Stirling was raised along the edge of great salmon rivers in the Northwest. Though he still misses the peaks, rains, and fish of the Columbia River Basin, since moving to Utah he has come to regard the canyon lands and mountains of the Colorado Plateau as (setting fish species aside) equally deserving of conservation and love. Stirling lives in Orem, works as an attorney, and hikes and explores Utah as a geographically and politically misplaced human.

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Kirsten manages editing, production, administration, and acquisitions for Torrey House Press.  Though Kirsten is a native New Yorker, she's also a sixth-generation Utahn and feels most at home hiking in Utah’s red rock country. She has two grown children and lives with a pair of cats and her spouse, Mark Bailey, in Salt Lake City and Torrey, Utah.

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Mark is a retired partner from Wasatch Advisors, Inc., an investment management firm headquartered in Salt Lake City. He raised a daughter and son on the ski slopes of the Wasatch Mountains and in the red rocks of southern Utah and lives in Salt Lake City and in Torrey, Utah.

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Rose grew up outside Baltimore, Maryland, in a family that hiked and camped leading to her love of wild nature. After graduating from Virginia Tech with a degree in Horticulture and Environmental Studies, Rose worked for 13 years for the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service. She was a park ranger in Mesa Verde NP, Bryce Canyon NP, and Coulee Dam NRA and spent six years as a Concessions Analyst in the Alaska Regional Office. Today, Rose lives in Durango, CO where she and her husband raised their two sons. For the past fifteen years, Rose has worked for Great Old Broads for Wilderness, engaging and inspiring the voices and activism of "elders" to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands. She has deep knowledge of conservation issues and public lands management and is passionate about educating the public about threats to their wild lands.

Pert spent her childhood in the Pacific Northwest, growing up in a small logging town against the backdrop of the spotted owl controversy. She went on to study environmental communication and history, writing a thesis on Rachel Carson. She moved to Utah, and after grad school, began a career in tech, where she lead development teams as a program manager and usability advocate. Now, she manages a research and strategy team for Adobe, and serves as site Sustainability Champion. When she's not volunteering for local non-profits as a Master Naturalist, she loves to hang out with her three Great Pyrenees rescues and, of course, read.

Phyllis has almost thirty years of experience in fundraising and her clients have raised over $260 million. She specializes in strategic planning, board development, fundraising, and capital campaign planning and implementation. Hockett views her work with nonprofits as a means of supporting positive change in communities by providing organizations with distinctive, sophisticated tools to ensure institutional sustainability. She received her Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Utah and is a cofounder of Pathway Associates. Hockett is an active volunteer in the Salt Lake City community, serving on the board of directors of the Girl Scouts of Utah, Academy for Nonprofit Excellence and the University of Utah Continuing Education Commission, among other prominent boards including past board service with the Utah Nonprofits Association and Utah Food Bank. An accomplished teacher and lecturer, Hockett has taught for ten years in the Academy for Nonprofit Excellence at the University of Utah.

Kim spent her childhood living across North America. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, she moved from Toronto, Ontario, to Houston, Texas. A descendant of an indigenous lineage, she is a proud tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and spent summers on her family's land in Durant, Oklahoma. Although Oklahoma is not her tribe's ancestral home, Kim and her family uphold a deep sense of stewardship for their land passed down through generations. With a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of San Francisco, Kim’s professional journey has seen her serve as a program manager at Harvard University and as a fundraising professional in California, Colorado, and Utah. As the development director at Wildlands Network in Salt Lake City, Utah, she passionately advocates for wildlife, wildlands, and precious natural resources.

Regina is a representative for District D for the RE-1 School District, and was born and raised in southwestern Colorado. She is a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Towaoc. She has spent 10 years in the information technology field, working for Chief Dull Knife College and the Southern Ute Indian and Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribes. In October of 2013, she was elected to serve as a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal leadership. At an early age, Lopez-Whiteskunk began to advocate for land, air, water, and animals, and strongly believes that the inner core of healing comes from the knowledge of our land and elders. She is a former co-chair for the Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition and education director for the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose. She is currently is seeking a Master’s of Environmental Management with Western Colorado University and serving on the Telluride Institute Board and advisory board for Great Old Broads. Lopez-Whiteskunk has traveled extensively throughout the country sharing the Ute culture through song, dance, presentations, and is honored to continue to protect, preserve and serve through education, creating a better understanding of our resources culture and beliefs— a great foundation for a better tomorrow.

As a proud native of Utah, Katie has spent a lifetime exploring the unique landscapes of  the American West and becoming immersed in the many challenges it faces. Raised in a family deeply rooted in ranching and farming traditions in Southern Utah, Katie developed a profound appreciation for the delicate balance between human activity and the natural environment. Drawing upon a wealth of experience and a deep-seated passion for the environment, Katie remains dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of conservation issues in Utah and beyond. From the arid landscapes of the West to the intricate ecosystems of the Great Salt Lake, Katie strives to inspire action and promote stewardship of our natural world. A development professional, Katie has worked for FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake, Tracy Aviary and is currently at the David Eccles School of Business. Katie also holds a certificate in Wetlands for the Utah Master Naturalist program and has many years of volunteering experience with The Nature Conservancy and FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake.

Charlie is a writer, a retired businessowner and everyday activist. His maternal great-grandmother homesteaded as a single mother near Parshall, CO, and his father’s side of the family worked ranches in the best and worst parts of Arizona. Living for 50 years in Minnesota has failed to squeeze out the sensibility formed growing up in Western Colorado, the setting of his novels, Monument Road and Inhabited. He is also a co-author of Planning to Stay, a guide to help residents improve their neighborhoods. He has served on a variety of nonprofit and professional boards, including The Playwrights’ Center, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, West Bank School of Music and AIGA Minnesota. He and his wife Susan Cushman split time between Minneapolis and Grand Junction, CO.

Shelby is an award-winning author with more than forty years of combined experience in anthropological, tribal museum, and cultural resource management, and university teaching. A graduate of University of Colorado, Boulder, Shelby holds a master's degree from the University of Washington and a doctorate from the University of Arizona. She is the former director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico; and the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Shelby has published more than forty articles and book chapters relating to American Indian art and culture, repatriation, and women in the West. She is the author of No Place for a Lady: The Life Story of Archaeologist Marjorie F. Lambert, Fine Indian Jewelry of the Southwest: The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection, Pablita Velarde: In Her Own Words, and editor of Federico: One Man's Journey from Tututepec to L.A. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.