Bios
A special Thank You! to all of our wonderful presenters for their contributions to "This Land is Our Land"
PT Lathrop
After earning as master's degree in the history of America's national parks, Ranger PT Lathrop has spent the past 7 years in national parks like Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Denali, and Pinnacles sharing America's heritage and ensuring its future. He is the Lead Park Interpretive Ranger at Pinnacles National Park.
After earning as master's degree in the history of America's national parks, Ranger PT Lathrop has spent the past 7 years in national parks like Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Denali, and Pinnacles sharing America's heritage and ensuring its future. He is the Lead Park Interpretive Ranger at Pinnacles National Park.
Michael Adams
Michael was born in Yosemite Valley in 1933. He grew up attending local schools, then Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, followed by Stanford University. In 1953, Michael joined the United States Air Force as an Aviation Cadet, completing pilot training and commissioning as a 2/Lt. in 1955. After a two-year tour in Japan as a fighter pilot and another year in New Mexico, he returned to Yosemite as a ski-instructor, desk clerk and later manager of Big Trees Lodge and Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. Michael continued to fly as a fighter pilot with the California Air National Guard in Fresno while attending Fresno State College. While completing a BA in Geography, he began pre-medical studies, graduating from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, in 1967. Michael married Jeanne Victoria Falk in Yosemite Valley in July 1962. Their two children, Sarah and Matthew, were born in St. Louis during those years.
Michael returned to the USAF as a medical intern in Washington, D.C., then as a flight-surgeon/pilot-physician in Germany, 1968-71. In 1971 Michael and his family returned to Fresno and a residency in Internal Medicine, becoming Board Certified in 1974. He again joined the California Air National Guard as a flight-surgeon/pilot-physician and Clinic Commander. Michael entered the private practice of Internal Medicine in Fresno, retiring in 2000 after 25 years. He retired from the the USAF and Air National Guard in 1993, as a Major General and duty as Deputy Surgeon General of the USAF for the Air National Guard.
Michael is Chairman of the Board of Best’s Studio, Inc.,dba The Ansel Adams Gallery, now in its 114th year of operation in Yosemite Valley. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical School, Department of Medicine, and teaches in the UCSF Fresno Residency Training Program.
Michael has been an advisor to the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where the Ansel Adams photographic archive is located. He is a Council member of the Yosemite Conservancy.
Michael was born in Yosemite Valley in 1933. He grew up attending local schools, then Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, followed by Stanford University. In 1953, Michael joined the United States Air Force as an Aviation Cadet, completing pilot training and commissioning as a 2/Lt. in 1955. After a two-year tour in Japan as a fighter pilot and another year in New Mexico, he returned to Yosemite as a ski-instructor, desk clerk and later manager of Big Trees Lodge and Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. Michael continued to fly as a fighter pilot with the California Air National Guard in Fresno while attending Fresno State College. While completing a BA in Geography, he began pre-medical studies, graduating from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, in 1967. Michael married Jeanne Victoria Falk in Yosemite Valley in July 1962. Their two children, Sarah and Matthew, were born in St. Louis during those years.
Michael returned to the USAF as a medical intern in Washington, D.C., then as a flight-surgeon/pilot-physician in Germany, 1968-71. In 1971 Michael and his family returned to Fresno and a residency in Internal Medicine, becoming Board Certified in 1974. He again joined the California Air National Guard as a flight-surgeon/pilot-physician and Clinic Commander. Michael entered the private practice of Internal Medicine in Fresno, retiring in 2000 after 25 years. He retired from the the USAF and Air National Guard in 1993, as a Major General and duty as Deputy Surgeon General of the USAF for the Air National Guard.
Michael is Chairman of the Board of Best’s Studio, Inc.,dba The Ansel Adams Gallery, now in its 114th year of operation in Yosemite Valley. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical School, Department of Medicine, and teaches in the UCSF Fresno Residency Training Program.
Michael has been an advisor to the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where the Ansel Adams photographic archive is located. He is a Council member of the Yosemite Conservancy.
Julie Heilman
Julie began her studies at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed her degree in Illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA. She continues to explore her personal art journey in Pacific Grove while sharing her love of art with young folks teaching after school classes at the Pacific Grove Art Center. She is a of the Central Coast Art Association.
Julie began her studies at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed her degree in Illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA. She continues to explore her personal art journey in Pacific Grove while sharing her love of art with young folks teaching after school classes at the Pacific Grove Art Center. She is a of the Central Coast Art Association.
Lisa Maldonado Bradford
Growing up in the Southern California Mission town of San Juan Capistrano created an early connection to California history for Lisa. Her coursework at U.C. Santa Barbara yielded a degree in Medieval Studies. After several years of career starts and stops, along with time out for the early years of raising three children, Lisa found her niche as an Interpreter for California State Parks in 1998, where her first 16 years with State Parks were spent in the passionate study of early California history and adobe architecture at Monterey State Historic Park. In Monterey she served as a facilitator for numerous park programs, including school and public tours, Living History programs, and special events which ran the gamut from Plein Aire workshops to lavish Christmas fandangos.
Her enjoyment in sharing “Spirit of Place” with visitors is reaching a new audience of international visitors who attend the conferences held year-round at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds – the first Conference Grounds to be owned and operated by a women’s group (YWCA) in the United States.
Growing up in the Southern California Mission town of San Juan Capistrano created an early connection to California history for Lisa. Her coursework at U.C. Santa Barbara yielded a degree in Medieval Studies. After several years of career starts and stops, along with time out for the early years of raising three children, Lisa found her niche as an Interpreter for California State Parks in 1998, where her first 16 years with State Parks were spent in the passionate study of early California history and adobe architecture at Monterey State Historic Park. In Monterey she served as a facilitator for numerous park programs, including school and public tours, Living History programs, and special events which ran the gamut from Plein Aire workshops to lavish Christmas fandangos.
Her enjoyment in sharing “Spirit of Place” with visitors is reaching a new audience of international visitors who attend the conferences held year-round at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds – the first Conference Grounds to be owned and operated by a women’s group (YWCA) in the United States.
Eric Morgan
Eric Morgan has been managing the land at the Fort Ord National Monument since 1999. Mr. Morgan received a bachelor of science degree in Natural Resources Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Morgan has worked for the BLM since 1989 and has other job experience with the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and California Department of Parks and Recreation. He is from South Lake Tahoe and lives in New Monterey with his wife and two children.
Eric Morgan has been managing the land at the Fort Ord National Monument since 1999. Mr. Morgan received a bachelor of science degree in Natural Resources Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Morgan has worked for the BLM since 1989 and has other job experience with the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and California Department of Parks and Recreation. He is from South Lake Tahoe and lives in New Monterey with his wife and two children.
Christine Crozier
Christine’s award-winning landscapes, florals and figurative work have attracted collectors throughout North America, Europe and the South Pacific. Her work is distinguished by confident and expressive brushwork. Christine is a founding member of MBPAPA (Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association). She is currently serving as President of the Board for the Carmel Art Association where she has been an artist member for over ten years. Her 35 years’ experience in the arts range from painting murals in some of America’s most beautiful homes to painting fine art oils on the Monterey Peninsula, and as far afield as Europe and the Fiji Islands. She has illustrated four books of poetry and one of prose by Patrick Flanigan. Her home and artwork have been showcased in the book, Artists’ Interiors by Laurie E. Dickson. Christine is a respected teacher who believes artists have a mission to foster the continual growth of the arts and an appreciation of beauty. Her current works can be seen in California at the Carmel Art Association and Lyons Head Gallery.
Christine’s award-winning landscapes, florals and figurative work have attracted collectors throughout North America, Europe and the South Pacific. Her work is distinguished by confident and expressive brushwork. Christine is a founding member of MBPAPA (Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association). She is currently serving as President of the Board for the Carmel Art Association where she has been an artist member for over ten years. Her 35 years’ experience in the arts range from painting murals in some of America’s most beautiful homes to painting fine art oils on the Monterey Peninsula, and as far afield as Europe and the Fiji Islands. She has illustrated four books of poetry and one of prose by Patrick Flanigan. Her home and artwork have been showcased in the book, Artists’ Interiors by Laurie E. Dickson. Christine is a respected teacher who believes artists have a mission to foster the continual growth of the arts and an appreciation of beauty. Her current works can be seen in California at the Carmel Art Association and Lyons Head Gallery.
David S. Mullally and Linda B. Mullally
Quebec born Linda Blackburn Mullally and her native Californian husband David Smart Mullally have been a team on life’s adventure for over thirty years. Linda is a freelance writer, travel columnist for the Monterey Herald and author of nine hiking guides, with other works in progress. She “hikes to live and lives to hike” and her love of four-legged furry companions is the inspiration for the dog-friendly hiking book series published by Falcon Guides.
David is an attorney, author and photographer whose work is published in newspapers, magazines and books.
The two of them have married their talents to fuel their passion for the outdoors, nature, travel and writing. Although their wanderlust has lured them to explore mountain kingdoms from the Himalaya to the Andes and cruising on the seas for stories and images to share with their readers, the Eastern Sierra is home to Linda’s heart and soul.
Linda and David divide their time between two basecamps- Carmel and Mammoth Lakes. Their pack has included several of their own as well as borrowed wonderful canine pals over the years. Currently they share their life at home, on the road and on the trail with Gem, their energetic Siberian husky.
Quebec born Linda Blackburn Mullally and her native Californian husband David Smart Mullally have been a team on life’s adventure for over thirty years. Linda is a freelance writer, travel columnist for the Monterey Herald and author of nine hiking guides, with other works in progress. She “hikes to live and lives to hike” and her love of four-legged furry companions is the inspiration for the dog-friendly hiking book series published by Falcon Guides.
David is an attorney, author and photographer whose work is published in newspapers, magazines and books.
The two of them have married their talents to fuel their passion for the outdoors, nature, travel and writing. Although their wanderlust has lured them to explore mountain kingdoms from the Himalaya to the Andes and cruising on the seas for stories and images to share with their readers, the Eastern Sierra is home to Linda’s heart and soul.
Linda and David divide their time between two basecamps- Carmel and Mammoth Lakes. Their pack has included several of their own as well as borrowed wonderful canine pals over the years. Currently they share their life at home, on the road and on the trail with Gem, their energetic Siberian husky.
Doug Steakley
Doug Steakley received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing and studied in Denmark at the Hans Hansen studio in Kolding upon graduation. He has pieces in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, The Oakland Museum, Musee D'Art Moderne du Nord, Lille, France and Indiana University Fine Arts Museum. Now a well-known photographer, Doug's distinct images range from the Monterey Peninsula where he lives to many international destinations where he enjoys traveling. Doug currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Center For Photographic Art in Carmel, California. He supports and works closely with several land conservation groups. His images have been included in annual reports and a variety of other publications by The Big Sur Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, The Land Trust Alliance, The Trust For Public Land, The Wilderness Coalition, The Tuolumne River Trust and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Parks District. In 2003, he received the Ansel Adams Award from The Sierra Club for his conservation photography. Photographs by Doug Steakley have received awards in many photography competitions, including those sponsored by National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, The North American Nature Photographers Association, Nature’s Best magazine, Petersen’s Photographic magazine and The National Park Service. His images have been published in many local, national and international magazines including National Geographic, San Francisco, Architectural Digest, Backpacker, Outside, Better Homes and Gardens, Art And Antiques, Private Pilot, Luxury Living, The Robb Report, Town and Country, Runner’s World and Elite Traveler. His photographs often appear in the annual travel catalogs published by Wilderness Travel and Mountain Travel. His images are used in many calendars published by Tidemark Press, Portal, Browntrout Publishing, Impact Photographic, Trends International and The Sierra Club. Aside from photography, Doug enjoys bicycling, mountain climbing, backpacking and many outdoor activities.
Doug Steakley received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing and studied in Denmark at the Hans Hansen studio in Kolding upon graduation. He has pieces in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, The Oakland Museum, Musee D'Art Moderne du Nord, Lille, France and Indiana University Fine Arts Museum. Now a well-known photographer, Doug's distinct images range from the Monterey Peninsula where he lives to many international destinations where he enjoys traveling. Doug currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Center For Photographic Art in Carmel, California. He supports and works closely with several land conservation groups. His images have been included in annual reports and a variety of other publications by The Big Sur Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, The Land Trust Alliance, The Trust For Public Land, The Wilderness Coalition, The Tuolumne River Trust and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Parks District. In 2003, he received the Ansel Adams Award from The Sierra Club for his conservation photography. Photographs by Doug Steakley have received awards in many photography competitions, including those sponsored by National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, The North American Nature Photographers Association, Nature’s Best magazine, Petersen’s Photographic magazine and The National Park Service. His images have been published in many local, national and international magazines including National Geographic, San Francisco, Architectural Digest, Backpacker, Outside, Better Homes and Gardens, Art And Antiques, Private Pilot, Luxury Living, The Robb Report, Town and Country, Runner’s World and Elite Traveler. His photographs often appear in the annual travel catalogs published by Wilderness Travel and Mountain Travel. His images are used in many calendars published by Tidemark Press, Portal, Browntrout Publishing, Impact Photographic, Trends International and The Sierra Club. Aside from photography, Doug enjoys bicycling, mountain climbing, backpacking and many outdoor activities.
Congressman Sam Farr *This event has been Cancelled due to Congressman Farr's responsibilities in Washinton.
Congressman Farr has represented California’s Central Coast for 23 years and is its longest serving member in Congress. He first entered public service in 1964 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia. During his career in public service at the local, state, and federal level that spans over five decades , Farr has been a leading advocate for California agriculture, an outspoken activist for affordable housing, a champion of the oceans, and authored legislation to establish Pinnacles National Park.
First elected to Congress in 1993 by special election, Farr serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which oversees the distribution of the federal budget. He is the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration, and is the longest serving Democrat on the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. Farr also serves on the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.
Farr co-chairs the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, the Congressional Organic Caucus, the Defense Communities Caucus, and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.
Prior to coming to Congress, Farr served twelve years in the California State Assembly and six years as Monterey County Supervisor. He graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and attended the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the University of Santa Clara. He was raised in Carmel, California, and is married to Shary Baldwin Farr. The Farrs have one daughter and two grandchildren.
Congressman Farr has represented California’s Central Coast for 23 years and is its longest serving member in Congress. He first entered public service in 1964 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia. During his career in public service at the local, state, and federal level that spans over five decades , Farr has been a leading advocate for California agriculture, an outspoken activist for affordable housing, a champion of the oceans, and authored legislation to establish Pinnacles National Park.
First elected to Congress in 1993 by special election, Farr serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which oversees the distribution of the federal budget. He is the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration, and is the longest serving Democrat on the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. Farr also serves on the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.
Farr co-chairs the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, the Congressional Organic Caucus, the Defense Communities Caucus, and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.
Prior to coming to Congress, Farr served twelve years in the California State Assembly and six years as Monterey County Supervisor. He graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and attended the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the University of Santa Clara. He was raised in Carmel, California, and is married to Shary Baldwin Farr. The Farrs have one daughter and two grandchildren.
Dr. Barbara Mossberg
Barbara Mossberg is a prominent figure on the national and international stage of John Muir studies, literature and culture. As a lecturer/performer she has represented the United States in over 20 countries, and in the U.S. speaks of the history and meaning of literature's role in civil and human rights, war and peace, and the environment. A poet, actor, dramaturg, literary scholar, and professor, she is well known in Yosemite National Park as a summer speaker, and on the Monterey Peninsula as Poet in Residence of Pacific Grove (now City Poet Emerita), former dean and professor at California State University Monterey Bay, President Emerita of Goddard College, founder and host of the weekly hour radio program, The Poetry Slow Down (radiomonterey.com, podcast at Barbaramossberg.com), and contributor to the Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning (as well as food reviewer for the Monterey Herald). Named to the John Muir H.S. Alumni Hall of Fame for Outstanding Service to the Environment in the Performing Arts, she is a prizewinning poet, scholar, and teacher. Her book on Emily Dickinson was named Outstanding Academic Book of the Year by Choice. Publishing numerous articles on John Muir as well as other writers in academic formats as well as in Huffington Post, her commitment is to inspire respect of earth and each other through knowledge of the literary and lively arts. She is Professor of Practice at University of Oregon's Clark Honors College, where she teaches eco literature, "green imagination," eco epic, geniius studies, and John Muir's Backpack, the subject of her book in progress and topic for her lecture on December 16!
Barbara Mossberg is a prominent figure on the national and international stage of John Muir studies, literature and culture. As a lecturer/performer she has represented the United States in over 20 countries, and in the U.S. speaks of the history and meaning of literature's role in civil and human rights, war and peace, and the environment. A poet, actor, dramaturg, literary scholar, and professor, she is well known in Yosemite National Park as a summer speaker, and on the Monterey Peninsula as Poet in Residence of Pacific Grove (now City Poet Emerita), former dean and professor at California State University Monterey Bay, President Emerita of Goddard College, founder and host of the weekly hour radio program, The Poetry Slow Down (radiomonterey.com, podcast at Barbaramossberg.com), and contributor to the Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning (as well as food reviewer for the Monterey Herald). Named to the John Muir H.S. Alumni Hall of Fame for Outstanding Service to the Environment in the Performing Arts, she is a prizewinning poet, scholar, and teacher. Her book on Emily Dickinson was named Outstanding Academic Book of the Year by Choice. Publishing numerous articles on John Muir as well as other writers in academic formats as well as in Huffington Post, her commitment is to inspire respect of earth and each other through knowledge of the literary and lively arts. She is Professor of Practice at University of Oregon's Clark Honors College, where she teaches eco literature, "green imagination," eco epic, geniius studies, and John Muir's Backpack, the subject of her book in progress and topic for her lecture on December 16!
Lee Stetson
Mr. Stetson’s portrayal of John Muir has been presented in Yosemite National Park since 1983, to many thousands of visitors. Additionally, the Muir shows have toured throughout the world to universities, parks, museums, wilderness and environmental organizations throughout the United States, as well as Canada, Scotland and Japan.
Mr. Stetson has performed more than fifty major roles from Shakespeare to Simon. His credits include his portrayal of John Muir in Ken Burns’ critically acclaimed series The National Parks – America’s Best Idea.
Mr. Stetson also portrays Muir in the MacGillivray Freeman IMAX Film National Parks Adventure, about our National Parks, including the legendary camping trip between Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. This film was released in February, 2016 with additional venues continually being added worldwide.
Lee’s early work in television includes a dozen appearances in episodes of Hawaii 5-0.
Mr. Stetson’s portrayal of John Muir has been presented in Yosemite National Park since 1983, to many thousands of visitors. Additionally, the Muir shows have toured throughout the world to universities, parks, museums, wilderness and environmental organizations throughout the United States, as well as Canada, Scotland and Japan.
Mr. Stetson has performed more than fifty major roles from Shakespeare to Simon. His credits include his portrayal of John Muir in Ken Burns’ critically acclaimed series The National Parks – America’s Best Idea.
Mr. Stetson also portrays Muir in the MacGillivray Freeman IMAX Film National Parks Adventure, about our National Parks, including the legendary camping trip between Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. This film was released in February, 2016 with additional venues continually being added worldwide.
Lee’s early work in television includes a dozen appearances in episodes of Hawaii 5-0.