Officers & Staff

Get to know the officers and staff of the Far West Division

• Division Director - Nancy Stromswold - Email

• Assistant Director - Maria "Ri" Chan

• Assistant Director - Richard Roth

• Arizona Region Director - Kristin Gunckel - Email

• Eastern Sierra Director - Brian Haena

• Mother Lode Director - William Borelli - Email

• Southern California Director - Brent Dooley - Email

• Professional Director - Chris O'Connell

• Secretary - Janice Waits

• Treasurer - Scott Colbeck

• Legal - Josh Masur

• Registrar - Maria "Ri" Chan

• Alumni Staff

  • FWD Advisor - Doc Jim Margolis - Email

  • Regional Advisors

    • Mother Lode - Ron Evenson - Email

    • Eastern Sierra - Drew Oliphant

    • Arizona - Henry Skip Jackson - Email

    • Southern California - Mark and Patti Giebel - Email

• Avalanche - Keith Church - (909) 652-2573

• Bike Patrol - Richard Wilson - Email - (949) 491-3146

• Certified - David Rhodes - Email

• Community College Coordinator - Steven Thorsted

• Conference Coordinator - Sonja Borelli Kivley - Email

• Historian - TBD

• Instructor Development

  • Far West Advisor - Loretta O'Brien - Email

  • Regional ID Advisors

    • Arizona - Kristin Gunkel - Email

    • Mother Lode - Tony Atkins - Email

    • Eastern Sierra - Sandy Sommer - Email

    • Southern California - Doug Hill - Email

• Medical Advisor - Keith Tatsukawa

• Member Recognition - Bill Gibson

• Mountain Travel and Rescue - Karl Chulski

• National Safety Team - TBD

• Newsletter Staff - Trissa Ayala

• Nordic - Wayne Wong

  • Regional Adivsors

    • Arizona Region - TBD

    • Eastern Sierra Region - Roger Yang - Email

    • Mother Lode Region - Jeff Gurrola - Email

    • Southern California Region - Wayne Wong - Email

• Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) - Sonja Borelli Kivley - Email

  • Regional Adivsors

    • Arizona Region - Kristin Gunckel - Email

    • Eastern Sierra Region - Zach Bohard & Dan Coll - Email

    • Mother Lode Region - Carolyn Simon - Email

    • Southern California Region - Steve Sue  - Email

• Outdoor Emergency Transportation (OET)

  • FWD Transportation Supervisor - Rob Maxim - Email

  • Regional Advisors

    • Eastern Sierra Region - Bill Hummer and Dave Stromswold

    • Mother Lode Region - Kevin Rautenstrauch

    • Southern California Region - Darren Church

    • Arizona Region - Andy Youngblood

    • Korea Administrative Region - Seok ‘Joo’ Kim

• Promotion/Recruitment Nor Cal - TBD

• Promotion/Recruitment So Cal - Scott Goodman

• Search and Rescue (SAR) Liaison Nor Cal - Roger Yang

• Search and Rescue (SAR) Liaison So Cal - Karman Paydar - Email

• Sea Otter Fundraiser - Tim Viall - Email

• Website/Technology - Dave Lavelle & Rye Livingston - Email (for both)

• Women’s Programs - Amy Sprague