Audubon Society (northwestern California) for fifteen years, and currently serves as the Conservation Chair for the Yolo Audubon Society. He earned a Ph.D. in ecology from UC Davis in 1976 studying oak woodland birds, and has been involved with oak woodland research and decision-making for three decades. Dr. Roberts is certified as a Senior Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America and as a Professional Wetland Scientist by the Society of Wetland Scientists' Professional Certification Program. He works as an environmental consultant and planner, primarily for public agencies.

Secretary - Anne Schneider

Anne is a partner in the Sacramento law firm of Ellison, Schneider & Harris where she manages the firm's water practice. Anne specializes in the field of water law, with a practice which focuses on water rights issues as they pertain to the protection of existing rights and the establishment and acquisition of appropriative, riparian and groundwater rights. Anne has previously served on the Boards of Directors of the California Wilderness Coalition, the Sequoia Fund, and the Yosemite Association. She is an avid cyclist, Cache Creek kayaker, and fly-fisher.

Treasurer - Jim Eaton

While Jim was a geology student at UC Davis in the late 1960s, he spent most of his time working on wilderness preservation with the campus group Active Conservation Tactics. He left graduate school to work for the local chapter of the Sierra Club and later co-founded the California Wilderness Coalition (CWC). After spending four years as the California-Hawaii representative of The Wilderness Society, he served as CWC's executive director for 17 years. He also is a co-founder of The Wildlands Project, an organization dedicated to restoring the native biodiversity of North America. Returning to his roots as a volunteer activist, he currently is concentrating on protecting wilderness in the Cache Creek and Putah Creek watersheds when he is not out hiking with his canine companion Coso.

Board Member and Senior Policy Director - Bob Schneider

Bob has been a long time conservationist. He first came to Davis in 1966 to attend the University and later graduated with a B.S. degree in Geology. He worked on the establishment of the Redwood National Park and fought Forest Highway 100 that would have bisected Sierra wilderness with a road from Fresno to Mammoth. He co-founded the California Wilderness Coalition (CWC) in 1976. Bob received the Conservationist of the Year award from the Sierra Club Mother Lode Chapter in 1993, and the John Zierold volunteer lobbyist award from Sierra Club California in 1997. He recently served as the California Wild Heritage Campaign Director and the Interim Director for the CWC. He has a particular interest in oak woodlands and water issues.