Meet The Board of Directors

Karen Cox - Vice-Chair
Nevada City, CA
Karen has had a long career with the San Francisco Public Library. She is currently board member and vice-president of the Rural Quality Coalition and has served as the Conservation Chair with the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Sally Ferguson
Boise, Idaho
Sally grew up in Portland, Oregon, where her love of the outdoors grew, spending as much time as possible on skis or hiking and backpacking in nearby wild lands. “Winter sports are my first love,” she said, “so moving to Idaho was a natural for me.” She moved to Idaho in 1978 and to Boise in the late 1980s where she encountered the nascent Winter Wildlands Alliance. She was their first Grassroots Program Director and, for the next 6 years, she developed an impressive national network that now includes 26 groups in 11 states. She is currently working for the Student Conservation Association, which is a national organization that coordinates college and high school internships with land management agencies. "We're focused on developing generations that will have conservation values," she said. Sally brings her passion for wilderness values along with a wealth of experience in event organizing, grassroots fund raising, and volunteer coordinating.

Libby Ingalls
San Francisco, CA
Libby has had a long career in museum work and is now spending time hiking, backpacking and studying botany. She is a long-time member and Board member of Broads.

Saralaine Millet
Tucson, AZ
Saralaine soaked up wilderness lore as a child from her father who worked as a surveyor in the Everglades. She took her own first wilderness hikes in the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina, and enjoyed exploring Sahara desert wadis in Egyptian Nubia in the sixties. While raising three kids in Toronto, she served on the Board of Directors of La Leche League Canada, and is currently a volunteer at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a native plant enthusiast and xeriscape gardener at her home in the Arizona Upland section of the Sonoran Desert west of Tucson.

Donna Smith - Secretary
Washington, DC
After spending five years as legislative counsel for California Representative Susan Davis, and a previous 16 years in education as a teacher and administrator, Donna retired in 2005. Donna now devotes her time to her passions: the environment, music, and her grandchildren. During her tenure as legislative counsel, Donna handled what she refers to as the three Es: environment, energy, and education. Donna's strong legal and legislative background has already proven to be helpful as Broads develops strategies to improve public lands management policies and protect more wilderness-quality lands. Donna's proximity to "The Hill" also allows her to speak as a representative of Broads to various congressional leaders and attend important hearings when necessary.

Lois Snedden - Chair
Reno, NV
Lois has been a wilderness and wild lands activist for more than 25 years. In 1982, she embarked on a volunteer career with the Sierra Club where she led local and national outings, chaired the Toiyabe Chapter (in Reno), and held most chapter positions including political, state legislative, and fundraising. She served a three-year term on the Sierra Club Board's Executive Committee. No longer on the Sierra Club board, she now focuses her efforts on desert issues, including the siting of transmission lines and solar power plants, and on mining. And she serves on the Steering Committee for the California-Nevada Regional Conservation Committee as Nevada Vice-Chair.

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