Rick Timmer, Novato
Position: Chair since 2007
Membership: CWA Life Donor
Profession: Building contractor and land developer in Marin County for 35 years.
Top CWA Interests: member recruitment, youth education, government affairs, and fundraising
Hunting: formerly public refuges and now his own club in the Sacramento Valley
Term Ends: 2010

Bill Wright, Redding
Position: Vice Chair and District 1 Director
Membership: CWA Gold Benefactor
Profession: Licensed Real Estate Broker and founder/owner of Shasta Land Services
Top CWA Interests: hunting regulations, fundraising
Hunting: Northeastern California
Term Ends: 2008

Phil Fischer, Clayton
Position: Secretary-Treasurer
Membership: CWA Life Sponsor
Profession: Manager with Chevron-Texaco Company
Top CWA Interests: public hunters, regulations, Gray Lodge Cleanup
Hunting: Sacramento Valley and Klamath public areas
Term Ends: 2010

Bob McLandress, Woodland
Position: President
Membership: CWA Life Benefactor
Profession: Bob was hired as president of CWA in 1998. Prior to that, he led CWA’s Waterfowl and Wetlands Programs as the department director. With 40 years’ experience in waterfowl research and management in both Canada and the United States, he has broad knowledge of wetlands and waterfowl ecology, including avian diseases, and experience ranging from the Arctic of Canada to Mexico in western North America. Bob joined CWA’s staff in 1985.
Education: Degrees include M.S. and Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis; and B.S. in Zoology from the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Hunting: Public and private lands across California

Yancey Forest-Knowles, Santa Rosa
Position: District 2 Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Top CWA Interests: Serves on the Waterfowl, Administrative and Finance, and Public Relations committees, and is a longtime sponsor of youth hunts.
Term Ends: 2010

Arnold Lenk, Lafayette
Position: District 3 Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Profession: FEMA/OES Coordinator, Suisun RCD Director, Mzuri Director, and Safari Club Director
Top CWA Interests: Suisun Marsh issues, and Audit Committee Chair
Hunting: Suisun Marsh since 1948
Term Ends: 2009

Byron Hisey, Newman
Position: District 4 Director
Membership: CWA Life Sponsor
Profession: Retired deputy sheriff, Contra Costa County
Top CWA Interests: membership recruitment, fundraising, preserving waterfowl habitat, outdoor heritage, hunter rights, and Grassland issues,
Hunting: Hollister Land & Cattle Company and also hunts in Westley and Colusa
Term Ends: 2007

George Tillotson, Larkspur
Position: Director
Membership: CWA Silver Benefactor
Top CWA Interests: public relations, Pintail Program, chair of Governance and WWP committees, volunteers on several dinner committees, including the annual Volunteer Awards Banquet
Hunting: Suisun Marsh
Term Ends: 2008

Stuart Hanson, Sacramento
Position: Director, Past CWA
(2005 - 07)
Membership: CWA Life Sponsor
Profession: Attorney, Real Estate law and business management.
Top CWA Interests: fundraising, youth education, and government affairs
Hunting: Dingville, Sacramento Valley
Term Ends: 2009

Bill Hedgpeth, Saratoga
Position: Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Profession: President and CWA of Z-Tech Sales, Inc.; he has also served as president of the Northern California Electronic Reps. Association.
Top CWA Interests: fundraising (South Bay Committee), habitat conservation, and outdoor heritage
Hunting: Southern Grasslands
Term Ends: 2008

Jim Waters, Alamo
Position: Director
Membership: CWA Life Donor
Profession: Manufacturers Representative, also serves as Director of the Rich Island Gun Club, President of the Simmons-Wheeler Reclamation district, and Director of the Suisun Resource Conservation District.
Top CWA Interests: Suisun Marsh issues, youth education, fundraising
Hunting: Suisun Marsh (Rich Island Gun Club)
Term Ends: 2008

Rob Plath, Pleasant Hill
Position: Director, Past CWA Chair (2002-05)
Membership: CWA Life Sponsor
Profession: Executive with the Chevron-Texaco Company
Top CWA Interests: hunting heritage, management, strategic planning, fundraising
Hunting: public areas, especially the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Term Ends: 2009

Mike Eberhard, Rolling Hills Estates
Position: Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Profession: Founder of Medical Pathways Management Corporation, a California company focused on care management; graduate of the University of San Francisco.
Top CWA Interests: membership, fundraising, public relations, habitat conservation, youth camps
Hunting: San Jacinto, Mystic Lake Duck Club
Term Ends: 2009

Randall Brown, Fairfield
Position: Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Profession: Director of sponsorship sales at Infineon Raceway
Top CWA Interests: grassroots fundraising, marketing, public relations and habitat improvement
Hunting: East delta area private club, Sutter Basin, North Suisun Marsh, and annual trip to Oregon.
Term Ends: 2009

Marilyn Hendrickson, Vacaville
Position: Director
Membership: CWA Lifetime Member
Profession: Vice President and Co-owner of Sep's Pro Fishing, Inc., California Exposition and State Fair Director, Vice President of California Inland Fisheries Foundation, Inc. She also co-produces the weekly radio shows, "California Sportsmen" and "Ultimate Bass" on KHTK 1140AM, Sacramento.
Term Ends: 2010

Bill Quinn, Redding
Position: Past Chair’s Appointee, Past CWA Chair (1991-93).
Membership: Life Member
Profession: Agricultural Real Estate, Rancher.
Top CWA Interests: Government Affairs, Youth Education, Pintail Program.
Hunting: Goose Valley Ranch, Burney, Sacramento Valley.

Tracey Fremd, Cameron Park
Position: Associate Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Profession: Nurse Practitioner, Director of Education, UCSF. California's 2007 Nurse Practitioner of Distinction, National Speaker - Healthcare.
Top CWA Interests: Women's Outdoor and Hunting Heritage, Governmental Agency.
Hunting: Lifetime hunting experience, waterfowl and upland game.

Tom Tolliver, Santa Rosa
Position: Associate Director
Membership: CWA Life Member
Non-profit Executive
Top CWA Interests: Hunting heritage, youth programs, and fund development.
Hunting: Central and Southern California, Sutter Basin, Sacramento Valley, public areas, freelance in Canada and Washington.

Terry Holberton, III , Los Angeles
Position: Associate Director
Membership: Bronze Benefactor
Profession:
Top CWA Interests:
Hunting:

Mike Cullins, Penn Valley
Position: Associate Director
Membership: Life Donor
Profession: Retired Fire Department Captain, Current Fish and Wildlife Commissioner, District 4, Nevada City
Top CWA Interests: Youth Hunts, Public Hunters, and serving on Gold Country Chapter Committee.
Hunting: Northern California, Sacramento Valley and Big Game

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