Perry and his family have owned a cabin in Dorrington, CA for the past 25 years. Recently he has become involved in a number of forest issues and joined the EPFW Board. Other volunteer activities include: Current Executive Board and Treasurer, Mother Lode Chapter, Sacramento Group, Community Outreach Chair, Sierra Club, Sacramento Group Member, member of the California Sierra Club, Stop Clearcutting Outreach Committee, Member, California Audubon Society, Founding member, and current treasurer, Green Democratic Club of Sacramento

Perry is also an Executive board member and treasurer, Fruitridge Vista Owners Association. He graduated from Cal Poly, SLO and had graduate studies at California State University Sacramento. He retired from the Federal government in 2003 as a Project Manager/Civil Engineer after 31-years of service.

John came to EPFW from a lifetime of activism in various social causes and has been focusing much of his energy recently on preserving the quality of life of Calaveras County. He and his family own a cabin in Big Trees Village north of Arnold. He enjoys hiking in the area and shopping at the ACE hardware store in Arnold. Besides being president of EPFW, John has worked in a garbage bag factory, been a reporter, writer, editor, marketing specialist, web developer, worked in the travel industry, the book publishing business, and high-tech ventures. He hopes to travel to North Dakota someday, the only state he hasn’t visited.

Anne began coming to the Arnold area in 1986 when her parents purchased a cabin in Pinebrook. She moved to Arnold full-time in 1991 and participated in the early meetings in 2000 when SPI began clearcutting around Big Trees Park. She has been a member of EPFW since that time and followed forest issues while on the Board of Lakemont for 6 years and participated in the Forest Service Hathaway Pines Office sponsorship of a Shareholder’s group in 2005-2007. She was actively involved in saving the Lakemont beaver in the mid-1990s and has an interest in returning beavers to the waterways of the Sierras. She has been a member of the Sierra Club since 1983. Anne has worked professionally as a Therapist with a degree in Social Work in Murphys for the past 30 years. As a Social Worker and Earthling, Anne has a lifelong concern with environmental issues, and the now urgent issues forestry management policies informed by climate change, drought, and catastrophic fires. She joined the Board in 2019.

Zerrall was a business owner in Calaveras County for 30 years. Zerrall is currently District 2 Park Commissioner and President of the Foothills Community Park and Recreation Board. She is the president of San Andreas Merchants and was co-chair of Citizens for San Andreas, which updated the San Andreas Community Plan and developed the San Andreas Mobility Plan. She continues to work on issues relating to the San Andreas community. Zerrall served as a Trustee for Calaveras Unified School District for 20 years.

Addie Jacobson has been an active member of Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch since 2000. She has concentrated her support in the areas of policy, strategy and advocacy. Addie looks forward to when California’s private forestlands are all managed responsibly.

Joyce moved to Burson, located in District 1, in 1974. She recently closed Jay Tee Kennels which she operated on her Burson ranch for 45+ years. Joyce has been a community activist since the early 1980s. She has been the President of the non-profit MyValleySprings.com (17 years), Co-Chair of the Community Action Project (CAP) (16 years) and MVS.com has been a member of the Calaveras Planning Coalition (CPC) (16 years). Joyce is a strong believer in Public Participation, especially when it comes to government and planning for development in our communities. EPFW was the driving force behind forming CAP and CPC. They realized that the approaching General Plan Update was going to be very important for all Calaveras County residents. Recently, Joyce volunteered to fill one of the open EPFW Board seats and will serve until the next regular board election. It is vital that EPFW continue its important work.

Agata received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco as a public interest law scholar and a BA in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine. She is a partner in an environmental consulting firm in the Bay Area, providing regulatory compliance support to a diverse base of clients. She also provides legal and strategic planning assistance to non-profit organizations working to protect California’s natural resources. As an avid recreationist, she is interested in the sustainable management of our public and private lands.

She served on the EPFW Board of Directors from 2005 to 2007 and was the Vice President of EPFW during this time. She currently supports EPFW as a director of the Sierra Nevada Film Festival hosted by EPFW (sierrafilmfest.org).

Honorary Board Member, 2022

Past EPFW Treasurer