Founding Members

View of New Hogan Reservoir from the southern end

Carol Barzee

Carol Barzee has a business background and has participated in a General Plan update committee in Pleasanton. She spent time in the area as a child and young adult, returned, and is involved with several foothill community groups.

Pat Brantley

Pat Brantley has extensive knowledge of environmental and CEQA law.

Seana Hogan

Seana Hogan is a software engineer, a conservative and a Christian. She is a fourth generation Californian and has family roots in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties

Colleen Platt

Colleen Platt retired from landscape architecture and irrigation design to pursue art. The foothills have been her home for 27 years

Joyce Techel

Joyce Techel is a local business owner and has lived in Calaveras County for over 30 years. She has been active in community and county issues for most of that time.

Lori Whitney

Lori Whitney loves the country, horseback riding, skiing, and writing. She and her family have lived in Valley Springs for over 20 years.

Muriel Zeller

Muriel Zeller is a poet and writer and fourth-generation resident of Valley Springs. While growing up, she worked on her grandmother's cattle ranch near Wallace.


Board of Directors:

Joyce Techel, President

Seana Hogan, Vice President

Carol Barzee, Treasurer

Colleen Platt, Secretary

Mark Jones, Board Member at Large


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