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WELC is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of renowned attorneys, academics, and conservationists from across the country.<\/p>\n
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WELC is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of renowned attorneys, academics, and conservationists from across the country.<\/p>\n
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Board President<\/p>\n
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Board President<\/p>\n
Karin Sheldon is president of Four Echoes Strategies, a consulting firm providing policy analysis and strategic advice on Western land and water conservation issues. From 2007 to 2013, she served as president of Western Resource Advocates. Prior to 2007, Karin served as associate dean of the Environmental Law Program and director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School. Before joining the faculty at Vermont Law School in 1994, Karin served as president of The Wilderness Society. She was also a staff attorney with Earthjustice in Colorado, and was one of Ralph Nader\u2019s original “Raiders.”<\/p>\n
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Board Vice President<\/p>\n
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Board Vice President<\/p>\n
Peggy Nelson served as New Mexico\u2019s 8th Judicial District Judge until her retirement in 2008. She began her career in Taos working for Northern New Mexico Legal Services and for 10 years provided low-cost and free legal services with the the Community Law Center and as a Public Defender. Peggy has served on a lengthy list of non-profit boards and commissions, including Amigos Bravos.<\/p>\n
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Board Secretary (she\/her)<\/p>\n
Nellis Kennedy-Howard is founder of Asdz\u0105\u0301\u0105\u0301 Consulting<\/a> (\u201cAsdz\u0105\u0301\u0105\u0301\u201d meaning \u201cwoman\u201d<\/a>) \u2013 a consulting firm assisting mission-driven organizations in becoming more effective, more impactful, and more equitable. Nellis is a former Sierra Club executive who served as director of equity, inclusion, and justice, where she worked to transform the country\u2019s oldest and largest environmental non-profit to become more equitable. Nellis is an attorney with certificates in federal Indian law and natural resources law. She previously worked alongside Winona LaDuke at the Native non-profit organization, Honor the Earth. She first became an environmentalist after learning of the country\u2019s largest uranium spill, which took place just miles from her family\u2019s home on the Navajo Reservation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CB-Retreat_2022_Kevin.jpg” alt=”Kevin Kirchner” title_text=”CB Retreat_2022_Kevin” admin_label=”Image – Kevin Kirchner, J.D.” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Safety Mode Text – Kevin Kirchner, J.D.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Treasurer<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Text – Kevin Kirchner, J.D.” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Treasurer<\/p>\n Kevin Kirchner owns and runs CenterPoint Communications, a media strategy and advertising firm in Maryland that serves environmental and other progressive groups. Prior to founding CenterPoint Communications, he served as managing partner at MacWilliams, Kirchner, Sanders & Partners in Washington, D.C. and Vice President for policy, legislation, and communications at Earthjustice. He also worked for the Agriculture and Interior Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CB-Retreat_2022_Henning.jpg” alt=”Brian Henning” title_text=”CB Retreat_2022_Henning” admin_label=”Image – Brian Henning, Ph.D.” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Safety Mode Text – Brian Henning, Ph.D.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member (he\/him)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Text – Brian Henning, Ph.D.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member (he\/him)<\/p>\n Dr. Henning is professor of philosophy and of environmental studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, where he is the founder and inaugural director of the Gonzaga Center for Climate, Water, and the Environment<\/a>. He is co-founder and former board chair of the climate action group 350 Spokane. An award-winning author,\u00a0Dr. Henning has written or edited 17 books and 45 articles, chapters, and reports, including Riders in the Storm: Ethics in an Age of Climate Change<\/i> (Anselm 2015), Climate Change Ethics and the Non-human World<\/i> (Routledge 2020), and Value, Beauty, and Nature <\/i>(SUNY 2023). He has delivered more than 190 talks to general and academic audiences in North America, Europe, and Asia. Originally from Boise, Idaho, Dr. Henning lives in Spokane, Washington, with his partner, Dr. A. Suzie Henning.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CB-Retreat_2022_Phil.jpg” alt=”Phil Katzen” title_text=”CB Retreat_2022_Phil” admin_label=”Image – Phil Katzen, J.D.” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Safety Mode Text – Phil Katzen, J.D.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Secretary (he\/him)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Text – Phil Katzen, J.D.” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member (he\/him)<\/p>\n Phil Katzen retired from the practice of law at the end of 2021. Phil was a founding member of Kanji & Katzen, P.L.L.C., and he served as the firm\u2019s managing attorney until he retired from membership in the firm and full-time work, converting to of-counsel from June 1, 2016 to December 30, 2021.Kanji & Katzen is a law firm dedicated to advocacy on behalf of Indian Tribes and peoples. Phil earned his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1970 and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977. Phil represented and consulted with Tribes across the country on a wide variety of issues, including sovereignty and governance, treaty fishing and hunting rights, Indian gaming, environmental protection, reservation boundaries, taxation and jurisdictional matters. Prior to starting his own firm, Phil served as a staff attorney and Native American project director for Evergreen Legal Services (later Columbia Legal Services) in Washington state.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lisa-Manning-Larger-Image_enhanced-6.png” alt=”Lisa Manning” title_text=”Lisa Manning Larger Image_enhanced” admin_label=”Image – Lisa Manning, Ph.D.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Safety Mode Text – Lisa Manning, Ph.D.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Text – Lisa Manning, Ph.D.” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member<\/p>\n Dr. Lisa Manning is an experienced consultant in global leadership development and executive coaching, and has served as a facilitator for the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative. She is a licensed mediator in conflict resolution, an adjunct faculty and researcher for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and previously served as adjunct faculty at Gonzaga University. Dr. Manning\u2019s legal and consulting background and range of professional positions and appointments includes: legal assistant to the Governor of Wisconsin; Chair of the Governor\u2019s Pardon Advisory Board; Chair of the Governor\u2019s Interagency Task Force on Emergency Response; researcher for the U.S. Congress Energy and Environment Committee; consultant to the EPA; and executive director and co-founder of CASA\u2019s Project Opportunity, (an experiential education program for at-risk youth). Lisa received her M.A. in Organizational Leadership in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies in 2013 from Gonzaga University. She also received a B.A. and B.S. from American University in 1981.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Amelia-Marchand.png” alt=”Amelia Marchand” title_text=”Amelia Marchand” admin_label=”Image – Amelia Marchand” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Safety Mode Text – Amelia Marchand” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Text – Amelia Marchand” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Board Member<\/p>\n Amelia Marchand is co-founder and executive director of L.I.G.H.T. Foundation, an Indigenous-led conservation nonprofit.\u00a0 She has over 27 years of experience in cultural and natural resource management, climate action, and food and water security policy, working alongside Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. and Canada.\u00a0 A citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR), Amelia earned a masters in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School and a bachelors in anthropology from Eastern Washington University. In 2020, she led Tribal coordination of a successful and historic joint application between a conservation nonprofit and the CTCR to the Washington State Department of Ecology for Tier 111b designation of \u0161kw\u00e1x\u010d\u0259n\u0259x\u02b7 (Soap Lake in Grant County, WA) as an Outstanding Resource Water. Amelia facilitated the passage of resolutions with the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and the National Congress of American Indians to address transboundary mining impacting Tribes and First Nations in the U.S. and Canada with elected Tribal officials in 2023 and co-authored two chapters of the Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report, Volume 2, published in 2025. 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Prior to joining UNM, Cliff spent more than 20 years as legal counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. At EPA, Cliff\u2019s practice focused on enforcement of federal environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. He also served as on-call legal counsel for response to emergencies and major incidents such as Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon. Cliff is a co-author of two textbooks: Environmental Justice: Law, Policy & Regulation (3rd ed. 2020); and A Practical Introduction to Environmental Law (2017). Cliff served in the Biden administration as political leadership for the U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management. In that role, based in Washington, D.C., he provided policy direction for national programs including Superfund cleanup, Brownfields revitalization, and emergency response. He is native of Albuquerque with local roots tracing back to the Atrisco Land Grant of 1692, Cliff spent his early years camping and fishing around northern New Mexico before earning a B.A. in English and economics from UNM and receiving his J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brooke-Williams-Larger-Image_enhanced.png” alt=”Brooke Williams” title_text=”Brooke Williams Larger Image_enhanced” admin_label=”Image – Brooke Williams” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Safety Mode Text – Brooke Williams” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member (he\/him)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Text – Brooke Williams” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Board Member (he\/him)<\/p>\n Brooke\u2018s life has been one of adventure and wildernesses exploration. His conservation career spans thirty years, most recently with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. He has an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. He\u2019s a freelance journalist with four books including Halflives: Reconciling Work and Wildness, and dozens of articles. His book, Open Midnight<\/em>, documents his exploration of places where the outer and inner wilderness meet. His most recent book, Mary Jane Wild, <\/em>was a finalist for the Prism Prize for climate literature. 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Zellmer is a professor and director of natural resources clinics at the University of Montana School of Law, where she teaches public lands, natural resources, wildlife law, water law, torts, and related courses. Prof. Zellmer has published dozens of law review articles as well as several casebooks, nutshells, and other books.\u00a0<\/strong>She was awarded the Clyde O. Martz distinguished teaching award in 2023, and also received Fulbright Specialist status in 2021 and a Fulbright project award with the University of Calgary Faculty of Law in 2022. She is an elected member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers and a trustee of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law. Before teaching, she was a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division. She also practiced law in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and clerked for the Honorable William W. Justice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Row – board Person modules” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_team_member name=”Karin P. Sheldon, J.D.” position=”Board President” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Karin-Sheldon.png” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Karin” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Karin Sheldon is president of Four Echoes Strategies, a consulting firm providing policy analysis and strategic advice on Western land and water conservation issues. From 2007 to 2013, she served as\u00a0president of Western Resource Advocates. Prior to 2007, Karin served as\u00a0associate dean of the Environmental Law Program and director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School. Before joining the faculty at Vermont Law School in 1994, Karin served as president of The Wilderness Society. She was also a staff attorney with Earthjustice in Colorado, and was one of Ralph Nader\u2019s original “Raiders.”[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Peggy Nelson, J.D.” position=”Board Vice President” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Peggy-Nelson.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Peggy” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Peggy Nelson served as New Mexico’s 8th Judicial District Judge until her retirement in 2008. She began her career in Taos working for Northern New Mexico Legal Services and for 10\u00a0years provided low-cost and free legal services with the the Community Law Center and as a Public Defender. Peggy has served on a lengthy list of non-profit boards and commissions, including Amigos Bravos. Denise Fort has over 40 years of experience in environmental and natural resources law – in legal practice, teaching, policy making and advocacy. Fort began her career as an attorney with two NM environmental groups and with the state’s Taxation and Revenue Department. She was appointed Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration at the age of\u00a031 and then served as head of the Environmental Improvement Division. After a short stint in California as executive director of Citizens for a Better Environment and a board member of Earth Island Institute, Fort turned her focus to teaching as director of the Water Resources Administration Program at the University of New Mexico and a member of the law faculty. In 1995, she chaired the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, a presidential panel appointed to review the role of the federal government in western water issues. She has also been active in the National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences. Her advocacy work continues with a small group that is building support for environmental protection among new constituencies in New Mexico.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Phil Katzen, J.D.” position=”Board Member” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Phil-Katzen.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Phil” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Phil Katzen retired from the practice of law at the end of 2021. Phil was a founding member of Kanji & Katzen, P.L.L.C., and he served as the firm\u2019s managing attorney until he retired from membership in the firm and full-time work, converting to of-counsel from June 1, 2016 to December 30, 2021.Kanji & Katzen is a law firm dedicated to advocacy on behalf of Indian Tribes and peoples. Phil earned his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1970 and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1977. Phil represented and consulted with Tribes across the country on a wide variety of issues, including sovereignty and governance, treaty fishing and hunting rights, Indian gaming, environmental protection, reservation boundaries, taxation and jurisdictional matters. Prior to starting his own firm, Phil served as a staff attorney and Native American project director for Evergreen Legal Services (later Columbia Legal Services) in Washington state. Nellis Kennedy-Howard is founder of Asdz\u0105\u0301\u0105\u0301 Consulting<\/a> (\u201cAsdz\u0105\u0301\u0105\u0301\u201d meaning \u201cwoman\u201d<\/a>) – a consulting firm assisting mission-driven organizations in becoming more effective, more impactful, and more equitable. Nellis is a former Sierra Club executive who served as director of equity, inclusion, and justice, where she worked to transform the country’s oldest and largest environmental non-profit to become more equitable. Nellis is an attorney with certificates in federal Indian law and natural resources law. She previously worked alongside Winona LaDuke at the Native non-profit organization, Honor the Earth. 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Justice Leaphart was born and raised in Montana and received his J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law. He has twice argued before the United States Supreme Court. Cliff Villa teaches courses in constitutional law and environmental law on the faculty of the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Law, where he also provides clinical training to students in the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic.\u00a0 Prior to joining UNM, Cliff spent more than 20 years as legal counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. At EPA, Cliff\u2019s practice focused on enforcement of federal environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. He also served as on-call legal counsel for response to emergencies and major incidents such as Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon.\u00a0 Cliff is a co-author of two textbooks: Environmental Justice: Law, Policy & Regulation (3rd ed. 2020)<\/em>; and A Practical Introduction to Environmental Law (2017)<\/em>. A native of Albuquerque with local roots tracing back to the Atrisco Land Grant of 1692, Cliff spent his early years camping and fishing around northern New Mexico before earning a B.A. in English and economics from UNM and receiving his J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Brooke Williams” position=”Board Member (he\/him)” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Brooke-Williams.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Brooke” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Brooke\u2018s life has been one of adventure and wildernesses exploration. His conservation career spans thirty years, most recently with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. He has an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. 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Kevin Kirchner, J.D.<\/h4>\n
Brian Henning, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n
Brian Henning, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n
Phil Katzen, J.D.<\/h4>\n
Phil Katzen, J.D.<\/h4>\n
Lisa Manning, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n
Lisa Manning, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n
Amelia Marchand<\/h4>\n
Amelia Marchand, MELP<\/h4>\n
Cliff Villa, J.D.<\/h4>\n
Cliff Villa, J.D.<\/h4>\n
Brooke Williams<\/h4>\n
Brooke Williams<\/h4>\n
Sandra Zellmer<\/h4>\n
Sandra Zellmer, J.D.<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Kevin Kirchner, J.D.” position=”Board Treasurer” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Kevin-Kirchner.png” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Kevin” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Kevin Kirchner owns and runs CenterPoint Communications, a media strategy and advertising firm in Maryland that serves\u00a0environmental and other progressive groups. Prior to founding CenterPoint Communications, he served as\u00a0managing partner at MacWilliams, Kirchner, Sanders & Partners in Washington, D.C. and Vice President for policy, legislation, and communications at Earthjustice. He also worked for the Agriculture and Interior Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Daniel Cordalis, J.D.” position=”Board Member” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Daniel-copy.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Daniel” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Daniel Cordalis is a member of the Navajo Nation and a practicing natural resources and Indian law attorney. Daniel works closely with Tribes to protect their water, natural, and cultural resources through litigation, resource negotiations, land acquisition, and tribal governance and land management initiatives. Before starting his own practice, Daniel was an associate attorney with the Denver Earthjustice office, clerked for the Colorado Supreme Court and the Native American Rights Fund, and worked as a legislative associate for the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C. He received an undergraduate degree in geology from Rice University, a master\u2019s in geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder with an emphasis on alpine hydrology, and his JD from the University of Colorado. He lives outside of Arcata, California.
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\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Nellis Kennedy-Howard, J.D.” position=”Board Member (she\/her)” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Nellis-2.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Nellis” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Mike Lindsay, J.D.” position=”Board Member” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Mike.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Mike” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Mike Lindsay is a partner in the Denver office of Snell and Wilmer LLP, a Phoenix-based law firm. Mike’s practice is concentrated in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on contract disputes, real estate and construction matters, and employment claims. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado, School of Law (1985). He has substantial experience in traditional court and jury trial cases, as well as in the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as arbitration and mediation. He is a member of the Denver, Colorado and Washington Bar Associations, and a chapter editor and author of\u00a0The Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Construction Law<\/em>.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Lisa Manning, Ph.D.” position=”Board Member” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Lisa-sub-photo.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Lisa” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Dr. Lisa Manning is an experienced\u00a0consultant in global leadership development and executive coaching, and has served as a facilitator for the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative. She is\u00a0a licensed mediator in conflict resolution, an adjunct faculty and researcher for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and previously served as adjunct faculty at Gonzaga University.\u00a0Dr. Manning’s legal and consulting background and range of professional positions and appointments includes: legal assistant to the Governor of Wisconsin; Chair of the Governor\u2019s Pardon Advisory Board; Chair of the Governor\u2019s Interagency Task Force on Emergency Response; researcher for the U.S. Congress Energy and Environment Committee; consultant to the EPA; and executive director and co-founder of CASA\u2019s Project Opportunity, (an experiential education program for at-risk youth).\u00a0Lisa received her M.A. in Organizational Leadership in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies in 2013 from Gonzaga University. She also received a B.A. and B.S. from American University in 1981.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Dyan Oldenburg” position=”Board Member” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Dyan-Oldenburg.png” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Dyan” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]Dyan Oldenburg has worked with nonprofits for over 40 years and is dedicated to helping groups meet their mission, realize critical impact, and manage change. Dyan founded Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC) in 1996. As executive director, she developed and directed TREC\u2019s programs, providing\u00a0services to TREC clients for almost 20 years. Before founding TREC, Dyan worked with hundreds of environmental and social justice nonprofits on legislative, electoral, and issue campaigns and on deepening the abilities to sustain work to stunning outcomes. She is a graduate of Antioch College.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Cliff Villa, J.D.” position=”Board Member (he\/him)” image_url=”https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Cliff.jpg” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Cliff” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n