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MEET THE TEAM

Mike Swimmer

Retired Landscape Architect.

Lisa Fimiani

Master Gardener, Naturalist, Fellow at LMU's Center for Urban Resilience.

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Lanny Kaufer

Naturalist, Herbal Guide, Native Plant Expert.

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Holly Hampton

Artist, Sign Designer.

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Jim Adams

Associate Professor of Pharmacology, USC School of Pharmacy, Trained Chumash Shaman (healer).

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Professor Eric Strauss

President's professor of Biology at Loyola Marymount University and Executive Director of the Center for urban Resilience and Ballona Discovery Park.

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Exiquio De Leon

Master Landscaper, Irrigation Expert, Dear Friend.

Catherine Tyrrell

Former Board President of Ballona Discovery Park Partners & Current Board Member of Friends of Ballona Wetlands.

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Ruth Lansford & Robert Dorame

Ruth Lansford, founder and past president of the Friends of Ballona Wetlands.

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Robert Dorame, Council Chairman, Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California.

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