Staff & Office Update

Mary Warren, Greg Gamble and Stacy Fisher DFLT Staff Bios

Most people around here take it easy in the summer, but at the Desert Foothills Land Trust we apparently didn't get the message. In the late spring, we were saddened to accept the resignations of staff that have made significant contributions to Desert Foothills Land Trust's work in past years. As described in his retrospective, former Executive Director Mike Rigney has begun working for the Town of Cave Creek. Former Conservation Director Thom Hulen was lured away by the Arizona League of Conservation Voters and is now serving as their new Executive Director, and former Office Manager Kay Vargas decided to take some time off.

As Executive Director, I feel that the Desert Foothills Land Trust is very fortunate to have landed new Conservation Director Stacy Fischer who brings a wealth of talent and energy to our mission. New Member Relations & Operations Manager Mary Warren is already making a big difference in our work. As you may have gathered from Mary's title, we have made some changes in this position to enhance DFLT's service to our members. The goal is to better connect you all with the conservation work that you enable through your financial support.

Regarding the office, Stacy, Mary and I decided to take the opportunity of the staff turnover to do a little spring cleaning in the office. In addition to a new coat of paint and some general freshening, we have been updating our processes and systems to ensure that this organization is working as effectively and efficiently as possible to conserve the desert. With the staff turnover and the overwhelming workload around the time of the 2007 Sonoran Symphony, we have been delinquent in our communications with you and some organizational processes have suffered temporarily. We think we have worked out the kinks now and we apologize if you were impacted by any oversight or delay.

Do stop by and say hello! We generally keep Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm office hours, but all three of us have job duties that take us out of the office so please call first (480) 488-6131 if you plan to stop by.