Mountain Parks Foundation

Brenda Holmes 

Brenda Holmes has been the Executive Director of Mountain Parks Foundation, CA State Parks’ nonprofit partner at Big Basin Redwoods and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Parks, for the past 6 years.. Her prior career includes a long list of leadership positions in both corporate and nonprofit arenas and ranging from  Adult Education Advisor in the Peace Corps to President of Calco  Medical Management Corporation, a workers’ compensation claims administrator. Brenda, who is a certified Integral Life Coach, grew up in Boulder Creek before moving away for college and work responsibilities. She returned to the Santa Cruz mountains with her family in 2003 and has dedicated herself to stewarding our local redwood forests ever since