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Walter T. Moore, President

Walter Moore became president of POST on July 1, 2011, succeeding retiring president Audrey C. Rust. He joined POST as general counsel in 1995, later serving as vice president (1997-2006) and executive vice president (2006-2011) overseeing all functions of the Land department including acquisition, management and disposition of all POST properties. Since joining POST he has been responsible for more than doubling the amount of open space land POST has protected, from just under 30,000 acres to more than 70,000 acres.

Prior to coming to POST, Mr. Moore was an associate with the law firm of Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean, in Palo Alto, where he specialized in real estate transactions and litigation. He serves on the board of the California Council of Land Trusts, former chair of the Bay Area Open Space Council, and founding member of the Land Trust Alliance Leadership Council. Active in the local community, he is a member of the Palo Alto University Rotary Club and a trained docent with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Mr. Moore received his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, and his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Tricia B. Suvari, Esq, Vice President, Acquisition and General Counsel

Ms. Suvari joined POST in 2012 and is overseeing the acquisition, leasing and transfer of POST properties. She has more than 20 years experience in legal transactions and compliance. Prior to coming to POST, Ms. Suvari was the general counsel at CV Therapeutics and held various senior legal staff positions at Genentech. She has also served as a board member or consultant to several non-profit organizations.
Ms. Suvari received her law degree from Harvard Law School and her bachelor of science degree in geology and geophysics from Yale College.
Anne M. Trela, Vice President, Advancement

Ms. Trela joined POST in 2007 and is responsible for all fundraising, communications, public relations and marketing activities. She has been involved in non-profit marketing and development for more than 15 years. Prior to coming to POST, Ms. Trela served for eight years as director of Development Marketing and Communications at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. She also held similar positions at the Children's Health Council and Stanford University Office of Development. She began her career working in strategic planning for the Walt Disney Company.
Ms. Trela holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University.
Paul Ringgold, Vice President, Land Stewardship

Mr. Ringgold joined POST in 1999 undertaking various land acquisition projects.
He continues in this role as well as being responsible for land stewardship planning and land management oversight. Prior to coming to POST he was a policy research associate at the Pinchot Institute of Conservation in Washington, D.C and served
as a land manager and ecosystem research program director with the University of Washington. Mr. Ringgold holds a Master of Forest Science degree from
Yale University.
Heather Kantor, Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Kantor joined POST in August 2010. Prior to coming to POST, Ms. Kantor was the CFO/VP of Finance & Operations at several local non-profits including the Marine Science Institute and Business for Social Responsibility. Prior to her non-profit work, Ms. Kantor was the VP of Supply Chain Finance at Gap Inc. and a senior auditor at Coopers & Lybrand in Boston, where she received her CPA. Ms. Kantor started her career as a park naturalist and environmental educator. Ms. Kantor holds a Master in Business Administration from Simmons College in Boston, a Master in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University and a Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
Linda Chin, Director, Donor Engagement

Ms. Chin joined POST in January 2012. Prior to coming to POST, she served as Director of Development at Abilities United in Palo Alto. Ms. Chin started her career as a speech and language therapist and was a community leader in the Los Altos School District. Ms. Chin holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Ms. Chin has her CFRE credential.
Marc Landgraf, Director, External Affairs

Mr. Landgraf joined POST in 2008 and is responsible for coordination with our key conservation partners. Prior to coming to POST, he served as field representative with the Trust for Public Land on California's central coast, and as land protection specialist with the American River Conservancy. Before coming to the non-profit world, Mr. Landgraf served as a design engineering manager at Intel Corporation. Marc holds a bachelor's from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and a master's from the University of California, Davis.
Jeanine Crider, Director, Planned Giving

Ms. Crider joined POST in 2013. She has worked with several science and environmental non-profits near Portland, Oregon. For seven years prior to joining POST, she was part of the planned giving team at Earthjustice in San Francisco. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Linfield College. Ms. Crider is a member of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning and the Northern California Planned Giving Council.
Kathleen Phan, Director, Individual Gifts

Ms. Phan joined POST in 2006 as part of the Annual Giving team and became Director of Major Gifts in 2011. Prior to joining POST, she served as Associate Director of Development at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. Ms. Phan has also worked abroad planning large-scale events and conferences for the international association PROMAX. She is active with the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Silicon Valley. Ms. Phan holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of Oregon.
Diane Cordova, Director, Human Resources

Ms. Cordova joined POST in February 2013 and leads learning and development, employee relations, performance management, and overall employee engagement. She has 20 years of experience in human resources and has held leadership positions in technology, media and Internet companies including Xerox, Imagine Media, and NBCi. She began her career managing human resources for Farella, Braun & Martel, a San Francisco law firm. Ms. Cordova also serves on the Board of Directors of Kid Basix, LLC, an environmentally friendly children’s product company. She holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from UCLA.
Nina Nowak, Director, Marketing and Communications

Ms. Nowak joined POST in 2004 as Campaign Writer for the Saving the Endangered Coast campaign. Prior to coming to POST, she served as Senior Development Writer at Stanford Law School and also worked as a freelance journalist and in publishing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and American language and literature from Harvard University and a Master of Journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.
Abigail Adams, Conservation Easement Program Manager
Court Ballinger, Acquisition Intern
Julie Campbell, Advancement Assistant
Joanne Chiu, Land Associate
Gordon Clark, Conservation Project Manager and Development Officer
Ann Duwe, Lecture Series and Public Relations Manager
Lindsay Dillon, Office Manager
Chrissy Evans, Senior Accountant
Kathryn Hargis, Advancement Project Manager
Dana Hutcheon, Advancement Associate
Brooke Mead, Advancement Assistant
Michelle Mellon, Publications and Public Relations Manager
Katie Morris, Annual Giving Manager
Hillary Nicholson, Advancement Assistant
Maria Paquette, Web and Social Media Manager
Meghan Scanlon, Stewardship Program Manager
Amanda Serenyi, Controller
Neal Sharma, Land Assistant
Elizabeth Thomas, Grants Officer
Noelle Thurlow, Conservation Project Manager
Catherine Waterston, Stewardship Associate