Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

Board and Committees

About the WRV Board
About WRV’s Committees

 

Board Members

 

 
Executive Committee

 

  • Chair, Ashley Vander Meeden
  • Vice Chair, Matt Williamson
  • Treasurer, Laurel Brown
  • Secretary,  Daniel Miller
  • Member-at-Large, Margaret Paget

 

 

Board Member Profiles

 

Laurel Brown

  • Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, Rocky Mountain Human Services
  • Master of Science in Accountancy, Wake Forest University
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • 5+ years of experience in nonprofit finance and accounting
  • Term: October 2023-October 2025

Daniel Dominguez

  • Ph.D. Student in Watershed Science, Colorado State University
  • MSc Sustainable Water Environments, University of Glasgow
  • MSc Computing, Cardiff University
  • Climate Equity Committee Member, City of Fort Collins
  • Veteran, United States Marine Corps
  • Term: December 2024-December 2026

Kate Gallagher

  • Product Manager with 8 years’ experience in various technology organizations
  • WRV Crew Leader of the Year 2021
  • 4+ years of experience volunteering, leading crews, and training crew leaders with WRV
  • B.A. Studio Art & B.A. Psychology, Williams College
  • Term: May 2023–May 2025

Ann Erickson Lang

  • Retired finance professional
  • 30 years experience in public and nonprofit finance
  • 10 years experience in nonprofit management
  • Board of Directors of Colorado Health Facilities Authority
  • Term: January 2022–December 2025

Pedro Lopez

  • MS Watershed Science from CSU
  • Campbell Valley Monitoring Project Leader
  • WRV Volunteer of the Year 2020
  • Currently employed at the VA
  • Term: December 2020 – December 2026

Daniel Miller

  • Sr. Advanced Data Analyst for Medtronic, Inc.
  • B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University
  • 7 years with WRV and 3 as a Crew Leader & Instructor
  • Term: February 2024 – February 2026

Margaret Paget

  • 30 plus years of public service managing trees, trails and natural resources (retired)
  • BS from Colorado State University
  • WRV volunteer Crew Leader and seed gleaner
  • Volunteer for Boulder County Open Space native plant projects and at the Ag. Heritage Center
  • Avid gardener, geekish about native & noxious plants, insects, wildlife – particularly birds
  • Term: December 2022 – December 2026

Mark Paschke

  • Professor of Restoration Ecology, Colorado State University
  • PhD in Biology, University of Illinois
  • Over 100 scholarly articles published
  • Active member of the Society for Ecological Restoration
  • Term: December 2024-December 2026

Ashley Vander Meeden

  • Marketing & Communications Manager, Bicycle Colorado
  • M.F.A. in Photography, San Jose State University
  • 9+ years of experience in the outdoor industry
  • Term : December 2022–December 2026

 

Matt Williamson
  • Legal Counsel, Crocs, Inc.
  • B.S. in Journalism (Advertising), University of Colorado
  • J.D. from University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • Avid skier, hiker and mountain biker
  • Term: December 2023-December 2025
Breana Winters
  • Operations and Programs Manager, High Line Canal Conservancy
  • B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Former School Planning Coordinator, Openlands
  • Term: December 2020-December 2026

 

 

Our Founder

Ed Self

Ed Self is the Founder of Wildlands Restoration Volunteers and served as Executive Director for 19 years. He has a Master’s Degree in Volunteer Program Management with an emphasis on ecological restoration and environmental education. Ed’s Master’s thesis looked closely at the wide range of benefits that communities and individuals derive from involvement in habitat restoration work, and included a nation-wide survey of over 300 Forest Service employees involved in community-based restoration projects. Ed has been a community organizer for over 20 years. He started a community garden in Boulder, which continues to thrive after 15 years. He’s been a volunteer naturalist, outdoor educator and avid volunteer. His former career was as electrical engineer and software developer.