Rich is the Executive Director of The Community Governance Partnership (501c-3), Leadership For Jobs and a New Economy (LJANE/501c-4), and the c3 connected California Organizing Academy which has graduated over 550 community organizers from their trainings throughout California. He founded The Fresno Partnership in 2013 (now the noted Central Valley Partnership), an umbrella organization for 50+ regional c3 and c4 organizations in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. McIntyre was previously NW regional director for The American Land Conservancy (where he managed the Klamath Basin Water Wars and restoration of the Wood River Delta), Water Program Director for Food and Water Watch, and Campaigns Director for the Sierra Nevada Alliance. He has served on national and regional campaign staffs, and managed major campaigns, the most recent a Special Election for the California State Assembly (AD31) in 2016. His work focuses on designing campaigns that establish ground-breaking coalitions to forward environmental protection while highlighting social and environmental justice.

Francesca brings a strong background in research, writing, and administrative task management. A native Washingtonian, Francesca was called to social justice advocacy at an early age. She received a BA in Government from Harvard University with a focus in International Relations, and now applies her skills in our nonprofit work. She has supported multiple watershed cleanup projects, serving BIPOC, low-income communities in the Anacostia, Patuxent, and Potomac River basins.

Earl was the Deputy Director of Watersheds Branch with the Karuk Tribe Dept. of Natural Resources for many years. He received a B.S. from Humboldt State University in 1997. His passion for restoration began in 1985 when he joined the California Conservation Corps. With his partners and dedicated staff in the Six Rivers National Forest he planned and implemented road decommissioning projects throughout the southern portion of the Karuk Aboriginal Territory until 2015, when they literally ran out of roads to decommission! He is dedicated to California tribes inherent right in protecting, promoting, and preserving the cultural/natural resources and ecological processes upon which tribal communities depend.