Board Members
Coastside Land Trust's Board of Directors is a diverse group of talented individuals, each with unique skills, a history of community involvement & commitment to preservation:
Robert Buffin
Federal labor attorney, retired; Peace Corps Volunteer, Venezuela; Peace Corps staff, Washington, DC. BA, San Francisco State College, and JD, University of Wisconsin Law School. Half Moon Bay resident since 1983.
Robin Kirby
BS Stanford University. MBA Denver University. Realtor with Compass. Board Member Senior Coastsiders, Committee Lead Half Moon Bay History Association, Board Member Stanford Coastside Club. Prior Vice President Global Services at GT Nexus and Director Trade Compliance & Security at APL Logistics.
Barbara Lohman
Retired Biology teacher, CUSD; retired Science Department chair; former AP Biology teacher, and math teacher Half Moon Bay High School. Former member Half Moon Bay Parks and Rec. A.B. Occidental College, M.A. Chapman University.
Jack McCarthy
Senior content and branding manager for the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Long term Moss Beach resident. Jack is married to Dr. Cheryl Parker. He has three children, Kate, Clare, and JJ.
Sara Polgar
Conservation Specialist working in erosion and sediment management, climate adaptation and habitat restoration with the San Mateo Resource Conservation District. Former Half Moon Bay Planning Commissioner. Former Planner with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. B.S. (Biology) Stanford University, Master's of Environmental Science and Management, Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Paul Reidl
Of Counsel with the Napa law firm of Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty specializing in trademark law, wine law, and Federal Court litigation; CLT President from 2013-2019. BA (1977), JD (1980) from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Married to Julie Griffin-Reidl.
Patrick Ryan
Former Board member Coastside Family Medical Center; Board of Directors San Mateo County Historical Association. Realtor with Compass. Captain, US Army Signal Corps (Reserves) 1969-1986. Public Affairs Officer for 6th Army Headquarters. BA, Creighton University. MA, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Resident of the Coastside since 1973. Married to Sandra Ryan, 3 children.
Terry Sweeney
Biotechnology professional (retired). Former VP of safety assessment at Nektar Therapeutics and Sr Scientist at Genentech. Ph.D. from the West Virginia University School of Medicine and post-doctoral training at the Harvard School of Public Health. Coastside resident since 1994 and married to Jim Blanchard.
John Zimmer
Orthopedic surgeon (retired). University of Michigan alumnus. Practiced medicine in New England following resident training at Boston University. Relocated after retirement to Half Moon Bay with my wife Naywon, a California native.
Staff
Bob ROgers
Executive Director
Jo Chamberlain
(Seen Here with BobbY)
Administrative Assistant
April Ramos
Administrative Assistant
LeaH Henning
Office Manager
Haley Peterson
Junior Land Stewardship Program Manager
Kate Dickey
Social Media
Advisory Committee
Bob Berryman, Real Estate Consultant. Based in San Mateo, Bob has been active in commercial and multi-family real estate for over twenty-five years. Most recently, he provided leasing and asset management services for the Presidio Trust in San Francisco. Prior to working with the Trust, he was with Real Estate Services at the University of California, San Francisco. Bob is a licensed California real estate broker. He is a Trustee and Past President of the G. W. Williams Foundation, and Chair of the College of the Pacific Leadership Council at the University of the Pacific.
Jim Blanchard, Jim is a director (secretary) of the Granada Community Services District, president of Midcoast Park Lands in El Granada, and president of the International Society of Aerosols in Medicine. He is principal scientist at Aradigm Corp. in Hayward, which is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing inhaled drugs to treat severe respiratory disease, including lung infections. Jim has M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and did post-doctoral training at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a longtime resident of El Granada.
Jo Chamberlain, Former Coastside Land Trust Executive Director (2005-2024) , former CLT board member, UC Santa Cruz Alumnus.
John Chamberlain, Former member, board of directors, Cotelligent, Inc.; president, Chamberlain Associates, Inc. (later acquired by Cotelligent); POST board of directors & stewardship team leader since 2001; POST Volunteer of the Year, 2002.
Mike Kimsey, Former CLT board member and co-founder.
Melissa Lane, Former member, board of directors, Coastside Land Trust; Registered Nurse; Coastside community volunteer.
Peter LaTourrette, Board member and Treasurer of Committee for Green Foothills, Peninsula Conservation Center Trust Fund, and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society.
Dave Maiero, President, InGear Corporation. Graduate California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Marine Biology. Managed companies and operations throughout the US and in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Thailand, Taiwan, and Australia.
Brad O’Brien, Director, Peninsula Open Space Trust, Eastside College Preparatory School, and Ronald McDonald House at Stanford; member/shareholder, real estate and environmental practice, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Graduate of UCLA School of Law and Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,).
Kathleen Scutchfield, Trustee Emeritus San Francisco Ballet and former National Committee Member of the Whitney Museum of American Art; co-founded Until There’s a Cure Foundation in 1993. Former owner of Toto Ranch. Attended Sarah Lawrence College and Yale University.
Rick Southern, Received the 2012 CLT “Like A Hawk” award for outstanding support in fundraising. Fundraising co-chair, 2013 Measure B (school parcel tax); Reverse mortgage originator, Anchor Funding, BA Economics UCSC, Graduate school Finance, CSUH.
