Organizations Filed Purposes:
FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS IS A VITAL PARTNER TO CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, CREATIVELY WORKING TO ENSURE PARKS AND BEACHES THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND COASTAL SAN MATEO COUNTY ARE THRIVING AND AVAILABLE TO ALL.
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is a vital partner to California State Parks, creatively working to ensure parks and beaches throughout Santa Cruz County and Coastal San Mateo County are thriving and available to all. Friends innovative and collaborative community partnership invests in our cherished state parks and beaches, providing services and funding to support education, equity and inclusion, conservation, facilities improvements, historic preservation and cultural events. Friends: provides visitor services in the parks by Visitor Service Aides (VSAs) and Senior Visitor Service Aides (SVSAs); operates stores in five parks and online; provides revenue for parks improvement projects and funding for Park employees to deliver interpretive services to the public, as well as maintenance services. Friends also provides staff to assist with: fundraising, grant-writing and membership; volunteer recruitment; event and project management; technology; equity and outreach; accounting; strategic planning; and communications and public relations.Specific accomplishments during the past year include, but are not limited to: Provided materials and staffing to keep the public and staff safe in response to the pandemicPartnered on Pigeon Point fog signal building restoration Management of Kids2Parks equity field trip program sign-upsNisene Marks Buzzard Lagoon gate and security projectPartnered on Ao Nuevo fog signal building reroofing; and Substantial progress was made on historic restoration and interpretive planning at the Castro Adobe State Historic Park
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Bonny Hawley | EXECUTIVE DIR. | 40 | $150,830 |
| Taylor Dial | FINANCE DIR. | 40 | $112,006 |
| Eric Van Vliet | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Georgann Scally | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Curt Simmons | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Maggie Mathias | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Barney B Levy Jr | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charlie Kieffer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Newman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stuart Kitayama | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Dorian Seamster | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charlene Duval | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Don Nielsen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nikolara Jansons | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Lauten Fay | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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