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Board of Directors

Alan Hopkins
President

Alan is a past President of Golden Gate Audubon Society, and has taught birding and natural history classes for elementary, middle school and high school students for the past 20 years.

Alan has been a long-time supporter of San Francisco Nature Education and suggested the Heron Watch, Saturday program, in May of 2000. In 2008, he helped develop a new Saturday Program for the public- Heron’s Head Park Program –tours led by Lowell H.S. interns. He helped develop the curriculum and taught the Lowell interns.

He is an excellent teacher and program developer and San Francisco Nature Education welcomes him aboard.

Tom Dolan
Vice-President

Tom is the owner and operator of Type & Graphics and has been self-employed as a graphic artist for the past 30 years. He has served on various Boards of Directors. Tom has been a supporter of San Francisco Nature Education for over ten years, and looks forward to serving on the SFNE Board of Directors.

Linda H. Grant
Secretary

Linda has been a bird enthusiast for the past 25 years. She retired from a corporate career at RREEF, a global real estate investment management firm. She volunteered for the California Academy of Sciences from 1974-1997, primarily in The Discovery Room. This “mini museum” was an environment where elementary school groups and all children could expand their knowledge of the natural world.

In 2003, she became sole proprietor of SpotnJot, a birder’s field log, an e-commerce business targeting birders and nature enthusiasts.

In 2004, she joined San Francisco Nature Education’s Advisory Board. In 2007, she became a naturalist volunteer for San Francisco Nature Education, leading classroom visits and field trips throughout San Francisco parks. She is now beginning her fourth year as a naturalist volunteer.

Megan Prelinger
Treasurer

Megan has been a supporter of San Francisco Nature Education since 2002 when she joined the nature walk at Heron Watch in Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park.

She is an independent scholar, library builder, artist, teacher, and naturalist. Her research interests include regional western landscape history; technological history; space exploration; Cold War era history; aquatic avian species; nature–culture interface; the social structure of access to knowledge and cultural resources; and new taxonomic structures for information design.

She is the co-founder and architect of information design at the Prelinger Library, an independent, appropriation-friendly research library in San Francisco that is open to the public since 1999. The library specializes in 20th century American cultural history, including industrial and labor history, landscape and land use history, urban and media studies, and social history. The library's holdings of over 40,000 items are anchored in ephemeral literature, periodical literature, and government documents as well as books.

Since 2001, she has been a member of the oil spill response team reserve staff for the Oiled Wildlife Care Network and International Bird Rescue Research Center. She has responded to oil spills including 2009 Dubai Star, 2007 Cosco Busan and currently the oil spill caused by BP petroleum

She is the author of Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race. New York: Blast Books, 2010. A visual history of the emergence of new technology and related cultural changes between 1957 - 62, as depicted in recruitment and product advertisements within aerospace industry trade magazines, exploring the close mutual relationship between design and technology in the era of mid-century modernism and science fiction visual vernaculars.

Advisory Board

Mary Rose Cassa - Board Member Emeritus
Kit Durgin - Board Member Emeritus, former Executive Director The Women's Foundation
Margaret Goodale - Environmental educator, Randall Museum
Claudia Jeung - Retired Principal, San Francisco Unified School District
John P. Kelly, Ph.D. - Director of Research, Audubon Canyon Ranch
Joseph Kinyon - Board Member Emeritus
Kathleen Purcell - Board Member Emeritus, partner Remcho, Johanson, and Purcell
Allan Ridley - Ornithology teacher, former Chair Education Committee of Golden Gate Audubon Society
Gib Robinson - Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University
James Sullivan - Retired Executive and wildlife photographer
Lorie Topinka - Manager of Teacher Services, California Academy of Sciences
Nathan Wirth - English Teacher, nature photographer, retired webmaster (2004-2007) San Francisco Nature Education

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Partners Staff Board of Directors Contact Us	About Us Board of Directors Alan Hopkins President Alan is a past President of Golden Gate Audubon Society, and has taught birding and natural history classes for elementary, middle school and high school students for the past 20 years. Alan has been a long-time supporter of San Francisco Nature Education and suggested the Heron Watch, Saturday program, in May of 2000. In 2008, he helped develop a new Saturday Program for the public- Heron’s Head Park Program –tours led by Lowell H.S. interns. He helped develop the curriculum and taught the Lowell interns. He is an excellent teacher and program developer and San Francisco Nature Education welcomes him aboard. Tom Dolan Vice-President Tom is the owner and operator of Type & Graphics and has been self-employed as a graphic artist for the past 30 years. He has served on various Boards of Directors. Tom has been a supporter of San Francisco Nature Education for over ten years, and looks forward to serving on the SFNE Board of Directors. Linda H. Grant Secretary Linda has been a bird enthusiast for the past 25 years. She retired from a corporate career at RREEF, a global real estate investment management firm. She volunteered for the California Academy of Sciences from 1974-1997, primarily in The Discovery Room. This “mini museum” was an environment where elementary school groups and all children could expand their knowledge of the natural world. In 2003, she became sole proprietor of SpotnJot, a birder’s field log, an e-commerce business targeting birders and nature enthusiasts. In 2004, she joined San Francisco Nature Education’s Advisory Board. In 2007, she became a naturalist volunteer for San Francisco Nature Education, leading classroom visits and field trips throughout San Francisco parks. She is now beginning her fourth year as a naturalist volunteer. Megan Prelinger Treasurer Megan has been a supporter of San Francisco Nature Education since 2002 when she joined the nature walk at Heron Watch in Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. She is an independent scholar, library builder, artist, teacher, and naturalist. Her research interests include regional western landscape history; technological history; space exploration; Cold War era history; aquatic avian species; nature–culture interface; the social structure of access to knowledge and cultural resources; and new taxonomic structures for information design. She is the co-founder and architect of information design at the Prelinger Library, an independent, appropriation-friendly research library in San Francisco that is open to the public since 1999. The library specializes in 20th century American cultural history, including industrial and labor history, landscape and land use history, urban and media studies, and social history. The library's holdings of over 40,000 items are anchored in ephemeral literature, periodical literature, and government documents as well as books. Since 2001, she has been a member of the oil spill response team reserve staff for the Oiled Wildlife Care Network and International Bird Rescue Research Center. She has responded to oil spills including 2009 Dubai Star, 2007 Cosco Busan and currently the oil spill caused by BP petroleum She is the author of Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race. New York: Blast Books, 2010. A visual history of the emergence of new technology and related cultural changes between 1957 - 62, as depicted in recruitment and product advertisements within aerospace industry trade magazines, exploring the close mutual relationship between design and technology in the era of mid-century modernism and science fiction visual vernaculars. Advisory Board Mary Rose Cassa - Board Member Emeritus Kit Durgin - Board Member Emeritus, former Executive Director The Women's Foundation Margaret Goodale - Environmental educator, Randall Museum Claudia Jeung - Retired Principal, San Francisco Unified School District John P. Kelly, Ph.D. - Director of Research, Audubon Canyon Ranch Joseph Kinyon - Board Member Emeritus Kathleen Purcell - Board Member Emeritus, partner Remcho, Johanson, and Purcell Allan Ridley - Ornithology teacher, former Chair Education Committee of Golden Gate Audubon Society Gib Robinson - Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University James Sullivan - Retired Executive and wildlife photographer Lorie Topinka - Manager of Teacher Services, California Academy of Sciences Nathan Wirth - English Teacher, nature photographer, retired webmaster (2004-2007) San Francisco Nature Education
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