We would like to introduce our 2024 Leadership Team, the Executive Committee of the Woods and Wetlands Group (ExCom). 

Serving as ExCom officers this year are Doug Ower, chair; Mitch Siegel, vice chair; and Diane Stark, treasurer. Additional ExCom members are Jim DeNomie, Marta Guzman, Dulce Ortiz, and Vance Wyatt.

ExCom supervises the activities of the Group, raises and manages funds, and appoints committee chairs. ExCom members also represent the Group at meetings for the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club. 

Diane Ower is the Group’s secretary (non-elected, non-voting).

Chairing the standing committees that coordinate group activities are:

• Jay Futterman, Conservation
• Vance Wyatt, Membership
• Linda Tilton and Doug Ower, Speaker Programs
• Diane Stark and Doug Ower, Political Committee
• Diane Stark and Doug Ower, Political Field Team

All Sierra Club members are welcome to attend and participate in ExCom meetings, which are held the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. via Zoom. See the Woods & Wetlands calendar for details.

Image: By Diane Stark