Program Staff
Holly Alpert
Program Director
Holly began working for the Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management Program in August 2008. After working in and around Mammoth Lakes during graduate school, she became very interested in California water policy and planning. Her particular interest is in adaptation of water resources management to global climate change. Holly has also conducted research in plant ecology and ecophysiology, specializing in Great Basin and Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems. After graduate school, she worked two summers as an ecologist with Devils Postpile National Monument. Holly has served as a volunteer board member with Sierra Classic Theatre, the Bristlecone Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, and most recently, with the Amargosa Conservancy. Holly’s favorite activities are skiing and hiking (which is just an excuse for flower peeping). Holly holds a B.A. in Environmental Science and American Studies from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from University of California, Santa Cruz.
Allison Dodds
Disadvantaged Communities Coordinator
Allison joined the program staff of the Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management Program in Spring of 2018. Allison is a local to the eastern sierra. She grew up in Mammoth Lakes and returned to the area after obtaining her Master’s degree in Biology in 2003. Her main focus of study was in population genetics. Allison has worked as a biologist and in education in the area for the past 15 years. In addition to being an avid outdoor enthusiast (skiing, mountain biking, river rafting, dirt biking) she especially loves wildcrafting and spending time in nature.
Rick Kattelmann
Project Development Specialist
Rick is a hydrologist who specialized in watershed management and snow hydrology and is the third former forester on the Program Staff, joining in fall of 2011. He has worked and contracted for the usual land management agencies, public utilities, and conservation groups. Rick was the principal hydrologist for the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project in the mid-1990s and authored more than 150 scientific and technical papers. Rick’s “fun jobs” included scientific and landscape photography, avalanche safety educator, and backcountry snow surveyor. He served two terms on the Mono County Planning Commission and was a founder of the Eastern Sierra Land Trust. Various jobs and travel opportunities involved lots of skiing in the Sierra Nevada and exploring other mountain ranges of the world. Rick holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in forestry and watershed hydrology at U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. in snow hydrology from U.C. Santa Barbara
Mark Drew
Program Director Emeritus
Mark recently moved on to other endeavors working in Cambodia. Mark recently served as California Trout’s Eastern Sierra Program Manager and as the Program Director for the Inyo-Mono IRWM Program. Thank you Mark for all the hard work you put into these programs!
