VICE PRESIDENT

Jim has been a trial attorney for 40 years, 36 of them in San Luis Obispo. He is a former board member of Morro Coast  Audubon Society and has performed pro bono representation for that group. He has been a field trip leader for Western Field Ornithologists, Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club and many Audubon Society chapters, and has compiled several Christmas bird counts.

He was a founding board member of the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival. He continues to lead trips for that festival. He was a board member for the  Kern River Research Center near Lake Isabella, which studied birds and other wildlife in that area, plus preserved and restored habitat in that area. He is married to Celeste Royer, who was the Director of Rancho El Chorro Environmental School for many years. They have lived two blocks from Cuesta since 1990 and they continue to enjoy daily walks there with their dogs. Jim has compiled a list of birds and plants recorded at Cuesta Inlet.

 SECRETARY

Linda served as a Ventura County Supervisor, Councilmember and Mayor of Thousand Oaks, and was a board member of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. She helped stop development of the 3,000-acre Ahmanson Ranch which was made into a park, enacted a first-of-its-kind zone that protects wildlife corridors, and championed a wildlife bridge over the 101 freeway. She established Growing Works, a nonprofit nursery that provides horticultural therapy and job training for people with mental illness. She’s the Executive Director of SOAR (Save Open-space and Agricultural Resources) and sits on the Board of the Environmental Defense Center. Linda met her husband at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and enjoyed many years of camping with her family in Morro Bay and paddling in the estuary, and now is thrilled every day to be living here.

TREASURER

Sandra Chandler is an Emmy-nominated documentary cinematographer now enjoying her retirement in the Central Coast community of Los Osos. 

Her academic background includes studying at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) followed by earning an MFA from the prestigious USC School of Cinematic Arts. Her global non-fiction filmmaking earned her two Primetime Emmy nominations for her cinematography on prominent HBO documentaries.

Sandra is an energetic outdoor adventurer who enjoys cycling, hiking  and skiing, and can be found most days paddling the estuary and enjoying the splendid Cuesta Inlet with her artist wife, Liz Hale.

GENERAL COUNSEL

Tracy is an attorney and the founder and President of Egoscue Law Group, Inc. Tracy has previously served as the Executive Officer of the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board - Los Angeles Region and as the Executive Director of the Santa Monica Baykeeper (now known as LA Waterkeeper). Tracy has also practiced environmental litigation as a Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice. Tracy has been appointed to serve on numerous agencies and Boards including the California Climate Action Registry by Governor Davis, the Technical Advisory Committee for the California Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response by the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Harbor Safety Committee for the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor Complex. Tracy has served as a distinguished visiting scholar at California State University at Long Beach, teaching environmental policy and law, and in 2014, was appointed to serve on the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Port of Long Beach, the 2nd largest port in the U.S., responsible for 50,000 jobs in the region and $200 billion in national and international trade. Tracy also serves on the Board of Directors for Mujeres de la Tierra, and the Bay Foundation.  Tracy and her husband have owned a home in Los Osos since 2020 and currently split their time between their homes here and in Long Beach.

Steve Featherstone spent the majority of his career managing the operations of small manufacturing companies, making everything from joist hangers to medical devices. Steve and his wife, Christine, moved to Los Osos in 2025. Steve has a special interest in California native plants. He has a BA in Political Science from USC.

Cathy has been coming to Los Osos for more than 30 years and she and her family have wonderful memories of spending time at Cuesta Inlet. They are now fortunate enough to live here full-time.  Cathy has long been an enthusiast of the bay, birds, dogs, boats, and the natural landscape.  This passion has led to her commitment to preserving Cuesta Inlet by helping to raise the funds necessary for its care and stewardship.

Liz Hale is an artist and graphic designer, whose first engagement after moving to LOS OSOS was the illustration and logo design for Save Cuesta Inlet, of which the graphics and is a continuing activity . An avid paddler, Liz is often on the water peacefully enjoying the habitat, the birds, the back bay estuary. The central coast landscape, the color and light  inspires much of her paintings.  She is an exhibiting artist at Carmel Modern Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Lyn Matasci is an educator, passionate photographer, avid walker, and devoted dog lover. Since making the move to the area in 2017, Lyn has deeply embraced the local community and the vibrant lifestyle it offers. Living in this area is a privilege that requires stewardship.

Professionally, Lyn serves as an Adjunct Global Campus instructor at the University of Arizona Global Campus, teaching English, where she brings her dedication to teaching and student engagement into the online classroom setting.

Outside of her professional work, she remains actively involved in supporting her neighborhood and giving back through her involvement with the Estero Bay Kindness Coalition, continuing to foster connections and goodwill throughout the community.

Arianne joined SCI to help with marketing, communications, social media in part because her dog, Gator, would be very sad to lose one of his favorite walking spots. Arianne’s love for nature and wildlife led her to volunteer under Jane Goodall’s youth program and spent her teenage summers in Uganda, Rwanda, and Guatemala assisting in wildlife conservation. She also spent 10 years raising Guide Dogs for the Blind and subsequently worked there after graduating from Cal Poly, SLO.

While pivoting to work in high tech, she co-founded a global sustainability initiative to decrease and offset employee carbon footprint; she helped grow it from 5 to thousands of global members across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Now, she spends her time volunteering with SCI, fostering shelter dogs, and is self-employed. Arianne is passionate about keeping Cuesta Inlet open to dogs and keeping our community informed on SCI’s initiatives.description

George is a retired librarian and former board member of several non-profits. Because he and his wife, Carol, enjoy the environment around Morro Bay, they volunteer with the Elfin Forest, Sweet Springs Preserve, the Morro Bay National Estuary Program, and the Morro Bay Bird Festival. They have owned property and visited often in Los Osos for 23 years and were able to move here permanently in 2021.

Marcel is one of the lucky Cal Poly graduates who was able to move back to the Central Coast in 2021. He is a lifelong outdoor adventurer, backpacking as a child, leading outdoor trips in college, and continues to enjoy the outdoors and share nature with others. Marcel loves to visit the inlet with his wife, Arianne, and their dog, Gator, and take their kayaks out to the sand spit across the bay. Marcel is also a volunteer with Mutts for the Bay from the Morro Bay National Estuary Program, helping other responsible dog owners in the community.