Winner of the Governor's Award for Environmental & Economic Leadership
STAFF
Chief Executive Officer - Walter McCall
Wally McCall was named as Executive Director of the C.R.E.W. in December 1998. In 1999, he served as a Ventura County Juvenile Justice Commissioner for 8 years. In 2001, he formed the Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council. He is also a member of the Los Padres Forest Association Ojai Chapter Board. In 2008, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the California Fire Safe Council.
Wally is a graduate of UCLA, where he obtained an MSc in Public Health and an MA in Cultural Anthropology. In 2002, he earned a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Cal Lutheran University.
Wally has twenty years executive experience in the fields of Health and Alcohol and Drug Dependency Treatment. In addition to managing Adult and Adolescent Drug Treatment Programs he has worked as a consultant on State, County and tribal Mental Health and Drug Treatment Programs in California, Washington, Iowa, Oregon, and Montana. In 2002, he received Ventura Rotary's First Annual Vocational Excellence Award.
Operations Manager - Marsha Vaughan
Marsha was born in Ojai where she attended Villanova Prepatory School. For 25 years, she has performed a wide variety of office and field management activities including procurement, sales, and client management for plumbing, oil and gas industry companies. She is a very experienced backcountry hiker & horsewoman, and is responsible for the management of all Crew work projects and personnel.
Administrative Manager - Rob McCall
Rob has worked in the Crew office for the past 5 Summer and Spring school breaks. Since his graduation from UCLA in 2009, he has assumed responsibility for Crew administrative functions and fundraising events. He also assists with proposal writing and handles all CREW correspondence and office functions.
Field Supervisors
Everett Kemp - Santa Barbara
Kyle Cooper - Ojai
Sasha O'Brien - Ojai
Dustin Van Aiken - Ojai
Tai Smith - Ojai
Mike Vaughan - Ojai