Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.

You are invited to a virtual town hall on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 5:30 p.m. The town hall meeting will be led by Brent Lyles, Friends of the San Juans’ new Executive Director. Lyles will introduce himself, share some highlights of Friends of the San Juans’ activities and open it up to the audience to learn about what you are interested in most. While this conversation would ideally take place in person, he is excited to meet you virtually and answer your questions. Register at www.sanjuans.org/upcoming-events, and feel free to submit questions for Brent in advance to katie@sanjuans.org. Lyles comes to Friends with over 20 years of experience leading environmental protection and education efforts.

“In my first couple of months on the job, as I’ve really dug in and learned about the Friends’ programming and impact, I’ve been so impressed, not just with the quality and rigor of the work, which is amazing, but also with the strong sense of community and collaboration,” he said. “This is not work that happens in isolation. We can’t do it alone, and we don’t. Here at Friends of the San Juans, not only do we have a long list of organizations and agencies that we are actively partnering with, but we also collaborate with our community.”