board of directors

PRESIDENT
GLENN PARKER served on Brea City Council for two terms from 1990-1998, and was Mayor in 1994 and 1998. While in office he championed hillside protection, establishment of the Brea Community Center, and the development of a formula that now ensures developers pay for the real costs of their projects. As a founding Board Member, he now serves as the Orange County public member and Chair of the Wildlife Corridor Conservation Authority, a California Joint Powers Authority. Glenn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Cal Poly Pomona. He founded Parkglen Community Management in 1991 to provide management, administrative, and financial services to community associations, and served as its President from 1991-2007.

SECRETARY-TREASURER
BEV PERRY served three terms on the Brea City Council from 1992 to 2004 and was Mayor three times. While on the Council, she was Vice Chair of the San Gabriel & Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy and a Board Member and Chair of the Wildlife Corridor Conservation Authority. She was also involved in housing and transportation planning issues at the city, county, regional, and state levels. Besides being a long-time member of The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club, she also serves on the Board of the St. Jude Memorial Foundation. Bev is a public affairs consultant and she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of the Pacific and has a MSEd in Counseling from the University of Southern California. Bev and her husband, Gill Realon, have lived in Brea since 1985.

DR. JACK BATH is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. Bath also serves on the boards of the Endangered Habitats League and the Tri-County Conservation League. Jack is a long-time active member of the Sierra Club and the Audubon Society. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Entomology at U.C. Davis and Cornell respectively and received his doctorate from U.C. Riverside. Jack has become a specialist in protection of burrowing owl populations. He has negotiated substantial mitigation funds to benefit the Corridor and spirited many students toward the study and conservation of native lands in the Puente-Chino hillside system through his classes and field trips.

BRUCE DOUGLAS, a native Californian, has been involved in the regional efforts to preserve and protect the Puente Hills since moving to La Habra Heights in 1987. He served on the City Council from 2003 to 2007 and the Planning Commission for five years prior to that. Bruce received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, and master's in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, and has Professional Registrations as both a Civil and Geotechnical Engineer. He has been a consultant on applied research and frontier development projects worldwide for all major oil companies and government research and defense departments. He has also been an active contributor to and member of ASCE and ASTM. Bruce served as the City's delegate to and Vice Chairman of the Hillside Open Space Education Coalition Steering Committee.

MICHAEL HUGHES has served on the board of the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association for eight years, including the past four as its President. Mike also serves as the Los Angeles County Public Director of the Wildlife Corridor Conservation Authority. He is currently a Director on the Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority as well as the ombudsman for the Puente Hills Landfill. Mike’s community involvement has also included serving on and past President of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station Citizen's Advisory Committee. Mike, a long-time member of the Sierra Club, serves as a Vice Chair of its Puente-Chino Hills Task Force. Michael is a graduate of Cal State Los Angeles and has lived with his wife Christina in Hacienda Heights since 1982.

DR. CAROL MCKENZIE is Professor Emeritus from Cal State Los Angeles and a long-time Board Member of Hills For Everyone. She received her master's degree in Recreation Administration from Indiana University and her doctorate in Physical Education and Higher Education from USC. She has worked as an Art Director for Festival Artists in Azusa (Tournament of Roses Parade). She is an avid hiker, traveler, gardener, sculptor, and writer living in Altadena.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CLAIRE SCHLOTTERBECK has been involved in preservation of the Puente-Chino Hills for over three decades, playing a key role in the formation of the 14,000-acre Chino Hills State Park. Claire earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science from UCLA and a Master of Science from Purdue University. Active in her own community, she helped create the Brea Senior Center and the Brea Community Center. Former Assemblyman Dick Ackerman selected Claire as "Woman of the Year in the 72nd Assembly District" in 1998. In August 2001, she was honored as one of six nationwide recipients of the Chevron Corporation Conservation Award. In March 2002, she was honored by the California State Park Ranger Association as the Honorary State Park Ranger of the Year. Claire also serves as a Board Member of UCLA UniCamp, UCLA's official student charity.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
MELANIE SCHLOTTERBECK works with HFE on GIS mapping, land acquisition, research projects, and outreach efforts. She earned her bachelor's degree in Environmental Geography and her MS in Environmental Science from Cal State Fullerton. In 2007, she was appointed by Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Directors Bill Campbell (Supervisor) and Carolyn Cavecche (Mayor of Orange) to the Environmental Oversight Committee and then elected as its Vice Chair. This Committee oversees the spending of $243.5 million in acquisition and restoration funding. In this role she represents over 30 conservation and community groups, including HFE, that supported Renewed Measure M. In 2010, she received the Orange County League of Conservation Voter's Special Recognition Award and the Canyon Land Conservation Fund's Chipko Award for her conservation efforts.