Meet Our StaffJamison Watts, Executive Director
As NCRLT’s Executive Director, Jamison plans, executes and supervises the organization’s programs and services in accordance with NCRLT’s mission and goals in such a manner that optimum results are achieved. Program areas managed and administered include, but are not limited to, community relations, fundraising (grant writing and membership components), land protection, and land stewardship. He prepares organizational budgets related to physical, financial, and human resources, and is responsible for control of these resources once approved. He also supervises, manages and performs the following fee services: habitat conservation planning, habitat management, preparation of land management plans, conservation management cost analysis, ecological assessment , special-status species surveys, and ecological services facilitation. Jamison has over 12 years of experience working as a wildlife biologist in Northern California's Sierra Nevada, Cascade and Coastal Mountain Ranges, and Sacramento Valley. While working as an environmental consultant in Chico 2001 through 2006, he specialized in Endangered Species Act compliance and compensatory mitigation.
Angie Carpenter, Office Manager After several years away, Angie has moved back to Chico where she was born and raised, so she can be close to her family, raise her two children in a great community and finish her education. She loves the outdoors and traveling. She has over 20 years experience and knowledge of management and sales from being an administrator for various companies to forming and operating her own business. Her career reflects excellent staff supervision and development skills, as well as a consistent record of top ranked sales. Both clientele and peers recognize Angie for her dedication to customer relations, problem resolution and follow-through. By working with Northern California Regional Land Trust, she hopes she can help preserve and protect the land she loves – today, and for future generations.
Zach Mendes, Land Projects Coordinator
The Northern California Regional Land Trust hired Zach in April of 2010 and recently made him their full-time Land Projects Coordinator. Zach grew up near his grandparents’ dairy farm in Glenn County before moving to Chico when he  was 12. He enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family and friends. Zach left the North Valley in 2000 to attend the University of California San Diego for a B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning and to gain professional experience in project planning and permitting. He was very excited to join the Northern California Regional Land Trust after a 10-year absence from the area that he grew up in and appreciates so much. By joining NCRLT, Zach is committed to assisting Northern California landowners and public agencies in the voluntary protection of land and other natural resources.
Noelle Ferdon, Director of Local Food Systems
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Noelle has a background in law and policy and has worked on food and agriculture issues throughout the Central Valley, and California, for nearly a decade. Before formally joining the Northern California Regional Land Trust as Director for Local Food Systems, Noelle worked as a contractor for the Land Trust coordinating the Buy Fresh Buy Local, North Valley agricultural marketing program, managed development of the North Valley's 1st edition of the The Eater's Guide to Local Food and chaired NCRLT's Technical Advisory Committee and workshop development for the Beginning Farmer Rancher Program. Prior to joining NCRLT, she worked for nearly five years as Senior Organizer for Food & Water Watch, a national organization working to promote agricultural policies that benefit small and medium-sized farmers and ranchers. Through her work, Noelle aims to make local food more available and raise the visibility of farmers and ranchers in the region by increasing market opportunities, protecting farmland, working with beginning farmers and stimulating rural economic development. Noelle is passionate about bringing together different sectors of agriculture in the North Valley around the common goal of revitalizing the region's connection to its food roots. She is a co-founder of Buy Fresh Buy Local, North Valley and Slow Food Shasta Cascade, loves to grow food wherever she can and cannot find enoug hours in the day to love her son, Rocko. Noelle has a B.S. in Political Science from CSU, Chico and a J.D. from Golden Gate University's School of Law with certificates in Public Interest and Environmental Law.