Mr. Jim D. Sano This is Me

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1. 1. Leadership, TPL's Board of Directors: The Trust for Public Land

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   Published on: 8/17/2008   Last Visited: 8/17/2008

   Stairs (left to right): Page Knudsen Cowles (St. Paul, MN), James S. Hoyte (Boston, MA), Robert E. Carlson (Pasadena, CA), James D. Sano (San Rafael, CA), Douglass A. Raff (Seattle,WA), William J. Cronon (Madison, WI)
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   James D. Sano, San Rafael, CA, is president of Geographic Expeditions, a San Francisco-based Adventure Travel and consulting company.Previously he served with the National Park Service in Yosemite as the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and as Mather District Naturalist.With extensive experience in expeditions and exploration, Mr. Sano was the leader of the 1983 American Mt. Everest Expedition and recently co-led the first guided crossing of South Georgia Island.He has also served on the boards of the Yosemite Services Corporation, Yosemite Alpine Club, The Mono Lake Foundation, The Natural Step, and the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.

2. 2. Press Releases

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   Published on: 6/6/2006   Last Visited: 5/13/2008

   Jim Sano, CEO, Geographic Expeditions will serve as the moderator for Preparing for the Unknown: Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management for Adventure Travel Operators.

3. 3. Adventure Travel World Summit

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   Published on: 4/1/2008   Last Visited: 4/1/2008

   Jim Sano - President, Geographic ExpeditionsJim Sano is the President of Geographic Expeditions.The company provides an array of travel services, with a focus on remote destinations, complicated logistics and special interest travel.Arrangements range in degree of difficulty, from easy tours to exploratory expeditions and location support.Its clients include Fortune 100 corporations, film production companies, academic institutions, non profit groups and well traveled individuals.Mr. Sano was formerly the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent at Yosemite National Park.His duties included overseeing park naturalist programs; participating in search and rescue operations; and coordinating several key elements of the Yosemite General Management Plan.Mr. Sano was the leader of the 1983 American Mt. Everest Expedition, via Lho La and the West Ridge (which set the American women's altitude record); a co-leader on the first guided ski-mountaineering trip to traverse South Georgia island in the sub-Antarctic; the leader of the first western expedition to reach Gangkar Puseum (the highest unclimbed mountain in the world); the leader of several trekking peak groups in the Nepal Himalaya; and extensive travels throughout Tibet, Nepal, the Bhutan Himalaya, Australia, the Andes, and Patagonia.He currently serves on the National Board of The Trust For Public Land (a national land conservation organization that recently received the most efficient nonprofit distinction from Barron's and Charity Watch), the Advisory Board of The Natural Step, and the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.He was formerly the founding President of the Mono Lake Foundation, a founding director of the Natural Step and the Yosemite Restoration Trust, and a director of Marin Discoveries.