Coastwalk Board

COASTWALK OFFICERS

Gregory Fearon, Board President

Gregory is retired from the County of Marin and his work as a consultant to nonprofit agencies. He serves on several boards including Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods. He lives with his wife, Pat Kuta, in Sonoma County. He can be reached at Board President.

Stan Bluhm, Board Vice-President

Stan is a retired from the aerospace industry. He has a great enthusiasm for the California Coast and hiking. Mr. Bluhm lives in Marin County.

Mike Reilly, Board Treasurer

Mike is retired from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District. He also served for more than ten years as a Commissioner on the California Coastal Commission and was its Chair for several years. He also served on the Board of the California Coastal Conservancy and many other organizations. Prior to his election to Supervisor, Mr. Reilly was the Executive Director of Western Sonoma County Community Services (WCCS), a nonprofit organization that provides human services and he worked as staff to several elected representatives. He lives in Sonoma County.

Linda Hanes, Board Secretary

Linda is a retired librarian and lover of the coast. She and her husband, retired Sonoma State University Biology professor, Dave Hanes, are avid hikers and coastal advocates. She lives in Sonoma County.

Nancy Graves

Nancy is a media specialist for the State of California Department of Emergency Services. She is a great lover of the coast and advocate in the Central California region. She lives in San Luis Obispo County.

Sarah Gurney

Sarah is an Attorney specializing in mediation. She the former Mayor of the City of Sebastopol and serves as an alternate on the California Coastal Commission (she was appointed by California Senate President Daryl Steinberg). She has served on numerous boards and is very active in western Sonoma County civic affairs. She lives in Sonoma county.

Mark Massara

Mark is a surfer, attorney and environmentalist. He is the former Director of the Sierra Club’s California Coastal Campaign and former counsel for Surfrider Foundation. In 1991, he won a lawsuit against two pulp mill companies near Eureka, California that were dumping 40 million gallons of toxic effluents per day into the ocean. The penalty was the second largest collected for Clean Water Act violations. He now serves as General Counsel and Vice President of Social Responsibility for O’Neill Wetsuits, LLC. He lives in San Francisco.

Richard Nichols

Richard was the Executive Director of Coastwalk for twenty years. He is now retired but remains an avid hiker. He authored two major books on hiking the California Coastal Trail and also authored a small book titled “Sebastopol Walks,” used as the basis for city sponsored recreational walks in Sebastopol. He lives with his wife, Brenda, in Sebastopol.

Patrick Ward

Pat is retired after a long career in the military and then as Clerk to the Board of Supervisors in Nevada County, California. He loves visiting the coast from his inland Gold Country home. He lives in Nevada City.

John Woolley

John is Assembleymember Wesley Chesbro’s Field Representative to Humboldt County and staffs his office in Eureka. He was on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors for three terms and was also a California Coastal Commissioner. He lives in Humboldt County.

COASTWALK ADVISORY BOARD

Maree Fink
Steve Jones
Bill Kortum
Lucy Kortum
Tom McFarling
Vivian McFarling
Milt McAuley
Wallace J, Nichols
Susana Nierlich
Tim Reed