
You are invited to join us for an unforgettable 20th annual celebration, Nature’s Inspiration, on Sunday, September 24, 2023, from 10:30am-1:30pm. The power of our community and the local natural landscapes, farmlands, and parks we protect together are reasons to celebrate. This will be an in-person event, with the location still to be announced.
Can’t attend but would still like to support Green Foothills? Make a donation today.
Questions? For additional information about Nature’s Inspiration, please contact Jocelyn Rodriguez (650.968.7243 x314, [email protected]).
2022 Sponsors
Nature’s Inspiration underwrites about 30% 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. The generous support of our Nature’s Inspiration sponsors makes it possible for us to champion land use decisions that affirm and support open space, biodiversity, climate resilience, and natural resources in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
Thank you to our Nature’s Inspiration 2022 sponsors. To become a sponsor for 2023, please email [email protected].
Steve Blank and Alison Elliott
O'Brien Family Charitable Fund
Ranae DeSantis
Laura Wells
KPMG
Meta
Myrtle L. Atkinson Foundation
Martha Cohn
Benjamin Hammett
Gary and Patricia Hedden
Pete and Sue LaTourrette
Peter and Beverly Lipman
Dean Morton
Nancy and Greg Serrurier
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP
Insperity
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Stephen Abbors
Barbara Lynn Bessey
Rebecca Eisenberg
Linda and Sidney Liebes Jr.
Margaret and Jamis MacNiven
Nancy Reyering, San Mateo County Harbor District President, and Marty Walker
Diane Talbert and Rodger Rickard
Asset Management Company
Brandenburg Family Foundation
California Nativescapes
GreenWaste Recovery
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
SRT CONSULTANTS
Anonymous x 3
Jon Adams
Tamara Alvarado
Teresa Alvarado
Sylvia Arenas, San Jose Councilmember
Marilyn and William Bauriedel
Steve Betando
Bhamra Family of San Jose
Gregory and Lauren Boro
Craig Britton and Carleen Bruins
Phyllis Browning
Matthew Burrows
Cynthia D’Agosta and Gary Blickenstaff
Marshall Dinowitz
Rodney Diridon, Sr.
Francesca Eastman and Ed Goodstein
Barbara Erny
Anna Eshoo, United States Congresswoman
Mark and Lisa Fischer-Colbrie
Robert and Susan Flint
Megan Fluke and Jeff Prentice
Larry and Penny Hassett
Jerry Hearn and Rebecca Reynolds
Cayce Hill and Joe Zullo
Alice Kaufman and Scot Griffin
Elisabeth Lubliner
Tor and Nancy Lund
Ann Monroe
Leslie Airola Murveit and Hy Murveit
Tom Myers and Hartono Sutanto
Paul and Antje Newhagen
Daniel and Helen Quinn
Lennie and Mike Roberts
Roberta Saxon and Mike Sasnett
Brian Schmidt, Mid-Peninsula Water District Director
Jeffrey Segall and Helen He
Peter and Diane Siemens
Joseph Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor, and Mary Hughes
Chuck and Darla Stevens
Colleen and Geoff Tate
Maxine Terner
Carolyn and Edwin Tognetti
Barlow and Nancy Westcott
Cynthia Wordell
Barbara Wright and Katie Sanborn
John Zotz
ACLU Foundation of Northern California
The Foster Museum
Kaiser Permanente
San Mateo County Parks Foundation
Sequoia Audubon Society
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
SPHERE
Terrell Watt Planning
Valley Water
Wisdom Revealed
Anonymous
The Aitken-Young Family
Jeffery and Sharon Allyn
Blanca Alvarado
Larry Ames
Ian Bain
Bryan Beck and Kaia Eakin
Josh Becker, California State Senator
Phil and Mary Bobel
Brian Carr
Chuck Cantrell
Dan and Helen Chapman
Karen Chapman
Donna Colson
Mike Danzenbaker and Lee Hung
Paul and Jade Davis
Rick DeGolia, Atherton Mayor
Dale Djerassi
Michelle Domocol
Paul and Maureen Draper
Ronald Erskine
Fahimi Family
Nancy Federspiel
Pam Foley, San Jose Councilmember
Marian Goldeen and Arthur Ogawa
Kathryn Gordon
Melissa Hippard
Suds Jain, Santa Clara Vice Mayor
Arthur Keller
Zoe Kersteen-Tucker, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Director, and George Tucker
Larry Klein and Milbrey McLaughlin
William and Katherine Korbholz
Susan Kay Lang and Robert Levenson
Otto Lee, Santa Clara County Supervisor
Sam Liccardo, San Jose Mayor
Andrea Mackenzie and Jenni Martin
Anand Madhavan
Christopher Manning and Laura Salcido
Hyma Menath
John and Valerie Metcalfe
Shelley and Andrew Meyer
Raymond Mueller, Menlo Park Councilmember
Allen Olivo and Robin McKnight
David Oppenheimer and Elaine Sulzberger
Smita Patel
Lucas Ramirez, Mountain View Mayor
Mary Laurene Reber Trust
Diane Reddy
Emily Renzel and Enid Pearson
Curt Riffle and Karen Scussel
Melissa Ropp-Lane and James Lane
Ricardo and Paloma Samaniego
Janet and Victor Schachter
Kathryn Schmidt
Barbara Schneider
Justyne Schnupp and Garret Malmgren
Benjamin and Annette Segall
Paul Segall and Joan Berman Segall
Sharon Snyder
Jo-Ann Byrne Sockolov
Susan Stansbury and Cedric de La Beaujardiere
Carolyn Straub and Stephen McHenry
The Thekkath Family
Mark Thomas
Andrew Thomases
David and Katherine Thomson
Charlie Tomberg
Timothy Tosta
Kristen Tsukushi
Nancy and Theodore Vian
Mariquita West
James Wickett and Magdalena Yesil
African American Community Service Agency
Filoli
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Past Honorees

Linda Gass

Jane Kim

Blanca Alvarado

Rod Diridon, Sr.

Valentin Lopez

Joseph W. Cotchett

Rue Mapp

Steve Abbors

Joan Baez
2022 Host Committee
Our Host Committee is an integral part of the production of Nature’s Inspiration. Special thanks to our Host Committee for their many contributions and willingness to connect with other community leaders who have the resources to help ensure our Nature’s Inspiration 2022 is a success. If you are interested in joining the Host Committee, please email [email protected].
Ian Bain
Board President, Green Foothills
Michele Beasley
Executive Director, San Mateo County Parks Foundation
Matthew Burrows
Board Member, Green Foothills
Helen Chapman
Director, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, Former Green Foothills Board member
Rod Diridon
Former Santa Clara County Supervisor
Nancy Federspiel
Board Secretary, Green Foothills
Anand Madhavan
Board Member, Green Foothills
Hyma Menath
Board Vice President, Green Foothills
Lisa Munro
Board Treasurer, Green Foothills
Arpana Tiwari
Board Member, Green Foothills
Jim Wickett
Advisory Board Member, Green Foothills
Margaret MacNiven
Founders of Buck’s Restaurant in Woodside, Former Green Foothills Board Member & Development Committee Chair
Hyma Menath
Board Vice President, Green Foothills
Jeff Segall
Board Member, Green Foothills
2022 Honorary Hosts
Honorary Hosts are elected officials from San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties who support the mission of Green Foothills.
Margaret Abe-Koga
Ruben Abrica
Alicia C. Aguirre
Vicki Alexander
Blanca Alvarado
Emily Beach
Rick Bonilla
Helen Chapman
Cindy Chavez
David Cohen
Drew Combs
Rich Constantine
Jed Cyr
Rick DeGolia
Karina R. Dominguez
Javed I. Ellahie
Susan Ellenberg
Anna Eshoo
Tony Estremera
Eric Filseth
Helen Fisicaro
Neysa Fligor
Pamela Foley
Lisa Gauthier
Liz Gibbons
Lisa M. Gillmor
Zach Hilton
Sam Hindi
Karen Holman
Reuben D. Holober
Nai Hsueh
Davina Hurt
Sergio Jimenez
Ellen Kamei
Barbara Keegan
Alex Kennett
Zoe Kersteen-Tucker
Yoriko Kishimoto
Gary Kremen
Gustav Larsson
Amourence Lee
Otto Lee
Elizabeth Lewis
Linda LeZotte
Sergio Lopez
Matt Mahan
Yvonne Martinez Beltran
Lisa Matichak
Tom Mattusch
Carmen Montano
Betsy Nash
Terry O’Connell
Kevin Park
Anthony Phan
Mike Potter
Lucas Ramirez
Diana Reddy
Rob Rennie
Nancy Reyering
Curt Riffle
Maria Ristow
Debbie Ruddock
Richard Santos
Marico Sayoc
Chris Shaw
Pat Showalter
Pete Siemens
Joe Simitian
Michael Smith
Rene Spring
Greer Stone
Linda G. Swan
George Tyson
John L. Varela
Hung Wei
Bill Widmer
Bob Wieckowski