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, Ann Erickson Lang
Vice Chair, Bill Goodwin
Treasurer, Eric Gertler
Secretary, Mark Flower
Member-at-Large, Linda Kuhn

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 2022
	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 2022
	Eric Gertler Financial manager in the software and banking industries (retired) Former Accounting and Finance CFO for Oxlo Systems MBA from Northwestern University Avid road biker and hiker Term: October 2021–October 2023
	Bill Goodwin Former Executive Director of St. Benedict Health and Healing Public sector career in health and human services (retired) Masters degree in Labor Relations (Cornell University) Former Board V-P of Buffalo Chips Running Club Volunteer with Sister Carmen Community Center Term: January 2022–December 2023
	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 2022
	Ann Erickson Lang Retired finance professional 30 years experience in public and nonprofit finance 10 years experience in nonprofit management Board of Directors of Colorado Health Facilities Authority Term: January 2022–December 2023
	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
	Margaret Paget 30 plus years of public service managing trees, trails and natural resources (retired) BS from Colorado State University WRV volunteer Crew Leader and seed gleaner Volunteer for Boulder County Open Space native plant projects and at the Ag. Heritage Center Avid gardener, geekish about native & noxious plants, insects, wildlife – particularly birds Term: December 2022 – December 2024
	Ashley Vander Meeden Marketing Director, JAX Mercantile Co. Master of Fine Arts in Photography 9+ years of experience in the outdoor industry Term : December 2022–December 2024
	Breana Winters Operations and Programs Manager, 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.