Martha, a volunteer at International Bird Rescue’s Cordelia wildlife center since 2013, is an avid bird watcher, hiker, and conservationist.
Martha can frequently be found combing the wild and scenic beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore completing bird and marine mammal surveys for Beach Watch, a NOAA shoreline monitoring program managed by the Greater Farallones Association. She is also a supporter of the John Muir Land Trust, first volunteering 30 years ago to assist its successful campaign to purchase Mt. Wanda, once owned by naturalist John Muir and now part of the John Muir National Historic Site.
A former journalist for a San Francisco-based newswire service and East Bay newspapers, Martha earned a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in 1980. After raising two children with her husband in Martinez and spending years volunteering in their schools, she went on to work for the school district for more than a decade. She retired in 2020.