Meet our Board of Trustees
Eva Butler
Growing up on her grandparents’ farm in southeastern Massachusetts, Eva played in the same woods that her mother had enjoyed as a child. Her reverence for its spring-fed stream full of native brook trout spawned a desire in Eva to explore the life that flourishes in clean streams and vernal pools.
Claudia Goss
A lifelong Sacramento resident and advocate of environmental education, Claudia currently serves as a founding member of the Splash Board of Trustees. Claudia's association with Splash began through her affiliation as the Communications Manager for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, one of the founding sponsors of the Splash program.
Bob Shanks
Bob was born in Queens, New York and grew up on Long Island. He attended college at the University of Texas at Austin. Bob received a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering with an emphasis on Water Quality in 1975. Bob's water quality career began with the State Water Resources Control Board, where he worked for four years, and ended with the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD), where he worked for 27 years.
Nate Manley
A resident of Northern California since the second grade, Nate grew up along the banks of the Sacramento River near Redding, California. Blessed to live in a small community with open access to fields, forests, wetlands, and the river, Nate spent much of his childhood exploring the wilderness with his friends:
