Officers
President: Jon Cooper - Geologist, 2nd generation farmer and Carrizo resident
Vice President: Jerry Diefenderfer - County Supervisor (retired), 2nd generation farmer and Carrizo resident
Secretary: Roger Gambs - Professor of Biology (emeritus - Cal Poly SLO)
Treasurer: David Dennis - Teacher (Taft Union High School) and Carrizo resident

Directors:
Cindy Brettschneider - Educator and naturalist from Taft, California
Bill Rolfe (on leave) - Attorney at Law and Carrizo landowner
Jackie Czapla - Artist and Carrizo resident
Mike Malkin - Professor of Performing Arts (emeritus - Cal Poly SLO)
Chuck Jennings - Professor of Art & Design (Cal Poly SLO)
Nancy Ryan - Accountant (retired) Bakersfield, California


In Memoriam:
Kirk Brettschneider (1952 - 2005) - Founding Board Member and Friend of the Carrizo Plain
Ann Chadwick (1932 - 2007) - Goodwin Education Center Coordinator and Carrizo resident



The Friends of the Carrizo Plain is a California (501)c Public Benefit Corporation. The Managing Partners of the Carrizo Plain National Monument are the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy and the California Department of Fish and Game.