The Board
of Directors
President
Claudia Sall
csall@mojavedesertlandtrust.org
Claudia Sall has been a resident in the
high desert for 49 years. She is a business owner, and has
owned property and lived in Pioneertown for 30 years. She
is President of the Pioneertown Property Owner Association
and a community activist in rural conservation and water management
issues. She is a founding member of Pioneertown Mountains
Conservancy. Her areas of special interest are: protection
of rural conservation (RC) lands and open space especially
in regards to urban sprawl, and conservation land planning
and resource based development.
Director
Danny Sall
danny@mojavedesertlandtrust.org
Danny Sall is the first natural born citizen
of Pioneertown and a resident and property owner in the area
for 57 years. He is a business owner, licensed contractor
and developer. He is an original member of Pioneertown Mountains
Conservancy and a founding board member of The Wildlands Conservancy.
He is a community activist in open space protection. He has
a B.S. degree in Entomology from U.S. Riverside.
Director
John Simpson
john@mojavedesertlandtrust.org
John Simpson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from UCLA and began his career in commercial real estate.
His experience includes market research and reporting, valuation,
consulting and sales. He has worked for Cushman & Wakefield,
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and First Interstate Bank. John is
presently a real estate agent in Joshua Tree while developing
the eco-friendly Joshua Tree Recreational Campground. John's
love of nature has inspired him to work in every way he can
to preserve the natural environment.
Treasurer
Jane Grunt Smith
jane@mojavedesertlandtrust.org
Jane Grunt Smith is the owner of the 29
Palms Inn in Twentynine Palms, California. She grew up there
and the Inn has been in her family since 1928. In addition
to running a most successful inn in the California Desert,
Jane serves as President of the Copper Mountain College Foundation
and is on the board of the Action Council of Twentynine
Palms, a nonprofit public art charity.
Director
Gasper Patrico
Gasper Patrico is
a strategic management, marketing, and creative executive
with proven ability to build the competencies that take aspirational
growth strategies from fiction to fact. At Intersection Studio,
Mr. Patrico directs the Brand Strategy and Development practice
using proprietary processes to leverage the nexus of strategy,
brand, marketing, and organizational development disciplines.
Currently his love finds expression as Co-Creative Director
of the Autry National Center Magazine, Convergence, a publication
he helped found while managing the brand creation of this
new national center.
Prior to Intersection Studio, Mr. Patrico
spent 20-plus years as a Creative Director, Writer, and Producer
in the large international advertising agency. He has created
award-winning television, radio and print communications for
national consumer, business-to-business brands, and nonprofit
organizations.
Mr. Patrico holds a BA in Journalism from
the University of Michigan. He studied screenwriting in both
the UCLA and USC programs and is an expert in story development.
Director
Mindy Kaufman
Mindy Kaufman has lived and worked in Joshua
Tree for 10 years. She owns and runs Spin and Margies Desert
Hideaway, a small boutique Inn in town.
She is currently the president of the Joshua
Tree Chamber of Commerce and a past president of the Joshua
Tree Municipal Advisory Council serving San Bernardino County.
Prior to living in Joshua Tree, Mindy and her husband, photographer
Drew Reese, resided in San Francisco where she owned a successful
home accessories design firm.
Mindy holds a BFA from Parsons School of
Design in NYC.
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