ANNUAL REPORT 2018 a Message from the Greenbelt Alliance Board Chair

ANNUAL

REPORT 2018

We protect the Bay Area’s open spaces and ensure neighborhoods within our cities and towns are amazing places for everyone. Discover our impact this year and explore our upcoming projects. We address a single challenge:

Greenbelt Alliance Board of Directors

Lynne Deegan-McGraw Elliot Evers Nancy Adler Sam Liccardo Board Chair Chair, Advancement Alicia Allbin Jake Mackenzie Committee William A. Barnes Dan Marks Anne Halsted Board Vice Chair Michele Stratton Tom Brickley Jean McCown Chair, Audit Committee Donna Gerber Barbara Pierce Jon Harvey Craig W. Hartman Laurel Prevetti Board Vice Chair and Anu Natarajan Jeffrey Heller Dee Swanhuyser Chair, Board Affairs Chair, Public Policy Bob Johnson Laney Thornton Committee Robert Oxenburgh Dan Kingsley Heather Wooten Secretary/Treasurer Linda J. LeZotte Photo: Levi Bare via Unsplash Photo: Levi

ANNUAL REPORT 2018 A Message from the Greenbelt Alliance Board Chair

The Bay Area is special. It has assets that exist almost nowhere else in this country: dynamic towns and cities, surrounded by a thriving greenbelt of natural and agricultural lands; some of the most productive and innovative companies in the world, employing a diverse and talented population. But these very qualities present challenges in planning for the future so that our region remains a place where our children and grandchildren can live, thrive, and recreate.

Greenbelt Alliance, as the only Bay Area organization that takes a holistic approach to land use with a balance of land conservation and smart growth development, is ideally positioned to address those complicated challenges. Board Chair Lynne Deegan-McGraw out in the field at a local farm in Sonoma County. With a presence at both the local and We are inspired by the lessons we’ve learned, the fights we’ve regional level, we see the individual and big pictures with won, and the community we have helped to build. comparable clarity. We advocate for and defend strong growth management policies that place the right development in As I begin my first year as Board Chair, the legacy of the right places. Our record of success stretches back six Greenbelt Alliance is at the forefront of not only my mind, but decades, from early wins like preserving the Marin Headlands also that of our hardworking staff and Board members. We are to more recent victories like preventing sprawl proposals in immensely grateful for your past support and are committed Antioch and, with our partners in Mountain View, securing a to preserving the livability and vibrancy of the nine Bay Area plan for almost 10,000 new homes near major employers. counties for generations to come.

The pressure to sprawl outward and eliminate the region’s Lynne Deegan-McGraw growth management policies has never been greater. In the next 20 years our region is expected to grow by more than two million people. They’ll need places to live, but sprawl is not the answer if we are to preserve what makes the Bay Area extraordinary. The mission of Greenbelt has never been more relevant—or more necessary. Chair, Board of Directors

1 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Photo: Zoe Meyers

2 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Greenbelt alliance staff Larry Simi Adam Garcia Interim Chief Executive Officer Planning and Research Manager Justin Probert Chief Financial Officer and Lilibeth Gonzalez Director of Administration Executive Assistant and Office Manager Matt Vander Sluis Deputy Director Amy Hartman Regional Representative, Amy Henson Solano County Marketing & Communications Director, Interim Advancement Kiyomi Honda Yamamoto Director Regional Representative, South Bay Brian Schmidt Program Director Kieffer Katz Marketing Associate Nadia Benafghoul Advancement Associate Ken Lavin Outings Coordinator Nora Cullinen Advancement Manager Teri Shore Regional Director, North Bay Hayley Currier Regional Representative, East Bay

VOlunteer interns Eric Acedo Elizabeth Greenfield Jessica Robbins Owen Cooper Tomio Hayase-Izu Nikita Sinha Amulya Dhulipala Sandhya Laddha Lucy Tang Anne Graham Jessica Prasad Kimberly Venegas

VOlunteer outing leaders Mary Bernstein Amy Hartman Gail MacGowan Bruce and Sandra Staci Hobbet Cathy Petrick Beyaert Patti Kenyon David Schmidt Janet Byron Jim and Ceci Kim Carolyn Schour Colette Cussary Debbie Klein Teri Shore Serena Enger Bob Johnson Nancy Topp Gael Erickson Tania Malik Liz Watson Adam Garcia Jonathan Marshall Suzanne Weakley

3 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Bob Johnson’s Path to a Lasting Legacy

For most of his life, Bob Johnson has loved to walk. He As he describes it, “The fact that Greenbelt Alliance [does] walked to school nearly every day in Webster Groves, a both sides of the equation...working on open space on one suburb of St. Louis, which he describes as “like Berkeley, hand and better urban areas on the other,” is incredibly only smaller and a bit less liberal.” Today, as both an outings important. “We don’t just say, ‘we have to lock this up and leader and Board member for Greenbelt Alliance, Bob helps protect it.’ We also say ‘we have to make our cities more spread the word about the unique wonders of the Bay Area desirable places to live, with homes and jobs.’” To Bob, that and the joys of seeing the world on foot. makes Greenbelt Alliance unique in the Bay Area as well as in his own life. Bob has been involved with Greenbelt Alliance since 1989 and officially joined the Board of Directors in 1992. His He sees Greenbelt Alliance as playing a unique role in his desire to spread the organization’s vision inspired him to legacy, too. He hopes his outings have “opened people’s lead urban outings, highlighting examples of smart growth, eyes to the greenbelt...to what’s around them in our cities... vibrant communities, and ideal sites for infill development— the value of our cities.” To support his legacy, Bob has development within existing urban areas. included Greenbelt Alliance in his estate. “I am not a rich person, but I have some assets,” Bob says. He intends to Inspired by his pedestrian outings, he wrote a book called put them toward “[continuing] what I think is the good work Berkeley Walks. Co-authored with Janet Byron, this book of preserving open space and making more vibrant cities.” guides the reader along sidewalks and paths through the city’s natural and architectural delights. It’s this connection With planned gifts like this, we will make sure future to both cities and nature that has kept Bob involved with generations can fall in love with the Bay Area—just like Bob our organization for so long. has. You too can make our vision a part of your legacy with a gift to Greenbelt Alliance.

Learn more about our planned giving program and how you can follow Bob’s footsteps at greenbelt.org/planned-giving. Photo: Dani Padgett

4 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Planned Giving If you love the San Francisco Bay Area, you can help protect and enhance this wonderful place for decades to come with a planned gift to Greenbelt Alliance. Join Bob Johnson and the Jack Kent Jr. Legacy Society donors who have named Greenbelt Alliance in their will. See a complete list of society donors on page 23.

Make a sustainable and inclusive Bay Area part of your legacy. For information on planned giving, visit greenbelt.org/planned-giving or call 415-543-6771 x325.

5 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 south bay THREE MONUMENTAL BALLOT MEASURE WINS FOR OPEN SPACE

In summer 2018, the fight to sink Measure B and pass These three monumental wins are a great example of how our Measure C, two competing measures in San Jose, was a battle work to shape local decisions, powered by your support, pro- of dollars versus democracy—and democracy won. Despite tects the Bay Area’s natural and agricultural lands. Together being out-spent at least 10-to-1 by Measure B’s billionaire we’re both stopping short-sighted sprawl now and planning backers, our team of organizations stopped the destructive for future generations. measure, which would have rewritten local rules and allowed sprawl development across the city. It threatened thousands Our Impact of acres of open space across San Jose, including the Greenbelt Alliance brought together Neighbors for Affordable majestic Coyote Valley. It also included development plans for Housing and Open Space—the campaign against Measure B the Evergreen area, which would have paved over greenbelt and for Measure C—with our partners ranging from environ- lands while bypassing affordable housing requirements and mental groups to affordable housing advocates. We rallied local fees. The stakes were incredibly high. Measure B would residents, organized volunteers, walked precincts, and hit have set a dangerous precedent for the entire Bay Area. the phones, urging voters to stop Measure B and support Measure C. Our campaign expertise and ability to assemble

Thankfully, Greenbelt Alliance has been stopping sprawl a team of organizations from many backgrounds was key to development for 60 years, and we know a bad plan when we our success. On the heels of that success, we rallied residents see one. We have seen efforts like Measure B in the past, as again to pass Measure T and fund the purchase and protec- sprawl developers tried to mislead the public and overrule tion of threatened lands in Coyote Valley. community and environmental protections. Our experienced What’s Next team helped San Jose’s voters see through the deception. Building on these three victories, Greenbelt Alliance and

In addition to stopping Measure B, voters delivered a our partners will continue to protect our region’s precious one-two punch by passing Measure C, which installed new natural and agricultural lands—including Coyote Valley—while safeguards for the area’s farms, ranches, and watersheds. helping the Bay Area create the right development in the Measure C will make future attempts at sprawl development right places. Now that Measure T funding has been secured, around San Jose even more difficult. we will continue to seek out support, hold public rallies, host online petitions and letter-writing campaigns, and speak at

Following the June elections, the good news kept coming. city meetings to ensure the City Council spends these funds in We celebrated several more election wins in November the way the voters intended—to protect Coyote Valley. If the which will raise $226 million in funding for parks and open City Council follows the will of the voters, funds from Measure space around the region. One of the most exciting wins was T will protect pieces of Coyote Valley. However, the threat of Measure T in San Jose. Measure T will fund the purchase and sprawl still looms large for much of this last chance landscape. protection of lands in Coyote Valley—a longstanding goal of We won’t stop until it is protected, permanently. Greenbelt Alliance.

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7 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 east bay winning protections for agriculture & open space

Greenbelt Alliance celebrated a big win this summer when the Antioch City Council voted to protect 1,200 acres of natural and agricultural lands, which had long been in the crosshairs for sprawl development. The City Council also strengthened local environmental protections by renewing their urban limit line—which defines where the city can and cannot expand— indefinitely, with voter approval required for any future changes to the line. This decision isn’t just a win for Antioch or the East Bay—it’s a huge win for the entire Bay Area.

The newly protected lands in the foothills of Mount Diablo To shift the battle and put an end to ongoing threats like are an area called Sand Creek. Known for its well-loved “The Ranch” we, our partners, and Antioch residents walking routes and scenic vistas, this land also provides a joined together to develop the “Let Antioch Voters Decide: host of natural benefits, from wildlife habitat to groundwater Sand Creek Area Protection Initiative.” This measure was recharge and carbon sequestration. But most importantly, designed to encourage future development within the 77% of the 1,200 acres protected is composed of urban footprint. It would prevent large-scale development farmland—contributing to our local food supply and the on 1,800 acres of open space, require voter approval for Bay Area’s $6.1 billion agricultural economy. By protecting more intensive development, and permanently require the ever-shrinking amount of farm and ranch land in the Bay voter approval on changes to Antioch’s urban limit line. We Area from poorly planned sprawl development, Greenbelt mobilized over 150 volunteers to gather more than 9,000 Alliance is ensuring that future generations have access to signatures, qualifying our measure for the ballot. local, healthy food. The developers realized that they had underestimated OUR IMPACT the community’s concerns. In response, they created their The Sand Creek area has long been threatened by sprawl own measure, which was largely based on the “Let Antioch development, including the most recent proposal called Voters Decide Initiative.” They called for 1,200 acres of land “The Ranch.” With City plans eyeing up to 4,000 units of to be protected and required voter approval for changes to sprawl in place of the existing farms, ranches, and natural the city’s urban limit line—stipulations very much in line with land, Greenbelt Alliance and our partners, including Save our own measure. Mount Diablo, have battled poorly planned development here for decades. In July, the Antioch City Council adopted the developer’s initiative. This measure in many ways mirrored our own, and

8 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 By protecting farm and ranch land from sprawl development, Greenbelt Alliance protects our access to local, healthy food.

therefore is a big win for open space. Ultimately, Antioch came together to stand up against sprawl and the result is a more sustainable future for the city as a whole.

WHAT’S NEXT While this decision is great for conservation, moving forward, the City of Antioch also needs to encourage the right development in the right places to become a truly sustainable and inclusive community. Recently, the Antioch Hillcrest BART Station opened, presenting an opportunity to create transit-served neighborhoods for Antioch’s residents across the income spectrum.

Development patterns like this will use our limited resources—like water and energy—more efficiently. It will provide more equitable access to public infrastructure and increase resilience to fires, floods, and the impacts of climate change. It will foster a thriving Antioch community while protecting land and resources critical to our health and wellbeing.

9 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 North bay Rebuilding for Resilience

Across the North Bay, communities gathered As a community that experienced this together, we will never be the same. But in many ways, we will be stronger. on October 8 to commemorate the first year of recovery from the 2017 firestorms. People Through 2018, North Bay residents and leaders focused on rebuilding and getting people and communities back throught the Bay Area remember where on their feet. For Greenbelt Alliance, it was also a year of they were when a cloud of smoke covered forging new partnerships to make cities and towns more sustainable and our landscapes more resilient in the wake the entire region—the first of a series of of the fires. wildfires that burned across the state. In the Our Impact North Bay alone, the loss of life and homes Greenbelt Alliance’s North Bay Regional Director Teri Shore responded to the challenge of fire recovery with advocacy, was devastating. Today, residents can still collaboration, and public outreach, while learning much point to where the fires raced across the Bay along the way. As city and county officials passed urgency ordinances to expedite rebuilding and new development Area greenbelt. Scarred hillsides are slowly in response to the fires, Teri, our board members, and staff recovering with new growth and the return were on the front line, tracking and shaping the policies to both aid recovery and see that good planning was at the of wildlife. core of urgent relief. Photo: Cal OES via Flickr

10 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Focusing the right development in the right places will be key to the North Bay’s resilience and recovery. That’s why in Santa Rosa, we partnered with the City Council to get streamlining measures for new development right, focusing on the downtown area and neighborhoods close to transit instead of citywide. We supported initiatives that revitalize the city’s core and avoid sprawl on the edge of town—reducing future fire risk. We also ensured that new proposed developments in the burned areas of the city are planned with future fires in mind. We insisted that these proposals, including a plan for a large cookie- cutter chain hotel, have more detailed fire-safe plans and greener construction before being considered.

And to increase availability of homes in fire-safe areas countywide, we worked with Sonoma County’s supervisors, planners, and residents to put in place new housing measures. These measures allow more second units (ADUs) and cottage houses with increased affordability, but only where public services are already in place—not on the greenbelt or in fire-prone areas.

The second key to resilience and recovery is supporting the long-term health of our landscapes and natural resources. Together with 60 natural resource agencies and environmental groups, we quickly developed an action plan for recovery of our watersheds and their future resilience. We also pushed for fire- safe land use provisions to be included in the countywide Fire Recovery and Resiliency Plan, which is being implemented today. And to involve the community, we held fire recovery walks to share our efforts and explore how the land is healing. As a founder of the Alliance for a Just Recovery, we’re continuing to hold public forums about wildfires, land use, and rebuilding.

What’s Next Greenbelt Alliance is a leader in the effort to create a more resilientN orth Bay after the wildfires. And there’s much more work to do for long-term fire safety. Wildfire science shows that placing homes in wildland areas presents the highest risk of a devastating fire. The highest risk factor is not the shape of the land, the type of trees or brush, the gap between a house and trees—not even the material that buildings are made of. It’s placing medium-density subdivisions in the wildland-urban interface, especially in fire-prone landscapes. This fact needs to be incorporated into all of our planning for where development should and should not go. As a local resident and survivor of the fires, Teri is on the ground in the North Bay making smart planning happen for the long-term safety of her community.

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Solano County is the only county in the Bay Area that Our partners throughout the state strongly support our efforts doesn’t have a countywide park and open space district. to create a district. In the June 2018 primary election, voters That means that the parks and open spaces in and around all across the state of California overwhelmingly supported cities like Fairfield, Vallejo, and Vacaville operate indepen- Proposition 68, a $4.1 billion park bond bill. Of that money, dently, without a unified vision. Creating a park and open $775 million is designated for “park-poor areas” throughout space district would give the County access to new opportuni- the state; millions more are dedicated to improving access to ties for funding, create a pathway toward adding new parks public lands. and open space protection to the district, and ensure that all of Solano County’s residents can easily and safely access the We are on track for a Solano County Park and Open Space natural resources of their chosen home. District to go to the ballot in 2020. This year, the County will craft an administrative and finance plan, which will serve as In Solano County, park access is a particularly serious a blueprint for what the district will look like in the years to issue. Solano County has the lowest per capita income of come. As the process moves forward, we’ll be there at every any county in the Bay Area. It’s also one of the most racially turn, ensuring that the residents of Solano County have easy diverse counties in the entire country, and is home to Vallejo, access to parks and open spaces. the most racially diverse city in the United States. The local and regional open space that Greenbelt Alliance seeks to What You Can Do To Help protect are often the most accessible places for people from We need your help to bring Solano County’s parks and economically disadvantaged communities to breathe freely people together. To create a more equitable and inclusive and explore nature. future for both the county and our region, we’re helping underrepresented communities provide their vision for the

Because underrepresented and economically disadvantaged county’s parks and recreation facilities. Maintaining our communities have fewer resources, they have less capacity on-the-ground presence in the county lets us authentically to advocate and fundraise for parks and open spaces in their connect with and support residents across the socioeconomic neighborhoods. A countywide park and open space district spectrum. Together, we’re making a countywide park helps overcome that obstacle by approaching the issue of and open space district a reality. To learn more about this park access more holistically, making it easier to bring park campaign and to support our Solano County staff, contact and recreation services to everyone in the area. Amy Hartman: [email protected]. Photo: kychan via Unsplash

13 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Looking Ahead Sustainable, Affordable Homes In Silicon Valley

Far too many Bay Area families struggle with In Sunnyvale, where a small two-bedroom apartment rents for over $3,200 per month, we’re focused on the urgent high housing costs, enduring ever-longer affordability problem. To get growth right, we’re partnering commutes to find a home they can afford. Our with the city; local advocate groups like Sunnyvale Cool and Livable Sunnyvale; neighborhood associations; and housing, region needs more of the right development bicycle, and pedestrian groups. Together, we convinced in the right places to give its residents Sunnyvale’s City Council to commit to 6,900 new homes along the El Camino Real corridor. We’re continuing to press sustainable, affordable communities close for strong affordable housing policies for the area and to to work, shops, and transit options. Several focus new development and streetscape improvements, including protected bike lanes and urban greening elements, South Bay and Peninsula cities along the El near future Bus Rapid Transit stations for easy commuting. The Camino Real corridor have the opportunity to final plan is expected to be adopted this year. Our South Bay staff will be there beside the local community to see it though. do better for their residents. We’re helping them make it happen. Following in Sunnyvale’s footsteps, the City of Santa Clara kicked off the planning process for their El Camino Real Pre- cise Plan in Spring 2018. Creating a thriving, livable corridor is an immense opportunity for the city to address the still-widen- El Camino Real—a main thoroughfare that runs through the ing gap between Santa Clara’s many available jobs and increas- entire Peninsula and South Bay—passes through two major ingly inadequate supply of homes that people can afford. cities where our work is changing housing affordability for the better. Our Fixing the Foundation research report—which details the biggest barriers to new homes in 12 of the region’s top cities The process starts with crafting and updating specific plans with growth potential—shows that Santa Clara has a clear in each city to create more homes. But homes are just one and inspiring vision for new homes, shops, and workplaces component of a thriving neighborhood. We’re making sure within their existing footprint. We are working with residents that new development plans benefit all residents—giving them currently living along the corridor to ensure that this plan and the ability to walk and bike to shops; providing workplaces; any new development benefits their community.U ltimately, offering convenient transportation choices; and adding access we’re working toward a plan that improves current to nature with pocket parks, street trees, and more. neighbors’ quality of life and adds affordable, sustainable housing options to Santa Clara for future generations.

14 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 What Can You Do To Help We need to plan. People who love the Bay Area need to come Most importantly, to get growth right we all have to get together to envision how we’ll create “complete communities” involved. We need to speak out against development where with new homes, jobs, parks, and amenities. These communi- it doesn’t belong—on our iconic greenbelt of farms, ranches, ties must be within existing cities and towns, with opportuni- and natural areas. And just as loudly, we need to say yes to ties to walk, bike, or use transit instead of drive. Done right, the right growth in the right places by supporting plans, poli- this planning will deliver cities and towns we are all proud cies, or projects that lead to more affordable and accessible to call home. City Council members and other community communities. Whether you speak through your dollars, in your leaders need to back up these plans with policies like zoning conversations with neighbors, over social media, or at City codes that encourage the types of development projects that Hall, we need your support to get growth right.

will make this vision a reality. Photo: Timothy Kozono

15 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Savor the greenbelt On October 11, 2018, 250 Bay Area philanthropists, To top off a night of inspiration, we honored the Evers family dignitaries, elected officials, and thought leaders gathered at with the third annual Greenbelt Alliance Champion Award for the Fairmont San Francisco to celebrate Greenbelt Alliance’s their three generations of defending the places that make 60th anniversary at our annual fundraising gala, Savor the the Bay Area special. Greenbelt. As guests dined, keynote speaker Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf energized the room—calling for the Bay Area to Savor the Greenbelt raised nearly $350,000 in one evening come together as a region and build a better future for to benefit our work to preserve open space, safeguard farms all residents. and ranches, and advance smart growth solutions across the Bay Area.

Smitha Seshadri, Keri Lung, Lori Kaplan Elliot Evers, Anu Natarajan, Will Evers

See a list of all sponsors on page 23.

Matthew Nichols, Matt Vander Sluis, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Dan Marks Photos: Agency Moanalani Jeffrey Photos: Agency

16 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Annual Sonoma Dinner The Sonoma Leadership Council of Greenbelt Alliance The Sonoma Dinner is our chance to thank our supporters, held its annual Sonoma Dinner on a lovely summer introduce new people to our mission, and spread the evening in June at a private home in Glen Ellen. While word about the important issues Greenbelt Alliance is listening to live music and enjoying a farm-to-table dinner, currently working on in the area. The nearly 100 guests guests celebrated what we love about Sonoma County who attended the event raised a total of over $50,000 and the work Greenbelt Alliance is doing to protect its to protect Sonoma’s greenbelt lands and promote good environment and support the right development in the growth policies. right places.

See a full list of Sonoma Leadership Council members on page 23.

If you’d like to get involved in the Sonoma Leadership Council, call Nora Cullinen at 415-543-6771 x302 or email us at [email protected]. Photos: Bryson Silvestri

17 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Photo: Dani Padgett 18 holding JohanEvers,BillAnneEversandElliot The EversFamily. Clockwisefromtopleft:SephaEvers,EdwinaEvers nearly allofthe undevelopedlandfromMarin toDrake’s Bay.” Golden ateN ational R preserve aretodaythemostsignificant componentsofthe Elliot, explains,“Someoftheresources thesewomenhelped Stinson Beach,andAngelIsland.AsSepha’s grandson, to variousparksandpreserves, includingMountTamalpais, They continuedfundraisingtopurchaselandsthatnowbelong into thecurrentSamuelP. Taylor State Park. former papermill,burdenedwithbacktaxes andcontroversy, ital forMarin’s firstgeneralplanningmapsandtransforminga The womenachievedseveralearlywins,includingraisingcap today. that wascriticaltomakingMarinthespecialplaceweknow evolved intotheMarinConservationL four crusadersformedtheCitizensSurveyCommittee, which the county’s openspacesandnaturalwonders.So, these would triggerexplosivedevelopmentinMarinandthreaten realized thatthecompletionofGoldenateBridge Portia Forbes,CarolineLivermore, andHelenVan Pelt— activism thatsetthestageforherfamily. Sepha—along with Beginning inthe1930s,itwasSephaEvers’ environmental The EversF Greenbelt AllianceChamponAw ecreation Area. Theyhelpedprotect eague, anorganization amil ANN UAL REPO R y - Protection Agency. documentation forthecreationofEnvironmental regulations thatisoftenconsidered thefoundational Bill wroteawhitepaperonSan Francisco’s environmental Mayors GeorgeMosconeandDianneFeinstein. And,in1969, Office ofEconomicDevelopment—serving underboth in 1978BillbecametheheadofSanFranciscoMayor’s In additiontoleadingseveralenvironmentalorganizations, all ofus.” grasp ofthingsthatmadehisthinkingextremelypowerful to cially withGreenbeltAlliance….he hadtheboldnessand was atremendousvisionaryandeffectivecivicleader—espe - Orman reaffirmsBill’s impactontheorganization,saying“Bill make theBayAreaspecial.FormerExecutive Director L showed hiscommitmenttoprotectingthenaturallandsthat for OpenSpace(nowGreenbeltAlliance),Billconstantly tions throughoutCalifornia.AsafoundingmemberofPeople spent hislifedeeplyinvolvedwithenvironmentalorganiza Sepha’s passionwasclearlyreflectedinhersonBill,who coastline thatisnowsafefromdevelopment. That’s milesandoflandalongtheNorthernCalifornia what itistoday. without theEvers,BayAreawouldnotbe policy toprovidingunwaveringsupport, family history. Fromactivismtospearheading growth intheBayAreaarerootedtheir for theenvironmentandcommitmenttosmart Greenbelt Alliancefordecades.Theirpassion The Eversfamilyhasbeenanintegralpartof T 2018 ard arry - Like his mother before him, Bill passed his strong work ethic, love for the environment, and passion for the Bay Area on to his sons, Will and Elliot. Will and Elliot’s commitment to environmental stewardship evolved as they witnessed the negative impacts of unregulated growth on the Bay Area’s diminishing open spaces. “I knew early on that growth in the Bay Area was going nuts and started asking questions about how we could preserve this place,” explains Elliot. Like their grandmother and father before them, Will and Elliot were inspired to continue their family’s legacy.

Will joined Greenbelt Alliance’s Board of Directors in 2004. Elliot, Bill, Will, and John Evers “Greenbelt Alliance was the only environmental organization

working in all nine counties of the Bay Area. Back then they region grows, the more he wants to do his part. “I want to see were doing more on the conservation side, establishing urban the Bay Area continue to have a healthy economy while being growth boundaries in places that badly needed regulation. It a place my kids and grandkids can live and thrive. In my view, was really important work that resonated with me.” Will was the best way to do that is to raise funds and do whatever little drawn to support the organization’s policy-driven work—feel- bit I can to help Greenbelt Alliance.” ing that the results are most impactful and cost-effective. He was instrumental in Greenbelt Alliance’s evolution into the Elliot believes that now more than ever, the key is to focus on only Bay Area organization that addresses both land protec- managing the growth that shows no signs of stopping. “How tion and smart growth development. “Over the years, the do we build housing to accommodate growth while protecting notion of cities getting denser and therefore healthier became our open spaces?” Elliot asks. It’s that growth, after all, that’s a reality. I supported Greenbelt Alliance’s adoption of this threatening the resources that make this place unique. theme and the goals that come with it.” Greenbelt Alliance’s work to both preserve open space lands and encourage transit-oriented development within cities and “They helped towns motivates Elliot’s commitment. “I think it’s important that Greenbelt Alliance focuses on the places that are at protect nearly risk. Whether it’s Coyote Valley because of growth in the South Bay, or Sonoma County because the temptation after all of the the fire is to go rebuild without thinking it through.” In order to protect these lands, Elliot continues, “we need to keep undeveloped land focus on smart growth and thoughtful planning.”

from Marin to The Evers family have been working for nearly 85 years to ensure growth happens in a way that preserves the Drake’s Bay.” landscapes that make the Bay Area special. Their work has helped shape our region into a place where both natural lands In 2012 Will passed on the family board position to his brother and our cities and towns can thrive. Help us continue the Elliot, whose passion lies in preserving the Bay Area’s open Evers family legacy by supporting Greenbelt Alliance’s work to spaces while ensuring the local economy continues to thrive protect lands at risk and encourage the right development in on its strengths in tech and intellectual capital. The more the the right places.

19 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 financial summary

STATEMENT OF activities Fiscal Year: October 2017 to September 2018 SUPPORT AND REVENUE Individual Contributions $93,752 Major Donors and Events $785,739 Corporations $123,500 Foundations $411,000 Contracts and Fees $211,614 Investment Income $161,856 Dedicated Donations $3,500 REVENUE SF Housing Action Coalition Donations $465,837 TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $2,256,798

EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES Greenbelt Alliance Programs $1,358,041 SF Housing Action Coalition Programs $498,006 Total Program Services $1,856,048

SUPPORTING SERVICES Administration $342,115 Fundraising $473,862 Total Supporting Services $815,997 TOTAL EXPENSES $2,672,024

STATEMENT OF financial position As of September 30, 2018 ASSETS Current $1,222,340 EXPENSES Endowment $1,782,034 Other Assets $131,874 Total Assets $3,136,249

LIABILITIES $211,789

NET ASSETS $2,924,460

20 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS $200,000 and above The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation* Thank you to our donors $100,000-$199,000 for being a part of the Greenbelt Alliance community! Anonymous* The Gordon and Betty Moore From donating stock, to setting up planned gifts, to making annual and monthly contributions, your Foundation* support keeps our greenbelt lands free from sprawl development and creates thriving neighborhoods Solano County Orderly Growth in our cities and towns. Together, we’re creating a prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive Bay Area. Committee* $50,000-$99,999 Anonymous Learn about the many ways you can support Greenbelt Barkley Fund Alliance at greenbelt.org/ways-to-give. Matt and Janice Barger* Facebook Pisces Foundation Steve Silberstein Laney and Pasha Thornton/The Laney Thornton Foundation Lorrie Goldin and Jonathan Hollis Lenderking Robert Charles and Chandra Friese $20,000-$49,999 Marshall Lincoln Property Company Climate Ride Anonymous Hanson Bridgett LLP Maximus Real Estate Partners Committee for Green Foothills Applied Materials Foundation Urs Hoelzle and Geeske Joel Metropolitan Transportation The Core Companies Arntz Family Foundation Robert Johnson Commission Robert Davis The EACH Foundation Dan and Mimi Kingsley Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Electra and George De Peyster Elliot Evers Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt District Patricia Dinner East Bay Community Foundation The Leo S. Walsh Foundation Miramonte High School Richard Dishnica Linda Jo Fitz Maynard P. and Katherine Z. Peninsula Open Space Trust Jean and James Douglas Google Inc. Buehler Foundation Fund Elizabeth Pigford Eden Housing The Mary A. Crocker Trust Meshewa Farm Foundation Laurel Prevetti and Bob Hawn Honorable Noreen Evans New Belgium Family Foundation The Nature Conservancy Related California LLC David Fowler and Kathleen Demetri John Osterweis and Barbara Porter E. and Helenmae Thompson Republic Family of Companies Douglas and Kaatri Grigg Ravizza Foundation The Rose Foundation Group I Thomas and JaMel Perkins Recology Toby and Sally Rosenblatt Maud Hallin Resilient by Design Jonathan and Pam Shields Alice and William Russell-Shapiro Donna Halow Rich Robbins SKS Partners Jean Schulz Jon and Connie Hartung The San Francisco Foundation John Sutter Lawrence Simi David Hearth Syzygy Foundation The Swig Foundation Tracy Stampfli and Lalit Heller Manus Architects The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Universal Paragon Corporation Balchandani Carolyn Johnson and Rick Theis Foundation Wells Whitney and Anne Halsted Michele and Richard Stratton Nick Josefowitz Jack Weeden Yellow Chair Foundation SummerHill Housing Group Derry and Charlene Kabcenell Sunset Development Company Patti and Larry Kenyon $10,000-$19,999 $2,500-$4,999 Fei Tsen and Wayne Lew Nancy Evers Kirwan Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein Linda and Andrew Ach Webcor Builders, Inc. John Kriken County of San Mateo Anonymous Wilson Meany L & L Borok Foundation Lynne Deegan-McGraw Bay Area Rapid Transit District Windy Hill Property Ventures Robert Lawrence Craig Hartman and Jan O’Brien Bessemer Trust Michelle Yesney and Richard Anne and Ryan Le Blanc Jon and Katherine Harvey Bohannon Foundation Gertman John and Sandra Leland Jeffrey Heller and Lise Jeantet Tom and Mary Brickley Jake and Barbara Mackenzie Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock BRIDGE Housing Corporation $1,000-$2,499 John Mackie and Kate Ecker Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Tim and Gaynor Brown Edward and Sallie Arens Michael and Alexandra Marston Clem Underhill Ray and Dagmar Dolby Cheryl Armstrong and Dan Marks Mary and Adrian Martinez Diane Wilsey FivePoint Teresa and Ralph Bastian Lawrence Maxwell Margaret Hand and John Hartog The Bear Gulch Foundation Jean McCown $5,000-$9,999 The Honorable James C. Hormel Courtney Benoist and Jason Fish Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman Carmel Partners Fran and Bud Johns Stefan Bewley John and Leslie McQuown HJ%% Jon Kannegaard and Patricia Bishop Pine Fund Media Net Link East Bay Regional Park Sandoval Brook Byers MidPen Housing Coalition District Nancy Kittle Carrie Byles MMHBO Francoise Fleishhacker

† Deceased. * Payment on a multi-year grant. ** Total includes new gift and payment on a multi-year grant. # These donors also supported our work in Sonoma County through in-kind donations. 21 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Michael Muscardini Edward and Cathy Topham Sue Schoening Local Food Champions $10,000 Anu Natarajan George Tuttle and Ben Cushman Patricia Shepard Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein Neighbors for Affordable Housing Jaz Zaitlin and Mark Nienberg Richard and Jill Sideman Craig Hartman and Jan O’Brien and Open Space - No on B, Yes Marcus and Ann Smith Jon and Kitty Harvey on C $500-$999 Margaret Spaulding JaMel and Tom Perkins Nossaman LLP David and Janet Azevedo Soren Spies Toni Rembe and Arthur Rock One Maritime Plaza Barbara Baksa and Andrew Lesley Stansfield Laney and Pasha Thornton Robert and Anne-Jette Oxenburgh Spafford Prescott and Susy Stone Diane B. Wilsey Palo Alto Housing Corporation Albert and Shannon Bracht Erik Strahm Urban Advocates $7,500 Diane Parish and Paul Gelburd California Theater Richard Swig Linda Jo Fitz Will and Julie Parish John and Nancy Cassidy Richard Taylor and Tracy Grubbs Recology Inc. Jay and Carolyn Paxton Susan Chapman Jeffrey Thompson Michele Perrault Steven and Georgia Chun Isabel Wade and Jan Chernoff Vineyard Patrons $5,000 Pfau Long Architecture Ltd. Joan and Clarence Coleman Ralph Warner Anonymous Ellie Phipps Price and Chris Towt Daniele and Janine De Iuliis Effie Westervelt Andy and Sara Barnes Barbara and Jerry Pierce Roland Dreier and Bina Robert Wieckowski Blum Family Fund Naomi Porat Bhattacharyya Brisbane Baylands Mary Prchal Peter Ferris SAVOR THE GREENBELT Carmel Partners Prologis Sara Griffith Savor the Greenbelt is our annual Dignity Health Robert and Patricia Raburn Kate Godfrey and Robert Colley fundraising event to support East Bay Regional Park District Toby and Sally Rosenblatt/The Patricia Greene Greenbelt Alliance’s programs. Hanson Bridgett LLP James Irvine Foundation William Haas Ellie Phipps Price and Chris Towt The San Francisco Giants James and Claudia Harrison Event Co-Chairs Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Save Mount Diablo David and Jane Hartley Jon and Kitty Harvey SKS Partners The Schmitz-Fromherz Family Fund Alfred and Ruth Heller John Osterweis and Barbara Open Space Sponsors $2,500 Will and Suzanne Schutte Mick and Sabrina Hellman Ravizza Bay Area Rapid Transit District Susan Schwartz and Robert Zucker Deborah Henigson Levitt Tom and Mary Brickley Deborah and Harvey Shein Andrea Mackenzie Honorary Co-Chairs BRIDGE Housing Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Andy and Julie Mascheroni Patricia Dinner Gibson Dunn Patrick Siegman Laura and Robert McCreery Michelle Kaufmann Maribelle and Stephen Leavitt Smart Growth America Kelly Moran and Mark Eliot Carolyn Zecca Ferris and Tim Ferris Maximus Real Estate Partners SOMO Living John and Hortensia Nelson Anne Halsted and Wells Whitney Metropolitan Transportation Sunquest Properties, Inc. Judith Olney Lead Sponsor $25,000 Commission Dee and Peter Swanhuyser Charles Rowland Elliot Evers Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Roselyne Swig Peter Sager Google District Anne Teller Santa Clara Valley Open Space John Osterweis and Barbara Peninsula Open Space Trust TMG Partners Authority Ravizza Republic Family of Companies Carolyn and Edwin Tognetti Brian Schmidt

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE DONORS John Osterweis and Barbara The Greenbelt Alliance Leadership Circle is a donor society open to those who give $5,000 Ravizza or more to Greenbelt Alliance during a single fiscal year (October 1 to September 30). Their JaMel and Tom Perkins willingness to champion our core work of creating a more sustainable and inclusive future has a Pisces Foundation real impact on our ability to pursue our mission. Recology Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock To find out more our leadership circle, visit greenbelt.org/leadership-circle or Rich Robbins contact Nora Cullinen [email protected]. The San Francisco Foundation Jonathan and Pam Shields Steve Silberstein Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein The EACH Foundation Craig Hartman and Jan O’Brien Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Anonymous (4) East Bay Regional Park District Jon and Kitty Harvey SKS Partners Applied Materials Foundation Elliot Evers Jeffrey Heller and Lise Jeantet John Sutter Arntz Family Foundation Facebook Urs Hoelzle and Geeske Joel The Swig Foundation Matt and Janice Barger Linda Jo Fitz The James Irvine Foundation Syzygy Foundation Andy and Sara Barnes Francoise Fleishhacker Robert Johnson Porter E. and Helenmae Thompson Brisbane Baylands The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Dan and Mimi Kingsley Foundation Maynard P. and Katherine Z. Foundation Maribelle and Stephen Leavitt Laney and Pasha Thornton Buehler Foundation Fund Lorrie Goldin and Jonathan Meshewa Farm Foundation The Leo S. Walsh Foundation Carmel Partners Marshall The Gordon and Betty Moore Jack Weeden The Mary A. Crocker Trust Google Inc. Foundation Diane Wilsey Lynne Deegan-McGraw Hanson Bridgett LLP New Belgium Family Foundation Yellow Chair Foundation

Thank you to everyone who supported Greenbelt Alliance between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018. Please contact us at 415-543-6771 x325 or [email protected] regarding omissions or edits. 22 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Andrew and Linda Rosenberg Ach SONOMA LEADERSHIP JACK KENT JR. LEGACY Tobin Kendrick Santa Clara Valley Water District COUNCIL SOCIETY DONORS Michelle Koo Larry Simi and Janet Rogers Our Sonoma Leadership Council Jack Kent Jr. Legacy Society Gustav Larsson SummerHill Housing Group is comprised of donors who have members are donors who have Sam Liccardo Sunset Development Company contributed $1,000 or more in named Greenbelt Alliance in their Lawrence Maxwell TMG Partners support of our work in Sonoma will. Michael May Webcor Builders County. Robert and Joyce Miller Windy Hill Property Ventures Faith Allen Elizabeth Nally Nancy Adler and Arnold Milstein Andy and Sara Barnes Betty Nelson Neighborhood Supporters $1,000 Andy and Sara Barnes George Tuttle and Ben Cushman Isabel Santos Anonymous (2) Teresa and Ralph Bastian Tina Duong Sue Schoening Brook Byers Tim and Gaynor Brown John Erskine† J. Donald Seaver Claudine Cheng Lynne Deegan-McGraw Margaret Hand and John Hartog Patrice Shaffer The Core Companies Patricia Dinner Wendy Marinaccio Husman and Kurt Shaver Patricia Dinner Linda Dodwell Dan Husman Marcus and Ann Smith Eden Housing Dagmar Dolby Fran and Bud Johns John Spallone Noreen Evans Jean and James Douglas Robert Johnson Peter Khoury and Amy Tanner Nancy Evers Kirwan Elliot Evers Jeffrey Jue Ruth Tretbar Bonnie Fisher and Boris Dramov Carolyn Zecca Ferris and Timothy Patricia Kaspar† Russell and Claire Urzi Douglas and Kaatri Grigg Ferris Mary Kent† Rick L. Wood and Mary Group I Linda Jo Fitz Bonnie Killip Bourguignon Habitat for Humanity Greater SF Douglas and Kaatri Grigg Virginia Rawson Maud Hallin Bob and Caprice Solotar Heller Manus Architects GIFTS IN MEMORY OF Anne Halsted and Wells Whitney Margaret Spaulding Nick Josefowitz Olive and Henry Mayer Craig Hartman and Jan O’Brien Zach Cowan and Sarah Stadler Jean McCown Mark Redar Donna Halow and Paul Luca Celia Thompson Taupin Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman Katharine Rexroth Leavitt David Hearth and Lauren Hall Paul and Dorothy Wachter Walter McGuire and Colleen Mark Weinberger McCarty John Kriken Patricia Wolfe† MidPen Housing Coalition Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt Betsy York Anu Natarajan John and Sandra Leland GIFTS IN HONOR OF Janet Byron and Steve Price Natural Resources Defense Council John Mackie and Kate Ecker GREENBELT GUARDIANS Bob Johnson The Nature Conservancy Jake and Barbara Mackenzie MONTHLY DONORS Wesley Footracer Nossaman LLP Adrian and Mary Martinez The Greenbelt Guardians are Marlene Frantz The Oxenburgh Family Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman donors who committed to making Kieffer Katz Palo Alto Housing John and Leslie McQuown automatic contributions each Ken Lavin Pfau Long Architecture Michael and Kate Muscardini month to Greenbelt Alliance. Brian Schmidt Barbara and Jerry Pierce Jay and Carolyn Paxton Matthew Vander Sluis Naomi Porat Tom and JaMel Perkins Faith Allen Alex Westoff Laurel Prevetti Thomas Peters and Elizabeth Brian and Debbie Auerbach Prologis Brown Thomas Ayres Robert and Patricia Raburn Ellie Phipps Price and Chris Towt Bob and Carol Berman IN-KIND DONATIONS Alice and Bill Russell-Shapiro Toby and Sally Rosenblatt Robert Besso Colby Red Wine San Francisco Giants Jean Schulz Theresa Sweeney and James Cowgirl Creamery Will and Suzanne Schutte Michele and Richard Stratton Blanchard Lynne Deegan-McGraw Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Dee and Peter Swanhuyser Joe Buhowsky Frog Hollow Farm SOMO Living LLC Roselyne Swig Janet Byron Groom Wines Michele and Richard Stratton Anne Teller Kristen Clements Hafner Vineyard Peter Sullivan Laney and Pasha Thornton Caroline Cooper Jon Harvey The Swanhuyser Family Fei Tsen and Wayne Lew Camille Cusumano Jackson Family Wines Steve Westly George Tuttle and Ben Cushman Jim and Laura Dekloe Kathryn Kennedy Winery Senator Robert Wieckowski and Ann Dolyniuk Lagunitas Brewing Company Sue Lemke Simms Duncan Loxton Cellars Wilson Meany Dale Engle Oliver Ranch Foundation Carolyn Zecca Ferris and Timothy Megan Fluke Medeiros Arvind Patel Ferris Mark Gion Barbara Ravizza Valerie Glass Rodney Strong Vineyards Greenbelt Ambassadors $500 Karl Goldstein Scharffenberger Cellars Robert Lawrence Steve Greenberg Schlein Family Vineyard Dan Marks Eric Haas Schramsberg Vineyards Santa Clara Valley Open Space Wendy Marinaccio Husman and Celia Tejada and Alberto Solis Authority Dan Husman Laney and Pasha Thornton Richard Swig Frances Kaplan Volker Eisele Family Estate Wattle Creek Winery † Deceased. * Payment on a multi-year grant. ** Total includes new gift and payment on a multi-year grant. # These donors also supported our work in Sonoma County through in-kind donations. 23 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 thank you to $100-$249 Marianne Emblad Cynthia Long Patricia Showalter our donors Karen and Robert Abra Dale Engle John and Sarah Lowry John Shuler Judy Adler Stephen and Anne Englert Leon and Helen Luey Bob and Wendy Singley Timothy Allclair Linus Eukel Eve Armentrout Ma Shirley Skaredoff $250-$499 Howard Arendtson and David Jean Evans Gail Macgowan Steven and Deb Slotsky Thorsten Anderson Bigham Whitney and Jeanette Evans Peter and Carole Main Ted Smith Eric Antebi Kevin Armstrong Arleen Feng Carolyn Malmstrom Anthony Smrdeli Brian and Debbie Auerbach Thomas Ayres Robert Friedman Bob and Diane Malucelli Karl and Michele Snover Erica and John Baccus Peter Bacchetti Herbert and Alice Fischgrund Ana Manwaring and David Elizabeth Sojourner Karen Blodgett Bob Barrett and Linda Atkinson Pamela and Dennis Fisco Prothero Annie Somerville and Zach Stewart Michael Boom Alec S. and Sharon B. Bash Earl Flage Elizabeth Marcus Martha Stampfer Ida Braun Carole Bayer Pat Flores and Dell Martin Andy Mardesich Elisa Stancil and Charles Levine California Health Care Foundation Wendy Bear Mary and Tom Foote Susan Margolis Donald Stang and Helen Wickes Arthur Richard Carter Meg Beeler and Thomas R. Von Alan Forkosh Jeffery Matsuoka Jenifer Steele Daniel Casabonne Tersch Dietrich and Gloria Freytag Lewis May Elizabeth Storey Eunice Childs Edward and Mildred Bennett Julianne Adams Frizzell Ted Mazzone Jack Swearengen John and Janet Creelman Keith and Atsuko Bennett Ed Fry Brennan Mcbride and Brenda So Theresa Sweeney and James Cornelia Diessner Bob and Carol Berman Ellen Garber and Glenn Hunt John Mccarthy and Kathryn Blanchard Bruce Dodd Janet Bertaina Ilana Gauss Barnhart Gary Thompson Daniel Drake and Lee Steinback- Robert Besso Mark Gion Pete McFarland Bracey and Richard Tiede Drake Sandra and Bruce Beyaert Karl Goldstein Mary Mcglone Diane Toby and Jeff Lea Simms Duncan Alan Billingsley Paul Goldstein and Dena Mossar Peter Mcnally Terry Toranto Ted Eliot Emily Blanck Judy Gong Kathleen and Paul Meagher Annie Trouve and Robert Gael and Len Erickson Kimberly and Simon Blattner Frederick and Marilyn Goode Megan Fluke Medeiros Beaumont Mark Evanoff Randall Block Nelson Graburn Lee Mei Phyl Van Ammers Antony Fields Mollie Boero Hugh Graham Dan Melin Dale and Maryellen Vander Sluis John Fisher Jr. Roberta Borgonovo Theodore and Martha Griffinger Robert Meyers Varsity Technologies Jim Fisher Chip Bouril and Penny Proteau Lawrence Grossman Lisa Micheli The Villages Hiking Club Renata Gasperi David and Eva Bradford Eric Haas Susan Millar Paul and Dorothy Wachter Donna Gerber Yvette Bradstreet Thomas Hagler Robert and Joyce Miller Lorna Wallace Valerie Glass Bright Funds Foundation David Hamilton and Nancy Huneke Robert and Kay Moline Dieter and Susan Walz David Goldstein and Julia John Broughton George Hamma Ron Morrison Douglass and Gretchen Warner Vetromile Phyllis Browning Frede Hammes Matthew Morse and Susan Kathy Weinberger Leslie Gould Carol Breslin Paul Hammes and Audrey Kass Mattmann Judy Weiss Charles Gresham Joe Buhowsky Douglas Hanks Kristi Mortensen Kathleen Wesner Amit Haller David Burch Gary Hedden Sam Naifeh Robert and Karen Wetherell David Herron Janet Byron Joyce Hendy Robert and Nancy Neff Markin Whitman Brian Hirahara Jerry Cahill and Kathleen King Henry D. Hilken and Cynthia A. Betty Nelson Elizabeth Wierzbianska Kip and Sara Howard Richard Caine Allman Jane Nielson Frederick Williams Bill and Lynda Hutton California Wildlife Foundation Jan Hintermeister William Nisbet Judy Wobleski Louis I. Jaffe and Kitty Whitman Richard Caplin Jeff Hobson Rick Nordensten Marian F. Wolfe and Scott S. Emily Kenyon and David E. Lipsky Brian Carr Kirsten R. Holmquist Elizabeth O’Donoghue and Jon Scheffler Mardi Kildebeck Garth Casaday Lorraine Honig Goldberg Rick L. Wood and Mary Lawrence and Lori Lapides Myra Chachkin Jock and Molly Hooper Philip Obbard Bourguignon Sue and Peter Latourrette Harry Chomsky Amy Huang Jan Ogren Karen Woodbeck Doug and Susan Linney Carol Christensen Chenming Hu Lester Olmstead-Rose W. Scott Woods David Madson Alice Cleveland William Hudson Charles Olsen Ko Yamamoto Laura Mahanes and Steven David and Marion Cohen Janet Frances Huseby and Robert Dick Otter Kelly Yoon Weissman Fred Coito Jr. Selden Smith Susan E. Palo and Eric Schroeder Beth Zelinski Thomas and Virginia McKone Richard Colton Dan Husman and Wendy David and Karen Paradise Linda Zwerdling and Joel Berger Vicki Moore and Scott Chan Caroline Cooper Marinaccio Husman Linda K. Persson and James Little Josh Myerberg Dale Cooper Stacy and Keith Jackson Kenneth Peters Up to $100 Noel and Penny Nellis Vanessa Cornell Mark Janofsky Leslie Peterson Kenny Abiko Hope and Jack Nisson Susan E. Coryell and Bruce M. Martha Johnson Jim Phillips D. Mark Abrahams Matthew O’Grady and Steve Van Penrod Mil and Kelly Karstens Gary and Jean Pokorny Anne Ackerman Landingham Wendy Cosin Jenny Kassan Steve and Dorrie Pollock Susan Adamson Heather Olinto Candis Cousins Tobin Kendrick Rebecca Pollon Karen and Ken Adelson Maxine Papadakis Linda Craig Peter Khoury and Amy Tanner Rita Poppenk Steven Aiello Michael Parrish and Karen Giles John D. Cremin Jr. James Kim Stephen Popper Dave Alden James Paxson Colette Cussary Jean King Marcia and Robert Popper Andrew Aldrich Mal Warwick Donordigital Janet Dahlsten Frederic Knapp Wally Ransom Faith Allen Philanthropic Fund Edward Darland W. Dale Knutsen and Marjorie Jim Richards Alison Amonette Vadim and Tetyana Pokotylo Harvey Darnell Yasueda Rick and Allyson Rickard Nick and Marcia Anton Alan Robin and Connie Levi Linda Davis Gerald and Rosette Koch Alyne Robino Jim Apriletti Richard Rollins Laura De Jesus Dave and Sharon Koehler Ken and Catherine Rockwell Sara Atkins Ilana Schatz and David Lingren Donna Dediemar David Kostiner James and Esther Roitman Wilma Austern Carolyn Schour Kyle Dewolfe Earl W. Koteen R. William Rosenfeld and Suzanne Araceli Avalos J. Donald Seaver Mary Dodge Bill Krumbein M. Rubel Lawrence and Jane Baack Patrice Shaffer Shannon Dodge and Mark Jim Kuhl Polly Rosenthal Rosemary Bacy Ron and Judy Smalley Mccaustland Carol Lane Tod Rubin and Catherine Corey Wate and Johanna Bakker Meghan Starkey Katherine Dollard Katherine Larsen David and Susan Russell Zelda Barnett United Way Ann Dolyniuk Gustav Larsson Margaret Salenger-Haywood and Russell and Claire Urzi Richard and Linda Domholt Tienne E. Lee and Steven Nierlich Peter Haywood Sara Barz and Ian Ratzer Mark Van Loon Michael and Catherine Dorman Philip Lenna Beverly and Phil Sanders Irene A. Beardsley and Dan S. Joseph and Faith Walton Kay and William Duffy Kent Lewandowski Judith Sarason Bloomberg Paul and Patricia Ward-Dolkas Jeannie Duisenberg Greg and Tamara Lewis Mary Kent Schardt Emily Benner Warren Watkins and Janis Cynthia Dusel-Bacon and Charles Sam Liccardo Richard Schechter Betty Bernstein Harwood Grattan R. Bacon Norman and Florence Lind Erik Schoennauer Beverly and Mark Birnbaum Eileen and David Westerbeke Michael Eaton and Charity Kenyon Bonnie Lindahl Kurt Shaver Georgianne Black Gretchen Whisenand Paul and Anne Ehrlich Jonathan Livingston Anne Shelley Connie Bloch James R. Yurchenco and Amy Joseph Ehrman III Kathryn Liston Joan Sherlock Richard Bloom and Bridget Mccoy Lauterbach Linda and Jerry Elkind Norman and Marion Livermore Teri Shore Terry and Peter Bloomsburgh Randall Bluestone

Thank you to everyone who supported Greenbelt Alliance between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018. Please contact us at 415-543-6771 x325 or [email protected] regarding omissions or edits. 24 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Burt Bogardus Ann Faut Heather Jones Angela Moskow Peggy and Ronald Shapera Anna Bolla Kathryn Feinberg Keasley Jones Bonnie Moss Judith Shaw Kate W. Bolton and Paul Siri Thomas and Pauline Ferrito Tevis Jones Margaret Moster Stephen Shimm Nicholas Bonnell Anthony Ferro Chuck Jungeberg Kelly Mraz Lawrence Shubert and Julie Lustig Jan Boudart Howard Fields Judy Kahle Robert and Nancy Mueller Martin and Ellen Silge Cyril Bouteille Nicholas Fisher Fred and Wendy Kahn Edward Munyak Cailin Simi Jessica Brennan Amie Fleming Daniel Kalb Claire and Don Murphy Jonathan Singer Stuart Brennan Christel Fliss Kitty Kameon Elizabeth Nally Ellen and Gary Sirbu Veronica Breuer Alexander Florence Frances Kaplan Edward Nauss John Skeels Winslow and Ann Briggs Frank and Kirsten Flynn Robert and Carolyn Karis Howard Neckel Samantha Slarskey Shirley Brim Sam L. Foushee and La Rae Karlyn and Jim Lewis Theresa Nelson and Bernard R. Doris Sloan Greg Brockbank Schneider Phyllis Karsten Smits Jeffrey and Connie Smyser Pamela Brown Oliver and Lolita Frank Judith Katz Linda Newton Neil Solomon Charles S. Bryant and Mary Norton Betsy and Tony Fraser-Smith Warren D. Keller and Jo Anne Anne and Sam Ng Bob and Caprice Solotar Elinor Buchen Robert Freedman Keller Linh Nguyen Laurie Soman Christopher Buckley Michael Frisbie Charles Kennard Kenneth C. Nitz Carol Somkin Mary Lou Cachero Urszula Frydman Gregory Kimball Carol and George Nobori Pat Sotelo Willard and Judy Campbell Joan Garbarino and Steen Jensen David and Mary Kimble Barbara Noparstak and Duane William Spagnola Donna Caplin Marta Gasoi and Steve Patton Max Kirkeberg G. Bay John Spallone Thomas Carlino Genentech Kara Kister Camille Nowell Andrew Standley Kristin Carlson Kenneth and Elizabeth Giannotti Christopher and Lizabeth Klein Michael and Bonnie O’halloran Erin Stanton John Carpenter Dale Gieringer and Alice Agogino Ron Kline Colette O’Keeffe Susan Steinberg and Dennis Barry and Millie Chauser Pat and Louise Gilley Patricia Kline and Jill Mcintire Sannie Osborn Herzog Gail Cheeseman Paul Glassner Deanna Knickerbocker Kurt Oetiker Adam Stern William and Von Chen Naomi Glina Lori Kohlstaedt Judith Offer Jurgen and Madeline Strasser Nancy Cherniss Gina Gold Michelle Koo Jean Okuye John Sulzbach Paul and Marijane Chestnut Leah Gold and Scott Landers Bill and Susan Krawetz Bill and Judy Orttung Joshua Switzky Ian Church Roger Goldberg Dave and Maureen Kyllonen Julio Ozores Jean-Luc Szpakowski and Gloria Michael Clancy Ralph Goldsticker Ginny Laibl Peggy Parker Polanski Kristen Clements Claudia Gonzalez Judith Lamberti Tara Pavis Nancy Terranova Jeannie Clements and Gerald Natasha Granoff Jane Lamph Jeffrey Pekrul Don Thomas Griffin David Green Joan Lamphier Florina Petkova Jerry Thornhill Lisa Coelho Helen Green Mark Landerghini Le Pham Jan Tomsic Colin Coffey Robert Green Joseph Lang Richard Poley Jill Tracy Eleanor Cohen Steve Greenberg Cliff Lardinois Joyce Pollack Ruth Tretbar Jocelyn Cohen Leah Greenblat Mary Lavelle Virginia Preston Katherine Triest Mitch Cohen and Karen Herb and Norma Grench Curtis Lawler Jean Quirk Wendy L. Turner Gottdenker Loyal and Joyce Griffin Andrew Leavitt Carol Quitmeyer Thomas J. Tyler and Cheryl A. Annette and Mike Cohn Jeanette Griffiths Edward and Carol Lee Nancy Rader and Dick Norgaard Fields Tyler Huguette Combs Claire Grosshans Wendell Lehr Catharine Ralph Joan Uhlig Paul and Celia Concus Aaron Grossman Tim Leveen Ann and Joe Ranish Claudette Van Gordon-Finzel Randall Cook Joseph Grubb Howard Levin Sheila Raymond Mathias and Cornelia Van Thiel Ann and Clyde Coombs Richard Guarienti Jaimie R. Levin and Jane Wise Margaret Reeves John Vander Sluis Larry and Patricia Coons Rita Haberlin David Lewis Jon Reiter Richard Vanderlugt Garen Corbett Penny Haberman Sherman and Alison Lewis Steven and Katherine Resnik Laurie Vollen Zena Corcoran Healy Hamilton William Lidicker Willard and Nancy Richards David Vossbrink Sandra Cormier Mike Hammes Karin Liedtke Guy Riddle Dorothy Walker Jane and Thomas Coulter Oren Hanner Heide M. Linsmayer and Bernard Amy Ridings Stephen Walker Carolyn Cox Margaret Harding Weiner Penelope Rink and Frederick Toth Linda Walls Camille Cusumano David and Susan Harnden Roman Lobianco Gwen Rino Judith Walsh Tracy Da Lomba Brent Harris Guy and Darline Lohman Drew and Margaret Robarts Yiwei Wang Barbara and Peter Dahl Mary Harte Doris Lopez Jeanne Robertson Liz Watson Barbara G. Dahl Stephen P. Hatchett and Phyllis A. Elaine Lum Tom Robinson Don Weden Willard Dakin Lasche Cynthia Lund Dennis and Judy Rodoni David and Elaine Wegenka Chris and Dana Daubert Billi Haug William Lundgren Thomas Rogers Russell Weisz and Judith Carey Sara Davani Richard Hawley Rick Luttmann Jay and Melvin Rosenthal Tes Welborn James J. Davis III and Gail Davis Sara Hayes Gregory Magofna Chris Hatfield Rucker Forest Weld Karla Dayton Walter and Kay Hays Melissa Majewski James and Marion Russell Gary Wendt-Bogear Don and Neysa De Fremery Susan Hiestand Denise Mangiapane Joyce Rybandt George Westfall Alejandro De Jesus Amy Henson Sandra Martensen and Alan Selby Ed Sa Bill White Ann Del Simone Deborah Hernandez Debra Martin Oliver and Patricia Saffir William White Glen and Georgene Deardorff Valerie and Richard Herr Sebastian Martin Mary Salmon Kathleen Whitney Jamie Degeorge Susan Hevrdejs Sandra Martyn Salesforce Marilyn Williams Jim and Laura Dekloe John and Nancy Hewitt Barbara Matas Isabel Santos Mercedes Williams David Depew Steve Hibshman Carol Mattsson Mark Sapiro Cleon Winter Helen and Raj Desai Alison Hill Nelson Max Marilyn Sargent R. Witon William and Sarah Devlin Michelle Hills and Steven Stielstra Michael May Julie Satchel Nathaniel Wyatt and Sarah Chrysteen Diskowski Daniel Hoffman Steve and Lynne Mcadam Cynthia Sawtell Sweedler C. Doerr Anita Holmgren Melinda Mccutcheon Ceil Scandone Glenn Yoshioka Carrie Dovzak John Holtzclaw Derek Mcgreal Karen Schaffer and Michael Ward Greg Yost Dolores Duenas and Allan Barney Hope Susan and Ralph McKuhen Heath Massey Schenker Dahlquist Perry Hopkins Shelly Mclaughlin Marvin Schinnerer Barbara and Dick Eandi Theresa and Richard Horrigan John Mercurio Cynthia Schmidt Michelle Eaton Steven F. Horwitz and Bonnie Alice Meyers Dana Schmidt Laurie Eberhard Sanders William Milestone Kathy Schmidt Dee Eduardo Alan Houser Ann Millward Helen Nancy Schneider Swanee Edwards William B. Hull Patricia Jean Minor Sarah Schulman Frank Eldredge Kathryn Hyde Christine Molinaro Steve Schultz and Anastasia Nicole Merritt and Marion Elmore Gail Jackson Carol Moll Betty Seaton Benjamin Emery Carol Jennings Janet Monks Donald and Rosanne Seratti Janet Falk Jon Johnsen Stephanie Mooers Gerald M. Serventi and M. Susan Sylvia Fandel Andreas Jones Sheila Morrissey Straub Serventi

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