About Us: Santa Cruz Chapter
Chapter Leaders
Executive Committee
Chair: Dustin Macdonald
Co-Vice Chairs: Jim Littlefield, Tristan Kass
Volunteer Coordinators: Nicole Lawrence, Tristan Kass
Secretary: Reez Aikawa
Treasurer: Mike Braswell
Program Leaders
Beach Cleanup: NEEDED
Lab Coordinator: Jonathan Lariviere
Ocean Friendly Gardens: Sarah Mansergh
Storm Drain Stenciling: Gary Pezzy
Mission Statement
The Surfrider Foundation is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches, for all people, through Conservation, Activism, Research and Education (C.A.R.E.).
Every Surfrider Foundation chapter shall have the following primary and specific purposes:
| • | To safeguard and enhance the quality of surfriding environments and public access to such areas. |
| • | To educate the public regarding the importance of the oceans’ waves as recreational resources and the need to preserve surfriding sites for future generations. |
| • | To provide its members the opportunity for grassroots community involvement, which furthers these objectives. |
All our chapter activities flow from these goals.
Our Santa Cruz chapter was founded in 1991. We are united by our love of and respect for the ocean and by our desire for clean water, healthy beaches and access to such sites. Surfrider was founded by surfers and many of us surf whenever we can. However, our members come from many walks of life, and anyone who shares our goals is welcome to join us. And, when we speak of surfers, we include any and all of the tribe who ride the waves, including their own bodies, surfboards, body-boards, sailboards and kite boards!
The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots, non-profit, environmental organization that works to protect our oceans, waves, and beaches. Founded in 1984, Surfrider Foundation’s most important coastal environmental work is carried out by Surfrider Foundation’s 60 chapters located along the East, West, Gulf, Puerto Rican, and Hawaiian coasts.
Surfrider Foundation now has over 40,000 members in the USA; in addition, International Surfrider Foundation chapters and affiliates have been established in the 5 foreign countries of Japan, Brazil,
Australia, France and Spain.
