John Wentworth, President/Acting Executive Director
John has worked in the motion picture industry, where his credits include Co-Producer of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Mulholland Drive. He is an adjunct instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA (Fine Arts Graduate Program), and has lived in Mammoth Lakes since July 4, 2000. He is an avid outdoorist.
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John "Jay" Deinken, Vice President
After obtaining a B.S. in physics and mathematics, Jay served as a missile combat crew commander in the United States Air Force. Following law school, he worked as an intellectual property attorney for 30 years before moving to Mammoth Lakes in 2006. He and his wife, Noelle, have two grown sons. After vacationing in Mammoth for 21 years, he is delighted to be here full time and enjoys hiking, running, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, backpacking, snowshoeing, and bicycling.
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Will Aldrich, Member
Will has been building consumer Web products for 13 years and is currently director of product management for social networking initiatives at Yahoo! He’s a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and is a former associate board member of the Mary A. Crocker Trust. Will is an avid mountain biker and skier, and his favorite run in the Mammoth area is the Sherwins.
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Rebecca Paranick, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Member
Rebecca is the Government Relations Manager for the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. She coordinates ski area permits, serving as liaison to such agencies as the U.S. Forest Service, the Air Pollution Control District, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Mono County, and the Town of Mammoth Lakes. She represents MMSA on the Transportation Advisory Group and on the Board of MLTPA. Rebecca has degrees in both Political Science and International Affairs from the University of Colorado in Boulder and an M.A. in Public Policy from The College of William and Mary. In 2002 she left her position as Senior Policy Analyst and Chief Staff Assistant to the Commissioner for the Virginia Department of Transportation in order to return to her childhood home in Mammoth. Previous to her current position, she spent five years in the MMSA Planning Department, directing projects such as the Mammoth Mountain Inn and VIP condo renovations, programming the Minaret Club, and representing the ski area and the Community Stakeholders Group in the Town of Mammoth Lakes General Plan Update process. She and her husband, Steve, have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter named Megan Jo. They like to hike, ski, golf, and travel.
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Bill Taylor, Member
Bill Taylor is a land-use consultant and a 34-year resident of Mammoth Lakes. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Amherst College and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. After graduating from college, he moved to Mammoth and worked at a variety of typical ski-town jobs. In 1978, Bill went to work for the Inyo National Forest in archaeology and land-use administration. He started with the newly incorporated Town of Mammoth Lakes in 1985 as its first planner, eventually becoming Deputy Director of Community Development. Bill has been involved in all aspects of community planning, environmental review, and policy development. He has served on numerous committees and in community organizations including the Mammoth Lakes Swim Team and the Mammoth Lakes Rotary Club. Bill and his wife, Sherry, met in Mammoth and raised their two sons there. Bill thinks that the Eastern Sierra is the best place on the planet and regularly gets out to hike, cross-country ski, downhill ski, and mountain bike.Joyce Turner, Member
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