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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Green Foothills’ 21st annual Nature’s Inspiration celebration on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at Oceano Hotel & Spa in Half Moon Bay with special guest, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. Our new Coastal Resilience Program video premiered at the event, and you can watch it here.

We enjoyed a picturesque view of the San Mateo coast from the lovely Oceano Hotel as we celebrated the beauty of the coast and our work to protect it with Congresswoman Eshoo. Green Foothills has a long history of championing the coast and the public’s access to it.

If you were unable to attend, you can still support Green Foothills by making a donation today!

Information about next fall’s Nature’s Inspiration event will be posted here in 2025. Questions: Jocelyn Rodriguez at 650.968.7243 x314, [email protected].

About Our 2024 Guest Speaker

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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo

Congresswoman Eshoo’s congressional district stretches along the San Mateo County coast and includes the communities of Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, and Pescadero. She has been a champion for open space protection and a longtime supporter of Green Foothills.

Before her election to Congress in 1992, Congresswoman Eshoo served for 10 years on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors where she staunchly opposed offshore drilling on the San Mateo Coast and spearheaded the protection of sensitive habitats in the County General Plan. In Congress, she secured federal funds to purchase and protect the 1,000-acre Phleger Estate, the 4,000-acre Rancho Corral de Tierra, and the 5,800-acre Cotoni-Coast Dairies.

“For over 60 years, Green Foothills has been the gold standard in protecting open space, natural resources, and farmland in all of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Their record is unmatched and we are all the beneficiaries of their superb advocacy.”
– Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
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Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors

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 200,000 acres.

Thank you to our Nature’s Inspiration 2024 sponsors.

2024 NI Sponsors

Ranae DeSantis
O’Brien Family Charitable Fund
Oceano Hotel & Spa

Google
KPMG
Ann and Mark Monroe
Myrtle L. Atkinson Foundation
Lennie and Mike Roberts
Laura Wells

Tate Cohn
Benjamin Hammett
Pat and Gary Hedden
Insperity
Peter and Sue LaTourrette
Law Offices Of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
Peter and Beverly Lipman
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Lisa and Edward Munro
Peninsula Open Space Trust
PG&E
Nancy and Greg Serrurier

Stephen Abbors
Applied Materials
Marilyn and Bill Bauriedel
Susan Hansch and Richard Wright
Larry and Penny Hassett
Tracy and Julie Hutcheson
Franklin and Cathie Johnson
Linda and Sidney Liebes Jr.
William Reller
Save Mount Diablo
Maxine Terner and Keith Weber

Jon Adams and Michelle Treseler
Jessica Rose Agramonte and James Principato
Stephen Beck and Jane Baxter
Manjeet Bhamra
Gregory and Lauren Boro
Craig Britton and Carleen Bruins
Matthew Burrows
California Native Plant Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
John Carlson
Brian Carr
Paul and Jade Davis
Marshall Dinowitz
Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo
Robert and Susan Flint
Jean Forstner
Jerry Hearn and Rebecca Reynolds
Cayce Hill and Joseph Zullo
Alice Kaufman and Scot Griffin
Arvind Kumar
Theresa Lyngso and Joseph McClintock
Margaret and Jamis MacNiven
Joanne and Douglas McFarlin
Leslie Airola-Murveit and Hy Murveit
Claudia Rossi
Roberta Saxon and Mike Sasnett
Jeffrey Segall and Helen He, in memory of Annette Segall
Supervisor Joe Simitian
Jackie Speier
The Foster Museum
The Wallace Stegner Literary Estate
Carolyn and Edwin Tognetti
Valley Water
Cynthia Wordell
John Zotz

ACLU Foundation of Northern California
Tamara Alvarado
Lawrence Ames
Open Space Authority Director Garnetta Annable
Patricia Armstrong
Senator Josh Becker
Barbara Lynn Bessey
Mary and Phil Bobel
Pat Burt
Helen and Dan Chapman
Karen Chapman
Supervisor Cindy Chavez
Colorprint
Constance Crawford
Rick DeGolia
Rodney Diridon, Sr. and Gloria Duffy
Paul and Maureen Draper
Timothy Duff
Kaia Eakin and Bryan Beck
Linda and Jerome Elkind
Ron Erskine
Nancy Federspiel
Megan Fluke and Jeff Prentice
San Jose Councilmember Pam Foley
Steve and Leslie Furney-Howe
Linda Gass and Rob Steiner
Craig and Teresa Gleason
Marian Goldeen and Arthur Ogawa
James Haskell and Susanna Vartanian
Jerry Hill
Melissa Hippard
Lori and Sudhanshu Jain
Bindu Kandoori
Kristine Karnos
Arthur Keller
George Tucker and Zoe Kersteen-Tucker
Bill and Katherine Korbholz
Supervisor Otto Lee
Rosalie Lefkowitz
Lisa Liddle
Tor and Nancy Lund
Andrea Mackenzie and Jenni Martin
Barbara Marshman
Allen Olivo and Robin McKnight
David Oppenheimer and Elaine Sulzberger
Mary and Ward Paine
Smita Patel
Dan and Helen Quinn
Diana Reddy
Emily Renzel and Enid Pearson
Curtis Riffle and Karen Scussel
San Mateo County Parks Foundation
Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Kathryn Schmidt
Paul Segall and Joan Berman Segall
Sequoia Audubon Society
Diane Siemens, in memory of Pete Siemens
David Simon and Lynn Gordon
Carolyn Straub and Stephen McHenry
Philip and Sara Sunshine
Hartono Sutanto and Tom Myers
Kym and Lars Teppo
Amari and Mark Thomas
Andrew Thomases
Arpana Tiwari
Don Weden
Mariquita West
Barlow and Nancy Westcott

EdwardsProductions.com for event photography.
Oceano Hotel & Spa for event hosting at the Valley Visionary level.
David Simon, his crew, and our many photo and video contributors for helping make the new film about Green Foothills' Coastal Resilience Program that will be shown at Nature's Inspiration.

2024 Honorary Hosts

Margaret Abe-Koga
Mountain View Councilmember


Ruben Abrica

East Palo Alto Councilmember

Alicia Aguirre
Redwood City Council Member

Garnetta Annable
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Director

Rebeca Armedariz
Gilroy Council Member

Emily Beach
Burlingame Vice Mayor, At-Large

Jim Beall
Santa Clara Valley Water District Director

Josh Becker
California State Assemblymember

Robert Brownstone
Half Moon Bay Councilmember

Pat Burt
Palo Alto Council Member

Domingo Candelas
San Jose City Council Member

David Canepa
San Mateo County Supervisor

Helen Chapman
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Chairperson

Cindy Chavez
Santa Clara County Supervisor

Drew Combs
Menlo Park Vice Mayor

Dave Cortese
California State Senator

Dev Davis
San Jose City Council Member

Rick DeGolia
Atherton Council Member

Maria Doerr
Menlo Park City Councilmember

Kaia Eakin
Redwood City Councilmember

Susan Ellenberg
Santa Clara County Board President

Mike Flaugher
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Director

Pam Foley
San Jose City Council Member

J.R. Fruen
Cupertino Vice Mayor

Lisa Gauthier
East Palo Alto Councilmember

Alison Hicks
Mountain View Councilmember

Zach Hilton
Gilroy City Council Member

Karen Holman
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Director

Diane Howard
Redwood City Councilmember

Sergio Jimenez
San Jose City Council Member

Ash Kalra
California State Assemblymember

Ellen Kamei
Mountain View Councilmember

Barbara Keegan
Santa Clara Valley Water District Director

Zoe Kersteen-Tucker
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Director

Yoriko Kishimoto
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Director

Lydia Kou
Palo Alto Council Member

Ed Lauing
Palo Alto Vice Mayor

Alex Lee
California State Assemblymember

Otto Lee
Santa Clara County Supervisor

Zoe Lofgren
United States Congresswoman

Julie Lythcott-Haims
Palo Alto City Council Member

Margaret MacNiven
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board President

Matt Mahan
Mayor of San Jose

Lisa Matichak
Mountain View Vice Mayor

Rob Moore
Los Gatos City Council Member

Ray Mueller
San Mateo County Supervisor

Deborah Penrose
Half Moon Bay Councilmember

Gail Pellerin
California State Assemblymember

Dave Pine
San Mateo County Supervisor

Mike Potter
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Director

Lucas Ramirez
Mountain View Councilmember

Emily Ann Ramos
Mountain View Councilmember

Harvey Rarback
Half Moon Bay Councilmember

Robert Rennie
Los Gatos Council Member

Curt Riffle
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board Secretary

Maria Ristow
Los Gatos Council Member

Pat Showalter
Mountain View Mayor

Warren Slocum
President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

Rene Spring
Morgan Hill Council Member

Vicki Veenker
Palo Alto Council Member

Greer Stone
Palo Alto Mayor

Hung Wei
Cupertino Councilmember

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.

Don Weden
Don Weden

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!

Matt Burrows

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.

Jeff Segall
Jeff Segall

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.

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Andrea Mackenzie

The work of Green Foothills is legendary and extremely environmentally significant to efforts to address climate change.

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Helen Chapman

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.

Tamara Alvarado

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