Megan Medeiros
Executive Director
megan@greenfoothills.orgA resident of San Jose, Megan joined Committee for Green Foothills as Executive Director in November 2013. In her role, she develops and implements the organization’s strategic goals and manages its operations. Prior to joining Committee for Green Foothills, she managed the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter's conservation programs and fundraising efforts. Megan has 15 years of experience organizing people on local and state environmental issues.
While at San Jose State University pursuing an environmental studies degree, she worked with the Silicon Valley Land Conservancy and directed the university's Environmental Resource Center. Megan lives in downtown San Jose with her husband and daughter. She enjoys running, reading, and playing the piano.
Lennie Roberts
Legislative Advocate, San Mateo County
lennie@greenfoothills.orgFor more than 30 years, Lennie Roberts has been the voice of Committee for Green Foothills in San Mateo County. One of the Bay Area’s most respected environmental leaders, Lennie has led CGF in a number of critical open space battles on the San Mateo Coast and along Skyline. She is a vigilant and attentive watchdog of the County Board of Supervisors, and helped found the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in 1972.
Lennie has received a number of honors and awards, including the Carla Bard Award from the Planning and Conservation League, Conservationist of the Year from the Peninsula Conservation Center, the Josephine Duveneck Award from the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Greenbelt Alliance's Greenbelt Champion Award for her work to preserve the San Mateo County coastside. She was elected to the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame in 2003, and has been honored as a Coastal Champion on the 25th Anniversary of the California Coastal Act. In 2009 she was named the San Francisco Bay Area's Cox Conserves Hero, which noted her thousands of hours of volunteer work towards coastal protection.
She holds a BA in Art from Stanford University. Lennie continues to work for protection of our irreplaceable natural resources and open space lands, from the farm fields and scenic vistas of the San Mateo coastside, to the forests of the Skyline area and along the shores of San Francisco Bay.
Alice Kaufman
Legislative Advocacy Director, San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties
alice@greenfoothills.org
Paul Ledesma
Legislative Advocate, Santa Clara County
paul@greenfoothills.orgAfter leaving local government, Paul’s passion for the environment led him to Save The Bay where he successfully led their campaign to have the City of Oakland commit greater resources to reduce trash. Paul holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Environmental Studies from San Jose State University and currently lives in Campbell with Pam, his wife of 23 years. Paul enjoys exploring the valley on bike and foot and also enjoys cooking, photography, and playing guitar.
Helen Wolter
Legislative Advocate, San Mateo County
helen@greenfoothills.orgHelen Wolter joins the Committee for Green Foothills as the San Mateo County Legislative Advocate, after managing Anna Eshoo’s Congressional campaigns. While with Congresswoman Eshoo, Helen did outreach in three counties, worked with Democratic Central Committees, and led efforts to support Democratic candidates up and down ticket.
A former Chair of the City of Mountain View Parks and Recreation Commission, Helen assisted in overseeing parkland use in the densest city in Silicon Valley. During her tenure with the Commission, she guided Mountain View’s updated canopy policy, and worked to make the in-lieu fees assessed on new developments more just and equitable, as well as economically viable.
You can often find Helen hiking in the mountains, reading, or chasing her son. A west coast native, she has lived in the Bay Area for over 30 years.
Pat Haines
Digital Marketing Manager
pat@greenfoothills.orgPat has lived her entire life in the Bay Area, the last 30 years of which were in Portola Valley. Pat has spent her career in high-tech marketing roles in Silicon Valley. In addition to providing marketing leadership in Fortune 500 companies, including Palm, Microsoft, and Intel, she has launched a number of innovative start-ups. Most recently she worked for Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship.
As senior director of marketing, Pat was responsible for leading the marketing efforts at Miller Center, for designing effective messaging, branding, and PR strategies, and for establishing the center as the leader in global social entrepreneurship. Pat has a BS in Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco. She is an avid Giants baseball fan, loves being outdoors, and spending time with her family.
Amanda Henry
Development and Communications Manager
amanda@greenfoothills.orgA resident of San Jose, Amanda is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara’s environmental studies program, and holds a master’s degree in sustainable development and policy advocacy from SIT Graduate School. Amanda oversees Committee for Green Foothills marketing efforts, working across the organization to create and implement a unified communications strategy through printed and online materials. In addition to her dedication to preserving nature, she brings a passion for social and environmental justice from her past experiences as a teacher abroad in China, as a racial justice intern with the Applied Research Center, and as a fellow with the Green-Collar Jobs Campaign at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Before joining Committee for Green Foothills, Amanda was working as an advocate for underserved women and children survivors of violence in Santa Cruz County.
Justyne Schnupp
Community Engagement Manager
justyne@greenfoothills.orgA resident of San Jose, Justyne is a graduate of the University of San Francisco, and holds a Psychology degree with a minor in Business Administration. Justyne manages Committee for Green Foothills' outreach and educational programming. She is responsible for a wide range of programs and events to educate the community on our current work and to support fundraising for the organization. Justyne has always enjoyed exploring natural open spaces and took her first step in environmental field, working for the Environmental Volunteers where children learn through hands-on science and nature education. She enjoys roaming the world with her husband and two sons.
