Contact Us
California Tahoe Conservancy
1061 Third Street, South Lake Tahoe, California 96150
Phone: (530) 542-5580, Fax: (530) 542-5567
Email: info@tahoe.ca.gov
See below for a list of Conservancy staff.
Office Hours
The Conservancy office is open to the public Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. – noon and 1 – 4 p.m.
Conservancy staff can generally be reached Monday through Fridays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m, except noon – 1 p.m. Conservancy operations close for state holidays.
Land Management
Report an Issue on Conservancy land
Get a fuelwood permit
Shawn Butler, shawn.butler@tahoe.ca.gov, (530) 543-6034
Land Bank
landbank@tahoe.ca.gov
Daniel Huerta (530) 307-9428
Amy Cecchettini (530) 318-5509
Acquisition & Asset Lands
aimee.rutledge@tahoe.ca.gov
530-307-3380
Media Inquiries
chris.carney@tahoe.ca.gov
(530) 543-6057
Accounts Payable
Public Records Request
Complete the Conservancy’s public records request form and send to info@tahoe.ca.gov
Conservancy Staff
Executive
Jason Vasques, Executive Director
Jane Freeman, Deputy Director
Legal
Michael Steeves, General Counsel, CEA
Sara Lopez, Staff Attorney
Elena Neigher, Staff Attorney
Casey Strong, Staff Attorney
Samantha Sellers, Graduate Legal Assistant
Communications
Chris Carney, Communications Director, (530) 543-6057, chris.carney@tahoe.ca.gov
Human Resources
Stefanie Melendez, Human Resources Director
Administration
Brent Coe, Director of Administration and Information Technology
Accounting, Fiscal, and Budget Services
Matt Whalen, Accounting Administrator I (Supervisor)
Sue Ewbank, Associate Government Program Analyst & Small Business/DBVE Advocate
Jennifer Kline, Senior Accounting Officer
Aga Kuligowski, Accounting Officer
Maritza Lopez, Accounting Assistant
Accounts Payable, General AP Mailbox, Accounts.Payable@tahoe.ca.gov
Administrative and Fiscal Services
Steve Byrne, Administrative Coordinator
Tallon Sandoval, Office Administrator
Information Technology
Bruce Cutting, Network and Security Administrator
Dan Mendoza, Geographic Information Systems Programmer/Specialist
Andrew Wilkins, Information Technology Specialist I
Natural Resources
Forest Schafer, Director of the Natural Resources Division
Community Forestry
Milan Yeates, Community Forestry Program Supervisor / Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisor)
Juan Carlos Urizar, Associate Environmental Planner
Jason Pollard, Forest Management Planning Specialist
Alan Castner, Forestry Field Preparation Specialist
Landscape Resilience
Whitney Brennan, Ph.D., Landscape Resilience Program Supervisor
Erin Ernst, Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative Coordinator, Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
Christine Aralia, Senior Environmental Scientist
Brian Hirt, Registered Professional Forester
Joseph Harvey, Forest Operations Specialist
Watershed
Stuart Roll, Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisor)
Scott Carroll, Senior Environmental Planner (Specialist)
Jen Greenberg, Associate Environmental Planner
Mark Sedlock, Associate Environmental Planner
Scott Cecchi, Associate Environmental Planner
Chris Mertens, Senior Environmental Planner
Robert Larsen, Environmental Program Manager (Managerial)
Land Programs
Kevin Prior, Director of the Land Division
Land Management
Shawn Butler, Program Supervisor/Senior Environmental Planner
Nick Meyer, Associate Environmental Planner
Kelsey Lemming, Associate Environmental Planner
Erica Uhor, Associate Environmental Planner
Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Sarah Werick, Program Assistant
Evan Osgood, Crew Supervisor
Haley Lazar, Lot Inspector/Land Steward
Derek Friend, Crew Supervisor
Nikki Donnelly, Land Steward
Tahoe Livable Communities
Amy Cecchettini, Public Land Management Specialist III
Aimee Rutledge, Staff Services Manager I (Specialist)
Daniel Huerta, Environmental Planner