Peter A. Andersen (PhD, Florida State University, 1975) is professor emeritus in the School of Communication at San Diego State University. He has been a member of the Sierra Club for over 40 years. In the 1990’s he served three terms as chair of the San Diego Chapter Political Committee. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s he served two terms on the San Diego Chapter Executive Committee.

He was the head of the committee and lead plaintiff in the fight against the Jackson Drive extension that would have bisected Mission Trails Park. He successfully stopped the Jamul Quarry in California, prevented the flooding of Canaan Valley in West Virginia, and led the fight to preserve the Volo Bog in Illinois. In this time of political turmoil it is more important than ever that activists resists the destruction of the local and global environment. He is willing to serve to restore this wonderful chapter to full status and facilitate the important work we need to do.

George Courser is a 4th generation San Diegan, with his children and grand-kids living in the County. His 45-year working career was in the supermarket industry, employed by Safeway and Ralphs in all capacities from clerks’ helper to Store Director in both chains. George currently serves as the Chair of the Chapter’s Conservation Committee.

Over the years George has been involved in major projects in the Southland including the recently resolved Gregory Canyon Landfill, the Sunrise Powerlink, ballot Measures A & B and innumerable smaller projects. His preference is assist residents who are facing major general plan amendments to be successful in protecting their homes and communities.

His career brought him familiarity with all of Southern California and an appreciation of our natural resources and amazing biological diversity. His interests and activism were spurred by San Diego County’s failure to exert the California Environmental Quality Act standards or regulatory control over several projects in the North County.

Krista is a second-generation San Diegan and grew up hiking and camping throughout California, which sparked a lifelong appreciation for the environment and drive to protect it for future generations. She studied Environmental Studies with a Law & Public Policy focus at the University of Southern California and interned with the Sierra Club’s Responsible Trade division in Washington D.C. While in school, she was a founding member of the school’s Campus Climate Challenge and worked with the University’s leadership to replace their fleet with hybrid vehicles and author its Baseline Sustainability Report.

She has a Master’s in Public Administration and a certificate in Public Policy, and currently works as a public finance project manager. She serves on the chapter’s Political Committee and volunteers for Inspiring Connections Outdoors. In her free time, she loves to garden, grill, and hike with her dogs and husband.

David Hogan is a life-long believer in the mission of the Sierra Club to improve the world for nature and people. David has been an environmentalist his entire career including his most recent position as Director of The Chaparral Lands Conservancy, a group dedicated to restoration of endangered species habitat. David worked at the Center for Biological Diversity to preserve desert and forest wild places in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and filed legal documents to protect two dozen endangered species including the original documents to list the California gnatcatcher. David co-founded the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection and served on the boards of the San Diego League of Conservation Voters and the Executive, Conservation, and Political committees of the San Diego Sierra Club. David seeks to apply his passion for nature and experience in organization management in support of the Chapter.

Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania on the shores of Tamarack Lake, Amanda (Curry) Mascia has known from childhood that her happiest days are spent in nature. Her upbringing has cemented her belief that we as a society, need nature. Amanda knows that we can’t simply sit back and love nature- because our natural world is under unprecedented attack. It is Amanda’s belief that protecting our natural environment is our greatest duty and our highest calling.

With a BA in Communications from Penn State University, Amanda is an experienced marketing and communications professional who has worked in some of the biggest and brightest advertising agencies as an Account Manager. Amanda has also worked on small start-ups, various political campaigns, and she has an Emmy Award for her healthy kids’ cooking show, The Good Food Factory.

Amanda also thrives as a grassroots community organizer who has worked on several successful campaigns and environmental issues in San Diego and elsewhere.

Amanda is a joyful and unifying communicator with a can-do attitude, boundless enthusiasm, and a lifelong passion for environmental activism.

Amanda can be found hiking in her backyard, surfing North County, camping in the Eastern Sierra, and working to get things done at various political and environmental meetings around San Diego. Amanda would love to work with YOU on environmental issues that you and your community care about.