Board Of Directors

Ross Holloway, President, Corvallis, OR

Ross is a native Oregonian who currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State University and spent a 30-year career with the Oregon Department of Forestry, where he led forest management and recreation management planning projects for Oregon’s state forests, and served in leadership positions on wildland fire teams. From 2012 to 2019, Ross served as Executive Director of the non-profit Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust, supporting outdoor education, interpretation and recreation programs on the Tillamook State Forest. A lifelong hiker, camper and backpacker, Ross learned about Wilderness Volunteers in 2011 when he encountered a WV project team working in Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness. After participating as a volunteer on two projects, he attended WV Leader training in 2012, and has been leading projects every year since. He has led projects in Zion and Saguaro National Parks as well as the Eagle Cap Wilderness in Oregon.

Rebecca Glucklich, Vice President, Boston, MA

Rebecca discovered WV in a Google search for volunteer trips to Utah in 2013 and has been hooked ever since. During her first trip to Escalante, Rebecca developed a serious love/obsession for chopping down Russian Olive trees and even commemorated the occasion with a tattoo of the Highway #12 road sign! Finding WV revitalized her proclivity for hiking, camping and being generally outdoorsy. Rebecca makes her way back to the Southwest every chance she gets and enjoys hiking in the New England mountains between desert adventures. She has over a decade of experience in non-profit fundraising, board engagement, and event coordination and recently added “podcast producer” to her resume. With an educational background in theatre and social work, Rebecca brings a unique perspective to all of her professional roles and looks forward to bringing the same to the Wilderness Volunteer Board of Directors. She currently lives in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain and is the Associate Director of Alumni Relations at Emerson College.

Mark Young, Secretary, Brooklyn, NY

Mark is a native New Yorker who equally enjoys the vibrancy and diversity of a big city and the beauty, serenity and adventure of the great outdoors.  Even though he grew up in the Big Apple, as a youngster he joined his family on many weekend camping trips, mostly to nearby Harriman and Catskill state parks.  After college, he became a more active hiker and backpacker and developed an appreciation for primitive camping and multi-day wilderness trips.  He is still working on his lifelong effort to summit all 35 Catskill 3,500-foot peaks, but there is still plenty of time!  Mark joined his first Wilderness Volunteers trip in 2009 and became a project leader a few years later.  Over the last decade and a half, Wilderness Volunteers trips have led him to nine states all across the country.  Mark’s 30-year career in the public sector included stints as Budget Director for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Vice President of Management & Finance for the Long Island Rail Road and Budget Director for Nassau County (NY).  He currently is an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Wagner School for Public Service, where he teaches a Capstone Finance class to second-year graduate students.  When not in a tent or in the classroom, Mark enjoys life’s adventures with his wife and two children.

Linda Altenhofen, Treasurer, Highlands Ranch, CO

Linda has been a participant on WV projects since her first trip to Hawaii Volcanoes NP in 2015.  Giving back to trails projects through volunteering is a passion for this avid wilderness backpacker and mountain trails hiker. Linda began leading trips for WV in 2023 and is honored to be joining the board in 2025 to further contribute to the organization.  Now retired, Linda is a Certified Public Accountant and held a career position as a Corporate Controller for 13 years.  With the Rocky Mountains as her backyard, Linda is proud to call Colorado home.

Mike Bork, Member, Mesa, AZ

Mike began volunteering with his wife Denise for WV projects in 2011 and has worked 2-3 projects a year since then. He retired that year from a career in Accounting and later Human Resources and like many others wondered “what will I do now?” He lived primarily in the eastern half of the country before he fell in love with the southwest (on WV projects!) and moved from St. Louis to Mesa, AZ in 2017. He felt that WV provided a great combination of physical exercise and working with other people in achieving wonderful goals together. Mike enjoys volunteering for various other organizations as well to help keep our natural treasures available for everyone to enjoy. His favorite hobby is hiking with his two dogs and seeing them happy and exhausted at the end of the day.  

Tony Zimmer, Member, Salt Lake City, UT

Originally from the Midwest, Tony moved to Salt Lake City in 2006. He soon found the opportunity to volunteer for service projects on public lands. He began joining projects with Wilderness Volunteers in 2009 and leading projects in 2012. Tony retired from a career in financial services in 2020 and now spends his time hiking, skiing and biking when not participating in Wilderness Volunteer projects.

JB Ricca, Member, Austin, TX

JB is a native Texan. During his time in the Army, he was stationed in Washington State and discovered his love of the outdoors. He moved back to Texas and enjoys every opportunity he can to get outside with his family and share that love of nature with his daughters. He has committed himself to stewardship of our wild spaces and found Wilderness Volunteers in 2022. His current hobby is rock climbing, especially when his young daughter comes along. 

Linda Zarzana, Member, Sacramento, CA

Linda is a native Californian, however spent part of her childhood at several US Air Forces Bases. She discovered Wilderness Volunteers through a friend and took her first trip after retiring from teaching community college students chemistry in Sacramento.  An avid gardener, backpacker, hiker, cross country skier and just-want-to-be-outdoors person, Linda started leading trips in 2025.  She also volunteers with other organizations such as the Truckee Donor Land Trust, the Ski for Light Organization and various running associations in the Sacramento area.

Jeff Holden, Member, Chelsea, MI

Jeff began volunteering with Wilderness Volunteers in 2006 and enjoys the work, seeing the country, and meeting the people. Jeff is a health-care data and business-intelligence professional with more than three decades of experience designing, building, and governing data systems for hospitals, health plans, universities, and consulting clients. Since 2023, Jeff has hands-on experience founding and leading a fund-raising nonprofit, the Wolf Moose Foundation. Leading the Foundation gives him direct experience in nonprofit governance, fundraising, and maintenance of the financial and records systems on which the Foundation depends. He is the author of Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project (Michigan State University Press, 2025), a narrative account of the citizen scientists who sustain the Wolf-Moose Project on Michigan’s Isle Royale. Jeff has degrees from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. He is trying to get as many outdoor adventures under his belt as possible before he hits his best by date – This includes more Wilderness Volunteer Projects.

Natalie Nowak, Denver, CO

Natalie first learned about Wilderness Volunteers as an undergraduate Psychology student in Chicago. She went on two alternative spring break trips with WV through the Outdoor Adventure Program at DePaul University. Some years went by, but her experience with WV was a memorable one. She returned as a volunteer on the Denali project in 2022. In 2024, she did WV leader training and has since co-led both front and back country trips. Natalie now lives in Colorado, enjoys hiking, biking, camping and traveling.  

Jeff Janus, Member, Keego Harbor, MI

Jeff’s introduction to Wilderness Volunteers came in 2015 with a project at Acadia National Park, a trip that required driving 21 hours from Michigan and was worth every mile. Prior to that first trip, Jeff had never backpacked, and he has embraced WV projects as an opportunity to grow both physically and mentally. Since then, he has completed ten WV projects spanning both front country and backcountry trips, including memorable trips to Denali National Park in Alaska, Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness in Idaho. Jeff brings 25+ years of experience from the technology industry, but his time outdoors is where he recharges. He has found WV projects to be a unique opportunity to meet new people, gain new experiences, and feel a real sense of accomplishment while exploring some of the great natural treasures of our country. In his free time, Jeff enjoys gardening, yoga, biking, hiking, golf, and camping with his three children. He is excited to contribute to the WV board and help the organization grow its reach and impact.