Erik is the Executive Director of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT). As Executive Director, Erik oversees the operations of the land trust and works closely with the Board of Directors and staff to ensure that there is consistent alignment with the mission and strategic plan.

Prior to assuming the role of Executive Director, Erik served CCALT in the capacity of Deputy Director. Erik has facilitated more than sixty conservation easement transactions since 2008 and secured more than $10M in grants for the purchase of conservation easements throughout the state. Erik holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University, a Master of Resource Law Studies from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and an Executive MBA from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. Erik also serves on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts.

In his free time, Erik enjoys reading, fishing, hunting and exploring new places with his wife Shelby, son Theodore and their two dogs – Motsenbocker and Collins. 

Courtney joined CCALT in 2014 to serve as the organization’s Conservation Programs Assistant, a two-year fellowship sponsored by Colorado Open Lands. In this capacity, Courtney is learning the skills required to coordinate and complete conservation easement transactions. She closed her first donated conservation easement in 2014 and is currently building a project portfolio. On the stewardship side of the organization, Courtney assists with a wide variety of projects including amendments and conservation easement monitoring.

Prior to joining CCALT, Courtney worked for the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Department, serving in both the Resource Management and Land Management Divisions. With the city, Courtney built a geodatabase of easements granted on natural areas property and co-managed their Conservation Easement Program. 

Courtney holds a Masters in Environmental Science and a graduate certificate in Sustainable Agriculture from Washington State University and an undergraduate degree in Biology from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO.  She believes strongly in both public service and civic responsibility, as evidenced by her work as an Americorps volunteer and YouthVote campaign organizer. 

Molly is the Director of Conservation Transactions at Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust. As the director, Molly works on managing new conservation easement projects and stewardship issues.

Before assuming the role of Director of Conservation Transactions, Molly was CCALT's Transaction Specialist. Prior to coming to CCALT, Molly was the Conservation Director at Montezuma Land Conservancy in southwest Colorado where she managed conservation easement transactions and directed the stewardship program. Molly holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Dartmouth College where she wrote her thesis on the use of conservation easements in Colorado and a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law.

Molly grew up on a cattle ranch in Carbondale, Colorado and enjoys going home to help her parents on the ranch especially during calving season. In her free time, Molly enjoys hiking, skiing, and generally trying to keep up with her dog.

Maggie recently joined the CCALT team as the External Relations Coordinator. In this capacity, Maggie will focus on developing and implementing CCALT’s outreach program, managing CCALT events, developing training programs, and administering organizational grants.

Prior to joining CCALT, Maggie worked for El Pomar Foundation as a member of the 2011 Fellowship class. She then moved to Oregon to serve as an Americorps volunteer and worked alongside the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District to develop and implement the Agora Platform, a project sourcing mechanism designed to better connect funders with rural community projects and needs.

Maggie received her BA from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, in History and Urban Studies: Urban Environments and recently completed a graduate certificate in Ranch Management from the Texas Christian University Ranch Management Program in Fort Worth, Texas.

Maggie was born and raised on a ranch in Hanover, Colorado. She enjoys spending her free time on the ranch with family.

Megan Knott is the Director of Stewardship and is charged with ensuring that CCALT meets its commitment to perpetually uphold the terms of each of its conservation easements. Megan focuses on partnerships with ranching families across the state to help her accomplish this goal. Megan is also actively engaged in the conservation community on both the state and national level and helps CCALT stay on the cutting edge of evolving stewardship trends. Megan joined CCALT in 2008.  Her background is in forest management and she has Masters degrees in Forestry and Environmental Management from the Nicholas School at Duke University.

In her spare time, Megan and her husband, Tyler, help run the Knott family’s ranch, located southwest of Oak Creek, Colorado.  Megan is based out of CCALT's Steamboat Springs office.

Anne joined CCALT in February, 2014 as the organization's Controller, fulfilling a long-standing wish to return to the non-profit world. Previously, Anne served as the Controller for a Denver-area technology firm and has held various finance and accounting roles throughout her career, including financial planning and analysis, audit and taxation.

Anne holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in Accounting from Iowa State University. She is an Iowa native with many fond memories of summers on her grandparents’ farms.  Anne moved to Colorado in 1999 and enjoys camping, skiing, biking and golfing with her husband and two boys.

Jayne grew up on a ranch in Pinedale, Wyoming where her family raised grass hay and had a cow/calf operation. After high school, Jayne attended Pennsylvania State University where she received her undergraduate degree in Agriculture Science with minors in Environmental Inquiry and Leadership Development. Jayne graduated from Penn State a semester early and spent a season skiing at Alta, Utah. She moved to Colorado in May of 2014.

Jayne initially began by volunteering at CCALT. In the fall of 2015, she was hired on full time as a Development Officer. She is passionate about facilitating the connection between Colorado agriculture and the urban population of the state, and looks forward to working with Colorado ranchers.

In her free time, Jayne enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and riding horses.