The Team
Get to know the staff and board members making it all happen
Staff Members
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General Manager
Lew Crockett
Lew is a parent, musician, devoted community member, and Mariposa resident. Lew came to Mariposa with over 25 years of experience in hospitality, service & management. They are honored to serve our community in the role of General Manager, overseeing daily operations & tending to the needs of the land & residents.
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Interim Executive Director
Elana-June Margolis
Elana-June Margolis (she/they/WE) is a teacher, ritualist, artist, community steward & Mariposa resident & board member. Elana-June’s life work is devoted to crafting liberatory community containers which foster a collective sense of interconnectivity & revolutionary interdependence. She is honored to serve the Mariposa community in the role of Interim Executive Director, helping to steer & steward our ship towards sustainability & emboldened embodiment in line with our shared vision.
Program Manager
Rayna Grace
​Rayna Grace Matthews (she/her) is a parent, ordained ritual priestess, stargazer, songstress, story-teller & weaver of community. Rayna has lived most of her life in community settings; she currently grows alongside her three incredible children & her beloved wife at Mariposa. She brings experience in theater, youth education, event planning & community organizing to her work as Program Manager.
Our Board
If you are called to joining the Mariposa board in their service to this vital community, please contact Elana-June at elanajunemariposa@gmail.com
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Hannah Mayree
Board Member
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Cultural steward. Parent. Radical Arts Administrator. Musical Artist. Founder & Executive Director of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project.
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Jay Scherf
Board Member
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Student of fire, gracious parent, seasonal newt crossing guard
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Diana Morningstar
Board Member
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Nerdy Wild Forest Amazon Princess. Steward at Annwfn (Sacred Retreat Center)
Amanda Tuttle
Board Member
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Attuner & Attender of Nature. Mama to a Garden Fairy. Creator of Song & Poem.Community weaver. Proprietor of Mendo Grass (local microgreens & wheatgrass farm)
Elana-June Margolis
Board Member, Interim ED
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Teacher. Ritualist. Mystic. Community Steward. Founder & Lead Teacher of The Merchav, a school & congregation of queer/trans Jews gathering to practice liberation
SUPPORT THE WORK
We need your help!
As an organization both serving and sustained by our communities, our ability to continue our work depends on contributions from folks like you! If you are in a position to make a donation, please know that it goes towards:
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Maintaining our current infrastructure
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Improving physical accessibility, and
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Sustaining our capacity to offer free & reduced rates & land access to historically marginalized communities (specifically, Black & Indigenous individuals and organizations & other communities of Color).
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We welcome contributions, and recognize that offering is a testament toward your energetic and financial commitment toward helping us fulfill our purpose. We see resource sharing & redistribution as a foundational part of our work towards collective liberation! Thank you for helping manifest this critical cultural work with us!