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
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Closed noon – 1 p.m.)
Land Management
Report an Issue on Conservancy land
Get a fuelwood permit
Land Bank
landbank@tahoe.ca.gov
(530) 543-6033
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
Jane Freeman, Acting Executive Director
Jason Vasques, Acting Deputy Director
Legal
Michael Steeves, Chief Counsel I, CEA
Sara Cutuli, Staff Attorney
Elena Neigher, Staff Attorney
Thea Graybill, Senior Legal Analyst
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
Accounts Payable, General AP Mailbox, Accounts.Payable@tahoe.ca.gov
Administrative and Fiscal Services
Steve Byrne, Administrative Coordinator
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 (Specialist)
Juan Carlos Urizar, Associate Environmental Planner
Jason Pollard, Forest Management Planning Specialist
Grant Coleman, Forestry Aide
Daniel Salgado, Forestry Aide
Kyle Schnapp, Forestry Aide
Leah Armer, Forestry Aide
Landscape Forestry
Whitney Brennan, Ph.D., Acting Program Supervisor/Senior Environmental Scientist
Christine Aralia, Senior Environmental Scientist
Brian Hirt, Registered Professional Forester
Joseph Harvey, Forest Operations Specialist
Erin Ernst, Senior Environmental Scientist (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, Environmental Planner
Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Sarah Werick, Land Steward
Evan Osgood, Crew Supervisor
Haley Lazar, Lot Inspector/Land Steward
Derick Friend, Program Assistant
Tahoe Livable Communities
Jessica Wackenhut Lomeli, Staff Services Manager II
Amy Cecchettini, Public Land Management Specialist III
Aimee Rutledge, Staff Services Manager I (Specialist)
Daniel Huerta, Environmental Planner