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About CCT
Staff
Brian Ross, Executive Director
Brian moved to CCT following a 27 year career with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), one of the world’s preeminent real estate advisory organizations. Brian, an International Director with JLL, was President of the firm’s Leasing and Management division in the United States. He led the development of repositioning strategies for some of the country’s most notable office towers including the City Center complex in downtown Denver, Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco and US Bank Tower in Seattle. Prior to joining JLL, Brian worked for United States Senator Gary Hart concentrating on natural resource matters. He was directly involved in the negotiations of the 1980 amendment to the Wilderness Act which dramatically expanded federally protected wilderness acreage in Colorado. Brian is a Colorado native. He attended the University of New Mexico for his undergraduate degree and attended graduate school at the University of Colorado’s school of environmental design.
Lloyd Athearn, Deputy Director
Prior to joining CCT, Athearn spent a decade as the Deputy Director of the American Alpine Club, a Colorado-based national association of mountaineers and climbers, where he directed public policy, publishing and conservation-related projects. Before AAC, he served as a lobbyist and risk communicator at the Oregon Health Division, as well as an aide to the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and a Portland ( Oregon ) city commissioner. Lloyd received a B.A. from the University of Oregon with majors in History and Political Science, and he has pursued graduate study in wilderness management through the University of Montana 's School of Forestry.
Chris Herrman, Western Slope Field Director
Prior to joining CCT, Herrman served as Western Region Director of the Land Trust Alliance. In this capacity, he worked to strengthen the land trust movement in the West. Before LTA, Chris worked for the Brandywine Conservancy and the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy. He has been involved in all aspects of private land conservation including planning, protection and stewardship.
Patrick Holmes, Conservation Program Coordinator
Holmes received his Master of Environmental Management Degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies with a focus in conservation finance. Prior to joining CCT, he helped to launch the State of the Rockies Project at Colorado College, serving as the program coordinator there for two years. Patrick has also worked with the Sonoran Institute and the Yale Center for Business and Environment. He is a past fellow of the Kinship Conservation Institute and was selected as the recipient of a Wyss Foundation scholarship for conservation in the Intermountain West.
Leslie Volkar, Marketing and Development Coordinator
Volkar has a B.A. in Advertising and an M.A. in Media Studies from Pennsylvania State University, with a research specialization in nontraditional marketing strategies. Prior to joining CCT, she worked for five years at a Denver-based urban design firm, coordinating marketing, promotion, and event planning efforts.
Lauren Swan, Finance and Administration Coordinator
Prior to joining CCT, Swan served the United States Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa as a Small Business Development Volunteer where she worked mainly in the microfinance sector with entrepreneurial development and women's savings groups. Living in New York City before Peace Corps, she worked for Check Group, LLC as an Executive Assistant and for Reich & Tang Funds in client interface. Lauren has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida and is currently enrolled in the International M.B.A. program at Denver University, where she will concentrate her studies in Environmental Policy and Management.
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