Join us at Tilton Ranch in scenic Coyote Valley for our annual outdoor celebration on Sunday, September 28 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This amazing event brings together more than 250 community leaders, partners, officials, and friends to support Green Foothills programs that protect local nature and wildlife. Our guest speaker this year is Jonathan Jarvis, former Director of the U.S. National Park Service, who will share insights into the current state of wilderness preservation in the U.S. and how people who care about nature can help shape its future.
Enjoy good food, learn about our work, and mingle in a beautiful outdoor setting. Proceeds cover a significant portion of our annual budget, so attending this event is a great way to help Green Foothills.
Sponsorship opportunities are now available!
Tickets go on sale July 9. For more information, contact Jocelyn Rodriguez at 650.968.7243 x314, [email protected].
About Our 2025 Guest Speaker
Jonathan B. Jarvis
Jon Jarvis served for 40 years with the National Park Service (NPS) as ranger, biologist and superintendent in national parks across the country. He was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate as the 18th Director of the NPS, serving from 2009 to 2017.
During his tenure, he led the National Park Service and its 400 parks through its Centennial, added 22 new parks, achieved its largest budget in history, launched a climate change strategy for the National Park System and helped the National Park Foundation raise over $400 million in philanthropic support. He also created the Every Kid in a Park initiative that provides a parks pass for every fourth grader in the nation, sought to recognize the contributions of Latinos, women, and LGBTQ to the American experience, and cultivated a new generation of constituents through the Find Your Park campaign.
Retiring from the NPS in 2017, he became the Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity at the University of California, Berkeley. He provides advice and training to national park professionals around the world.
He has co-authored two books published by the University of Chicago Press: “The Future of Conservation in America: A Chart for Rough Water,” and “National Parks Forever: Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence.” He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and was granted an honorary PhD by the College for his public service. .
Our Growing List of Sponsors for Nature’s Inspiration 2025
Nature’s Inspiration underwrites a significant portion of Green Foothills’ annual expenses. We depend on funds raised from this event to support our work so that we can create the greatest impact. Your generous support makes it possible for us to champion climate resilience and biodiversity through the protection of open space and natural resources in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties. Since 1962, our advocacy has resulted in the permanent protection of more than 200,000 acres.
Thank you to our Nature’s Inspiration 2024 sponsors. If you’d like to become a sponsor for 2025, visit our Sponsorships page.
2025 Nature’s Inspiration Sponsors
O’Brien Family Charitable Fund
Google KPMG Laura Wells
Lisa and Edward Munro Peninsula Open Space Trust
Applied Materials California Nativescapes Barbara Erny Sempervirens Fund
Mary and Phil Bobel Gregory and Lauren Boro Jerry Hearn and Rebecca Reynolds
Linda Gass and Rob Steiner Arthur Keller Lisa Liddle Save Mount Diablo Jeffrey Segall and Helen He Carolyn Straub and Stephen McHenry
I am grateful for the opportunities that Green Foothills opens up for sincere and organized acts of solidarity that collectively over time will result in change and movement. As a Chicana/Mexika mother and dancer, on the red road, Green Foothills inspires me to take action and center Mother Nature and First Peoples in this struggle to retain land as free and sacred.
Many of the most important decisions affecting our natural environment involve land use decisions made by our local governments. For more than 60 years, Green Foothills and its allies have worked diligently and effectively to assure that local government decisions in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties have protected open space and prevented sprawl.
My support for Green Foothills stems from our reliable long-term passionate commitment to protect local open space now and in the future. This in turn benefits our Wildlife friends and the Earth, essential partners of the human race!
From our founding more than 60 years ago until today, Green Foothills has been the local, vocal and effective protector of this region’s natural wonders. We have all benefited tremendously from the work of Green Foothills.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Green Foothills for their decades-long work standing up for nature and people. They have been effective advocates for the region’s open space, farmland, and natural resources, protecting our region’s natural heritage for future generations. As we experience the growing effects of climate change, the role Green Foothills plays as the conscience of the community will be needed more than ever.
The work of Green Foothills is legendary and extremely environmentally significant to efforts to address climate change.
