Board Members
Gayle Hartmann, President – Gayle has worked as an archaeologist and archaeological editor for the Arizona State Museum, the University of Arizona, and several environmental consulting firms in Tucson. She has authored or co-authored several journal articles and books and has served as editor of Kiva: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History. She has served on the Planning and Zoning Commission for Pima County and as member of the steering committee of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. She also served two terms on the Board of Trustees of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Gayle is currently a research associate at the Arizona State Museum.
Morris Farr, Ph.D., Vice President
Gregory C. Shinsky, Vice President
Carol Shinsky, Treasurer
Steve Brown – Steve Brown was born in the Sonoran Desert, grew up in the Santa Rita Mountains, and resides in Tucson. For many years, he and his wife Alice owned a meat market in Vermont, where he became a skilled meat cutter. He also helped establish a publicly-funded alternative high school, also in the Green Mountain State. Steve received his master’s degree from Boston College and worked as a community organizer for public health and international human rights. In 2014, he returned to Tucson and was an instructor with Tucson Unified School District in Spanish and track & field at an “A+” K-5 school. Steve is founder of Commonwealth Solutions, a consulting firm that seeks to foster healthy and positive communities.
Edward Buster
Sheila L. Dagucon, Esq.
Lynn Harris
Stan Hart, Ph.D.
Jeff Herr
John Kozma
Roger McManus
Thomas Nelson, Ph.D.
Thomas F. Purdon, MD
Sarah Truebe, Ph.D.
Staff
Stu Williams, Executive Director
Advisory Committee
Ann Audrey
George Binney
Phil Caputo
Anne Gibson
Fergus Graham
Lynn Harris
Bob Sharp
Steve Strom, Ph.D.
Carol Tahse Roeming
Contact information
You can contact us at (520) 246-3622. Please be patient if you don’t receive a call back right away…or feel free to send us an email using our contact form.
Mailing address
Save the Scenic Santa Ritas
8987 E. Tanque Verde #309-157
Tucson, AZ 85749
