Wyoming Chapter Board

Chapter Chair

Casper, WY

My name is Debra Park and I’ve always lived in the west. My great-grandparents farmed in Iowa and homesteaded in Wyoming’s Bear Lodge, but my parents escaped the cold winters and moved to LA where I was born in 1956. Home has been Belle Fourche, Reno, Riverton, and now Casper.

My interests include travel, cycling, camping, the arts, and hiking. In 2018, we hiked a 100-mile trail in Scotland. Hiking also brought me to the Sierra Club where I could experience the more remote parts of Wyoming with new friends. The outings were just what I’d hoped; then I started volunteering. 

I had always felt it was wrong to damage beautiful places like Lake Tahoe just to satisfy human greed. I want to help prevent that kind of devastation here by volunteering, staying informed, speaking out, and encouraging new members. Still, nothing refreshes my soul like a Sierra Club outing in the wilds of Wyoming.

Vice Chair

For nearly 30 years, Kyle has worked for Wyoming PBS as a director of photography, editor, and documentary producer, as well as serving as Production Services Manager.  His productions have won a variety of awards, including four Regional Emmys including “Glaciers of the Winds”, 2018, which looks at the changing landscape of the glaciers in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains.  Prior to his work in Wyoming, Kyle spent 9 years in the production and engineering departments of the ABC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio.  His move to Wyoming was partially due to his love for the mountains.  Growing up with an environmentally conscious family, he became enthralled with a love of the land  and a hope to help preserve it while encouraging sustainable growth, and protecting public lands and wildlife. 

Treasurer

Bio coming soon!

Secretary

Andrew Schneider is a passionate advocate for enhancing the climate for arts and culture, drawing from his diverse experiences in community engagement and sustainability. With a background in creative placemaking, Andrew understands the power of harnessing community engagement to foster environmentally sustainable spaces and vibrant local economies. His involvement in municipal climate action planning and commitment to combating climate change at a grassroots level align seamlessly with the Sierra Club's mission. Andrew envisions Wyoming as a beacon of deep democracy and regenerative practices, where every voice is heard, and every ecosystem thrives. He believes in building equitable partnerships and drawing power to the local level to protect Wyoming's natural environment from industrial development and advance a more inclusive economy.

Outings Program Leader

Ellen is a paleontologist who studies how ancient plants, and the insects who ate them, responded to climate change. Through her work, she fell absolutely in love with the badlands of Wyoming  (so much so that she moved here in 2014), and she learned that the rate of global warming that is occurring today is unprecedented in Earth's 4.6 billion year history. These were her primary motivations for joining the Sierra Club Wyoming Chapter Board, in 2019. Ellen is a leading advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusivity in paleontology, and she is delighted by the Sierra Club's recent focus on social justice. Ellen's favorite outdoor activities are camping, hiking, XC skiing, commuting by bike, looking at rocks, and imagining what the landscape looked like when those rocks were forming. 

Fundraising Committee Chair

Lisa recently retired from seven years as a sustainability coordinator for a Wyoming health care facility. Making a difference for the environment 
and working with like minded individuals was a rewarding part of her work. She shares the Sierra Club's values and goals, hoping to protect wild places
for future generations. Trained as a dietitian, she has a passion for the impact of food systems on the environment and the intersection of diet for planet
and human health. After 35 years of living and recreating in Wyoming, she plans to stay. You may find her hiking, skate skiing and enjoying Wyoming's wild places with family and friends. 

Greg Findley is a long-time environmentalist and climate justice activist/educator who sees a stable climate as the bedrock for a livable future for humans and all other species. He previously was on the Board of the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club, and currently also is on the Wyoming Chapter’s  Energy and Climate Team. He is Director of Climate Change: Learning for Action, the flagship program at online climate education platform Terra.do, where he has helped educate and activate thousands of mid-career Fellows from all over the world to work on climate. He has a BA in English and an MBA, and has also been an entrepreneur and business owner. Until recently, he was CEO of Detour, a sustainable international adventure company founded to ensure that tourism benefits local people, cultures, and ecosystems. He lives in Lander with his wife and two teenage sons, and they all like to get outside to recreate in Wyoming’s beautiful nature as much as possible. 

Bio coming soon!

Bio coming soon!