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Bill Long – Chair
“Preserving and enjoying Marin's open space has been my passion ever since I arrived here almost 40 years ago."
Bill Long is a retired engineer from Novato who has a very extensive background in public service, having volunteered his time and energies over the years to many worthwhile causes, including working on the ballot measure that successfully created the Marin County Parks and Open Space District in 1972, and having served on its Commission since 1999. Bill also serves as Chair of the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council and is a board member of the San Francisco Bay Trail. Bill is a lifelong sailor, avid hiker and Boy Scout leader.
Ralph Mihan – Secretary
“The preservation and recreational use of the natural resources of national parks and refuges nationally and statewide and the open space of the great County of Marin are my life long passion and commitment. The future expansion, preservation and public use of open space in Marin is a major objective of mine.”
Ralph Mihan is a life long resident of Marin who has hiked and enjoyed Marin open space and parks since early childhood. Ralph retired from a 37 year career as regional legal counsel to the Western Region of the National Park Service (62 National Parks) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (32 wildlife refuges). During his career he was involved in the acquisition of over 1 million acres of land and the management of those lands for public recreational use and preservation. He is involved in many Marin organizations, including being the Chair of the San Rafael Park and Recreation Commission (on the Commission since 1982), serving on the Board of the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council and on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Point Reyes National Seashore Association.
David Hansen - Board Member
"Securing funding to protect the final lands and complete the dream of a permanent greenbelt in Marin County can be done with MOST’s leadership”.
David Hansen recently retired from a 33 year career preserving and managing over 70,000 acres of open space and farmland in the Bay Area. He worked for the Marin County Open Space District, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. David was a co-founder and Board member of The Bay Area Ridge Trail, the Bay Area Open Space Council, the Trail Center and Whole Access. He currently sits on the Boards of LandPaths and Friends of the Petaluma River.
George B. Brewster, CRE - Board Member
"Responsible development requires that growth be redirected to already-developed areas and that undeveloped open space be preserved in concert with a sound regional plan. MOST is a vital player in assuring responsible development in Marin County and deserves the support of all its residents."
George Brewster is one of those rare people who have significant life achievements in both the private sector and the public policy arena. He received his JD degree from Columbia University and has over 35 years of experience in investment and operations, including CEO/COO positions in public and private companies. He is currently a Financial Advisor for UBS Financial Services in San Francisco.
George was founding Executive Director of the California Center for Land Recycling, and in that role he wrote Land Recycling and the Creation of Sustainable Communities, which California State Historian Kevin Starr described as a “brilliant analysis” of land use policy. He has since written more than a dozen other articles and books on the subject of land use including The Ecology of Development.
George is a member of the board of directors of the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, is a member of the Counselors of Real Estate, the Urban Land Institute, and the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is a former member of the advisory board of the California Environmental Remediation Fund, and the EPA's Environmental Financial Advisory Board and served as an advisor to the Gateway Cities Alliance, and as a technical advisor to Habitat for Humanity.
Joyce Applen – Board Member
“In my early Marin years I developed an appreciation of the glorious open spaces throughout this beautiful county hiking with Mrs. Terwilliger and several other hiking groups.”
Joyce Applen is an active conservationist. She has lived in Marin since 1967 and has been a volunteer in the preservation of open space since the early 1970's when a citizens committee was successful in convincing Marin County voters to pass a ballot measure to create the Marin County Open Space District. As chair of the committee of the Marin Conservation League set up for the preservation of Mt. Burdell she worked with the Novato Planning staff to develop an open space plan for the entire Novato area. When serving on committees appointed by the City Council to study the reuse of Hamilton Air Force Base she joined with others who vigorously opposed commercial aviation there. The runways are now being restored as wetlands.
Joyce is a real estate broker and has been active in that profession since 1980. She has represented the Marin Baylands in their acquisition of several properties that were threatened by development.
Jonathan Braun - Board Member
“ I have long believed it is vitally important to secure lands of high open space value in perpetuity for the benefit of the ecosystem and the enjoyment of present and future generations.”
Jonathan Braun is a lifetime resident of San Anselmo. He got involved with land preservation in the late 70’s when a development threatened the hilltop above his family’s home. That was the catalyst for many decades of volunteer participation in local conservation initiatives.
In 1981 Jonathan worked with a citizens group to create the San Anselmo Open Space Committee. He has been a member ever since and has been chair and co-chair for more than 21 of the committee’s 29 years. He has served in a number of capacities related to land use issues and led fundraising campaigns for the purchase of public open space. For the last four decades he has been a potter, wood worker and classical guitarist.
Don Dickenson - Board Member
Don was born in San Francisco but has resided most of his life in Marin County, for over the 30 years in the Dominican neighborhood of San Rafael. He has a Bachelor and Master degrees from the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley. Don retired at the end of 1999 after working 25 years as a city planner for local public agencies, working on such projects as the artist Christo’s “Running Fence” and film director George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch. Then for 15½ years he was the Director of Planning and Building for the City of Mill Valley.
Don has also long been active in a number of environmental organizations. He served a total of 13 years on the Board of Directors of the Marin Conservation League, and was previously on the Board of Directors of Greenbelt Alliance and a member of the Executive Committee of the Marin Group of the Sierra Club. He also was a founding member and president of CAPS (Citizen Advocates for Preservation of St. Vincent’s/Silviera) and a founding member of the Save Gold Hill Committee.
Don has served on the Grand Jury and the Marin County Planning Commission as the representative of the First District since 2003.
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