The Team

Get to know the staff and board members making it all happen

Staff Members

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.

Interim Executive Director

Elana-June Margolis

elanajunemariposa@gmail.com

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

raynagracemariposa@gmail.com

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

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.

Jay Scherf

Board Member

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Student of fire, gracious parent, seasonal newt crossing guard

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

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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:

Maintaining our current infrastructure
Improving physical accessibility, and
Sustaining our capacity to offer free & reduced rates & land access to historically marginalized communities (specifically, Black & Indigenous individuals and organizations & other communities of Color).

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!

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