Larry McDaniel is a veterinarian and he makes his home in Silver City, New Mexico.
Larry and his wife Chris built a successful mixed animal practice in Western Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. After selling the practice, Dr. McDaniel spent the rest of his career in industry, including a 17-year stint as a marketing executive for Nestle Purina Pet Care in St. Louis, Missouri. As an undergraduate studying wildlife biology at the University of Montana, Larry developed a lifelong love of the outdoors. His first backpacking trip, over 40 years ago, was in the Gila Wilderness. Over the years, he and his wife and children have criss-crossed the Gila and Black Range many times. Larry was on the Governing Council of the Aldo Leopold High School in Silver City for four years. During his tenure the council completed a long range strategic plan. He also served as a mentor for students on field trips to Costa Rica and on several backpacking trips in the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness areas. Larry and his wife are avid cyclists and love to travel throughout the west with their bikes. His other interests include hunting, fishing, birding and native plant identification and cultivation. lmcdaniel19@gmail.com |
Tamera Ahner has served the Aldo Leopold Charter School community as a volunteer for over 10 years. She is the proud mom of ALCS grad, Olivia Moritz, Class of 2018. Tamera grew up in a small farm town in Connecticut with a natural love for the outdoors. From season to season, the outdoor activities were abundant: collecting sap for maple syrup; tending the family’s vegetable garden; camping and exploring; playing in the fall leaves; and sledding & ice skating throughout the winter months. She had always hoped to raise her family with a connection to the outdoors and together with her husband, Eric and the ALCS community, their daughter, Olivia, did just that While the Ahners no longer reside in Silver City, she continues to serve the school as Chair of the foundation board. When Tamera is not running her publishing business and historic hacienda AirBnb in downtown Las Cruces, you can find her in her garden or on one of her bikes.
meraahner@gmail.com |
Dave Chandler currently serves as the Executive Director of the Commons – Center for Food Security and Sustainability in Silver City NM. He recently served as the Director of Community Outreach and Development for Aldo Leopold Charter School. and held the position of Program Director at the Wellness Coalition in Silver City and Assistant Director for Youth Services at the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona/Youth Now Collaboration in Tucson, Arizona.
Mr. Chandler has 38 years of program and community development experience, working in a variety of faith-based organizations, public schools districts, and nonprofit groups. Mr. Chandler specializes in the areas of positive youth development, entrepreneurship, program design, and volunteer management. The Metropolitan Education Commission awarded Mr. Chandler the Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Education for his work with alternative education programs while at Tucson Unified School District.
Mr. Chandler studied at Northern Arizona University. He represented North America on the Global Health Council's AIDS Candlelight Advisory Board. In that role he has traveled to Africa and India helping develop global HIV/AIDS advocacy initiatives.
Dave lives in Silver City New Mexico in the off-grid house he and his wife Shannon built.
dchandler@aldocs.org
Mr. Chandler has 38 years of program and community development experience, working in a variety of faith-based organizations, public schools districts, and nonprofit groups. Mr. Chandler specializes in the areas of positive youth development, entrepreneurship, program design, and volunteer management. The Metropolitan Education Commission awarded Mr. Chandler the Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Education for his work with alternative education programs while at Tucson Unified School District.
Mr. Chandler studied at Northern Arizona University. He represented North America on the Global Health Council's AIDS Candlelight Advisory Board. In that role he has traveled to Africa and India helping develop global HIV/AIDS advocacy initiatives.
Dave lives in Silver City New Mexico in the off-grid house he and his wife Shannon built.
dchandler@aldocs.org