Speakers

Craig has been the Executive Director of LandPaths since 1997. Craig is LandPaths lead on new nature preserve acquisitions and helped develop Bayer Farm as a place for renewing community and seeking social equity via access to open space and clean food. He speaks annually to international audiences at the Land Trust Alliance and was chosen by Bay Nature Magazine as its 2014 Local Conservation Hero. A fifth generation Californian, Craig received his MS degree in Range Management from University of California Berkeley after stints at the Nature Conservancy and Yosemite Institute. He directed the Outdoor Classroom Program, including wilderness trips, at the Ojai Valley School from 1989 to 1992. In his spare time he enjoys offshore kayak fishing, wild foraging, farming his front-yard, and playing music in the “Sonomacana” band Cahoots. Craig lives in Santa Rosa with his wife Lee Hackeling and their two children.