Wildlands Restoration Volunteers | Board and Committees

About the WRV Board and How to Join
About WRV’s Committees and How to Join

Board Members

Executive Committee

Chair, Linda Kuhn
Vice Chair, Alan Carpenter
Treasurer, Jean-Pierre Georges
Secretary, Mark Flower
Member-at-Large, Sarah Judkins

Board Member Profiles

	Mary Balzer Career in federal and non-profit management (retired) MBA, University of Connecticut Boulder Rights of Nature, Board Member Boulder County Audubon Society, former Board Member Term: December 2020-December 2022
	Alan Carpenter Technical Advisor for restoration projects, WRV Owner of Land Stewardship Consulting, Inc. Founding board member of Colorado Riparian Association Term: December 2018 – December 2020
	Mark Flower Systems Analyst, Univ of Colorado – Retired Former Chair, City of Longmont Board of Adjustment & Appeals 10+ years as WRV volunteer, including as Crew Leader and Project Leader Term: October 2017–December 2021
	Jean-Pierre Georges Career in medical imaging business (retired) Former chair of WRV Board of Directors (2011–2013) Term: June 2018-December 2020
	Larry Glassburn Owner, National Business Consultants Past member, Rocky Mountain Rescue Group Term: October 2015–December 2021
	Sarah Judkins Energy and Environment Attorney, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP Former Legal Fellow, Environmental Defense Fund J.D. and M.S. in Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Term: January 2017–December 2021
	Linda Kuhn Survey Research Management, Founder, President, Retired Institute for Behavioral Science at CU Boulder, Project Director, Retired Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, Former Board President Boulder County Cares, Founder Term: December, 2018 – December, 2020
	Pedro Lopez MS Watershed Science from CSU Campbell Valley Monitoring Project Leader WRV Volunteer of the Year 2020 Currently employed at the VA Term: December, 2020 – December, 2022
	Will McMullan Management consultant (retired) – change management, process improvement, planning, leadership development Director (retired), Global Change Capability, Fortune 500 company Taos Land Trust, Board Member and Board Secretary 2016 – present WRV Board Chair – 2019 and 2020 Term: December 2017–December 2021
	Diane Rieck Controller, HOMER Energy LLC Founding Member and Former Board Chair, WRV Boulder Valley Humane Society, Former Volunteer Term : December 2018–December 2020
	Breana Winters Operations and Programs Associate, High Line Canal Conservancy B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Former School Planning Coordinator, Openlands Term: December 2020-December 2022

Our Founder

Ed Self

Ed Self is the Founder of Wildlands Restoration Volunteers and served as Executive Director for 19 years. He has a Master’s Degree in Volunteer Program Management with an emphasis on ecological restoration and environmental education. Ed’s Master’s thesis looked closely at the wide range of benefits that communities and individuals derive from involvement in habitat restoration work, and included a nation-wide survey of over 300 Forest Service employees involved in community-based restoration projects. Ed has been a community organizer for over 20 years. He started a community garden in Boulder, which continues to thrive after 15 years. He’s been a volunteer naturalist, outdoor educator and avid volunteer. His former career was as electrical engineer and software developer.