Board of Directors

Jerry Reese - Vice President

St. Anthony, Idaho

Jerry Reese recently retired as Supervisor of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, where he served for 11 years. Jerry was raised in Idaho and graduated from high school in Idaho Falls. He has a BS in forestry and a MS in range science from the University of Idaho. After graduation he was hired by the U.S. Forest Service, where he worked for 35 years at all levels of the organization throughout the West and Washington DC. His experience is diverse, with conservation- easement experience while District Ranger at the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and lands legislation while in Washington DC. He currently resides in St. Anthony, Idaho, with his wife Barbara. They have been married for 40 years and have two sons: Bruce and Steve. Jerry is currently the president-elect of the St. Anthony Rotary Club and greatly enjoys fly fishing, hunting, skiing and other outdoor activities.

Tim Hopkins - Vice President

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Tim is founder and senior partner at the law firm, Hopkins, Roden, Crockett and Hoopes, PLLC with a considerable portion of his practice devoted to issues involving land use and real estate. He received his law degree from George Washington Law School. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Idaho. He is former Chair of the Board of The Nature Conservancy of Idaho and former president of the United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County and the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce.

Connie Mohr - Secretary

Tetonia, Idaho

Connie is a conservation easement donor and a member of two Massachusetts land trusts. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from Boston College.

Dean Scofield - Treasurer

Wilson, Wyoming

Dean is a professional investment advisor and co-owner of Pinney & Scofield, Inc., an investment firm based in Massachusetts. He is past Board Member of the Stow Conservation Trust and is currently on the finance committee of the Sudbury Valley Trustees, both land trusts in Massachusetts. He plays trumpet in local musical groups and has two sons.

Robin Anderson

Piedmont, CA

Robin Anderson has been in the financial services industry for almost thirty years. She is a financial advisor for high net worth families.  She has many years of experience with nonprofit boards in both finance and fund raising.  She has been a part time resident of Teton Valley since 2002.  She, her husband and her two children presently reside in the Bay Area of California.

Ron Rope

Idaho Falls, Idaho

In 2009, Ron left his position as an Advisory Scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory after 25 years. He was an environmental scientist focusing on environmental monitoring, habitat mapping, habitat use, rangeland health and watershed management using GIS and image analysis applications. He also supported environmental compliance activities at the INL. Ron is Vice President of Environmental Perspectives, Inc., participates in several community organizations, and is an active gardener, musician, tennis player and wine maker.

Glenn Janss

Tetonia, Idaho

Glenn was a resident of Ketchum, Idaho, for 40 years and is currently a resident of Tetonia. She is the founder of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities and the Idaho Heritage Trust, served on the Governor’s Centennial Commission, and chaired the Lasting Legacy Committee. Presently, Glenn is a chairman of the Board of the Idaho Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and is a member of the Global Board of Directors of Nature Conservancy. Glenn also serves as a Consultant to non-profits.

Amy Lientz

Idaho Falls, ID

With 20 years of DOE and commercial nuclear industry experience, Ms. Lientz leads governmental affairs, media relations, public outreach and employee communications with oversight of teams in Washington, D.C., Idaho Falls and Boise. She has worked in management positions in Idaho, Los Alamos, Denver and Hanford. With CH2MHill, Ms. Lientz served as the Idaho Cleanup Project's vice president for Communications and Governmental Affairs before taking a job at the Hanford site, where she served as vice president for Strategic Planning and Outreach for the Central Plateau Project. She worked as a program manager in the commercial nuclear industry where she led the nation's first early site permit and application for a new reactor for Exelon Corporation. Ms. Lientz has served as the president of many not-for-profit community organizations. She is a north Idaho native and has a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Boise State University and a master's degree in industrial engineering from University of Idaho.

Rick Sitts

Island Park, ID and California

Rick Sitts holds a PhD in Ecology from the University of California at Davis and has worked in the ecological and aquatic biology fields.  In addition, Rick has worked evaluating, comparing and selecting multi-million-dollar ecological restoration projects in several California watersheds and conservation easements and land purchases by The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands.  Rick has focused his efforts on the Endangered Species Act compliance and legal contests to avoid jeopardizing threatened or endangered species.  Rick lives in Island Park, Idaho and in California.