Volunteer Staff

Tom Martin
Co-Director

Before founding River Runners for Wilderness in 2002, Tom Martin founded the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association, the Grand Canyon Hikers and Backpackers Association, and the Grand Canyon Wilderness Alliance. Tom currently works as a physical therapist at the Grand Canyon Clinic at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Tom is author of Day Hikes from the River, the first hiking guide written for river runners in Grand Canyon National Park, and with Duwain Whitis, Guide to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Lee's Ferry to South Cove.

Photo: Tom Martin in the Grand Canyon (copyright Tom Martin)

Jo Johnson
Co-Director

Jo served 4 years on the board of Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association, and as its Membership Director before helping found River Runners for Wilderness with Tom Martin. She is a database contractor in Boulder, Colorado.

Photo: Jo Johnson (copyright Laura Calwell)

Tom Robey
Webmaster

Tom is a computer programmer and webmaster living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a kayaker, canoeist and rafter with many years of experience. His accomplishments include several first descents of rivers in the U.S. and Mexico including the Rio Moctezuma which passes through a 6,990 foot canyon. He is the author of A Gringo's Guide to Mexican Whitewater. Tom is also one of the administrators of the Mexican Whitewater Bulletin Board.

Photo: Tom Robey on the Rio Ojo Frio (copyright Gail Ryba)

Advisors

TinaMarie Ekker

TinaMarie is policy director for Wilderness Watch, a national conservation organization focused on the stewardship of designated wilderness and wild rivers. She spent many years living in Arizona and southern Utah and has floated a number of southwestern rivers, including the Colorado River through Grand Canyon.

Kim Crumbo

Kim is the Grand Canyon Regional Representative for the Arizona Wilderness Coalition, working for preservation of wilderness in the state of Arizona and was previously Wilderness Coordinator for Grand Canyon Wildlands Council after retiring from 20 years with Grand Canyon National Park as a Wilderness Coordinator and River Ranger. Kim is also a former Navy Seal and has authored numerous articles and a book, A River Runner's Guide to the History of Grand Canyon, Johnsons Books, latest printing 1994.

Jeffrey Ingram

Jeff was galvanized to volunteer action the first time he saw Grand Canyon by a “Bridge Canyon Damsite” label on his road map. David Brower hired Jeff as the Sierra Club’s Southwest Representative in 1965 to successfully battle the proposed Grand Canyon dams. After his first Grand Canyon river trip with Martin Litton in 1966, he began working on Grand Canyon wilderness and protection issues, and was the first to suggest human waste carryout in a 1968 NPS concessions meeting. After a 4 year hiatus in the east, he returned to GC Wilderness/River use issues and was instrumental in the crafting and passing of the Grand Canyon Enlargement Act.

John Weisheit

John is Conservation Director of Living Rivers and has a long history of advocacy for rivers in the southwest, both from a natural history perspective and as a leader in the outdoor industry. He serves on the boards of Utah Guides and Outfitters, Colorado Plateau River Guides, Headwaters Institute and the Sierra Club Glen Canyon Group. He is co-author of a forthcoming book on the natural history and geology of Cataract Canyon.

Owen Lammers

Owen is Executive Director of Living Rivers. Prior to joining Living Rivers, Mr. Lammers served as executive director and vice president of International Rivers Network (IRN). During that time he led the development of IRN into the world's leading river advocacy organization.