Thank you to everyone who joined us for Green Foothills’ 21st annual Nature’s Inspiration celebration on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at Oceano Hotel & Spa in Half Moon Bay with special guest, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. Our new Coastal Resilience Program video premiered at the event, and you can watch it here.
We enjoyed a picturesque view of the San Mateo coast from the lovely Oceano Hotel as we celebrated the beauty of the coast and our work to protect it with Congresswoman Eshoo. Green Foothills has a long history of championing the coast and the public’s access to it.
If you were unable to attend, you can still support Green Foothills by making a donation today!
Information about next fall’s Nature’s Inspiration event will be posted here in 2025. Questions: Jocelyn Rodriguez at 650.968.7243 x314, [email protected].
About Our 2024 Guest Speaker
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Congresswoman Eshoo’s congressional district stretches along the San Mateo County coast and includes the communities of Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, and Pescadero. She has been a champion for open space protection and a longtime supporter of Green Foothills.
Before her election to Congress in 1992, Congresswoman Eshoo served for 10 years on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors where she staunchly opposed offshore drilling on the San Mateo Coast and spearheaded the protection of sensitive habitats in the County General Plan. In Congress, she secured federal funds to purchase and protect the 1,000-acre Phleger Estate, the 4,000-acre Rancho Corral de Tierra, and the 5,800-acre Cotoni-Coast Dairies.
“For over 60 years, Green Foothills has been the gold standard in protecting open space, natural resources, and farmland in all of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Their record is unmatched and we are all the beneficiaries of their superb advocacy.”
– Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.
Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors
Nature’s Inspiration underwrites a significant portion of Green Foothills’ annual expenses. We depend on funds raised from this event to support our work so that we can create the greatest impact. Your generous support makes it possible for us to champion climate resilience and biodiversity through the protection of open space and natural resources in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties. Since 1962, our advocacy has resulted in the permanent protection of 200,000 acres.
Thank you to our Nature’s Inspiration 2024 sponsors.
2024 NI Sponsors
Ranae DeSantisO’Brien Family Charitable FundOceano Hotel & Spa
Google KPMG Ann and Mark Monroe Myrtle L. Atkinson Foundation Lennie and Mike Roberts Laura Wells
Tate Cohn
Benjamin Hammett
Pat and Gary Hedden
Insperity
Peter and Sue LaTourrette
Law Offices Of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
Peter and Beverly Lipman
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Lisa and Edward Munro
Peninsula Open Space Trust
PG&E
Nancy and Greg Serrurier
Stephen Abbors
Applied Materials
Marilyn and Bill Bauriedel
Susan Hansch and Richard Wright
Larry and Penny Hassett
Tracy and Julie Hutcheson
Franklin and Cathie Johnson
Linda and Sidney Liebes Jr.
William Reller
Save Mount Diablo
Maxine Terner and Keith Weber
Jon Adams and Michelle Treseler Jessica Rose Agramonte and James Principato Stephen Beck and Jane Baxter Manjeet Bhamra Gregory and Lauren Boro Craig Britton and Carleen Bruins Matthew Burrows California Native Plant Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter John Carlson Brian Carr Paul and Jade Davis Marshall Dinowitz Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo Robert and Susan Flint Jean Forstner Jerry Hearn and Rebecca Reynolds Cayce Hill and Joseph Zullo Alice Kaufman and Scot Griffin Arvind Kumar Theresa Lyngso and Joseph McClintock Margaret and Jamis MacNiven Joanne and Douglas McFarlin Leslie Airola-Murveit and Hy Murveit Claudia Rossi Roberta Saxon and Mike Sasnett Jeffrey Segall and Helen He, in memory of Annette Segall Supervisor Joe Simitian Jackie Speier The Foster Museum The Wallace Stegner Literary Estate Carolyn and Edwin Tognetti Valley Water Cynthia Wordell John Zotz
ACLU Foundation of Northern California Tamara Alvarado Lawrence Ames Open Space Authority Director Garnetta Annable Patricia Armstrong Senator Josh Becker Barbara Lynn Bessey Mary and Phil Bobel Pat Burt Helen and Dan Chapman Karen Chapman Supervisor Cindy Chavez Colorprint Constance Crawford Rick DeGolia Rodney Diridon, Sr. and Gloria Duffy Paul and Maureen Draper Timothy Duff Kaia Eakin and Bryan Beck Linda and Jerome Elkind Ron Erskine Nancy Federspiel Megan Fluke and Jeff Prentice San Jose Councilmember Pam Foley Steve and Leslie Furney-Howe Linda Gass and Rob Steiner Craig and Teresa Gleason Marian Goldeen and Arthur Ogawa James Haskell and Susanna Vartanian Jerry Hill Melissa Hippard Lori and Sudhanshu Jain Bindu Kandoori Kristine Karnos Arthur Keller George Tucker and Zoe Kersteen-Tucker Bill and Katherine Korbholz Supervisor Otto Lee Rosalie Lefkowitz Lisa Liddle Tor and Nancy Lund Andrea Mackenzie and Jenni Martin Barbara Marshman Allen Olivo and Robin McKnight David Oppenheimer and Elaine Sulzberger Mary and Ward Paine Smita Patel Dan and Helen Quinn Diana Reddy Emily Renzel and Enid Pearson Curtis Riffle and Karen Scussel San Mateo County Parks Foundation Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Kathryn Schmidt Paul Segall and Joan Berman Segall Sequoia Audubon Society Diane Siemens, in memory of Pete Siemens David Simon and Lynn Gordon Carolyn Straub and Stephen McHenry Philip and Sara Sunshine Hartono Sutanto and Tom Myers Kym and Lars Teppo Amari and Mark Thomas Andrew Thomases Arpana Tiwari Don Weden Mariquita West Barlow and Nancy Westcott
EdwardsProductions.com for event photography.Oceano Hotel & Spa for event hosting at the Valley Visionary level.David Simon, his crew, and our many photo and video contributors for helping make the new film about Green Foothills' Coastal Resilience Program that will be shown at Nature's Inspiration.
2024 Honorary Hosts
| Margaret Abe-Koga Mountain View Councilmember
Alicia Aguirre Garnetta Annable Rebeca Armedariz Emily Beach Jim Beall Josh Becker Robert Brownstone Pat Burt Domingo Candelas David Canepa Helen Chapman Cindy Chavez Drew Combs Dave Cortese Dev Davis Rick DeGolia Maria Doerr Kaia Eakin Susan Ellenberg Mike Flaugher Pam Foley J.R. Fruen Lisa Gauthier Alison Hicks Zach Hilton Karen Holman Diane Howard Sergio Jimenez |
Ash Kalra Ellen Kamei Barbara Keegan Zoe Kersteen-Tucker Yoriko Kishimoto Lydia Kou Ed Lauing Alex Lee Otto Lee Zoe Lofgren Julie Lythcott-Haims Margaret MacNiven Matt Mahan Lisa Matichak Rob Moore Ray Mueller Deborah Penrose Gail Pellerin Dave Pine Mike Potter Lucas Ramirez Emily Ann Ramos Harvey Rarback Robert Rennie Curt Riffle Maria Ristow Pat Showalter Warren Slocum Rene Spring Vicki Veenker Greer Stone Hung Wei |
From our founding more than 60 years ago until today, Green Foothills has been the local, vocal and effective protector of this region’s natural wonders. We have all benefited tremendously from the work of Green Foothills.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Green Foothills for their decades-long work standing up for nature and people. They have been effective advocates for the region’s open space, farmland, and natural resources, protecting our region’s natural heritage for future generations. As we experience the growing effects of climate change, the role Green Foothills plays as the conscience of the community will be needed more than ever.
I am grateful for the opportunities that Green Foothills opens up for sincere and organized acts of solidarity that collectively over time will result in change and movement. As a Chicana/Mexika mother and dancer, on the red road, Green Foothills inspires me to take action and center Mother Nature and First Peoples in this struggle to retain land as free and sacred.
My support for Green Foothills stems from our reliable long-term passionate commitment to protect local open space now and in the future. This in turn benefits our Wildlife friends and the Earth, essential partners of the human race!
Many of the most important decisions affecting our natural environment involve land use decisions made by our local governments. For more than 60 years, Green Foothills and its allies have worked diligently and effectively to assure that local government decisions in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties have protected open space and prevented sprawl.
The work of Green Foothills is legendary and extremely environmentally significant to efforts to address climate change.
