Meet Our Team
Martha Tate Jenkins
Executive Director
(Laramie, WY)
martha@wildwyo.org
Martha was born and raised at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains in Sheridan, Wyoming and has been involved with WWA from an early age. Her first experience in the Wilderness was on a WWA youth outing into Cloud Peak Wilderness. Martha vividly
remembers the overwhelmingly beauty of the high-alpine view, experiencing the power of the Wilderness, and the feeling of belonging to something much greater than herself. This early encounter with Wilderness is what inspired Martha to join WWA throughout the years as an intern, administrative assistant, and eventually as a board member from 2020-2025.
Prior to joining the board of WWA, Martha graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2017. As an attorney, Martha practiced criminal law, family law, civil litigation, immigration law, and international refugee law. She has lived and worked
around the world in Egypt, Thailand, Tanzania, and beyond in the human rights context. Martha's background and experience have cultivated her ability and enthusiasm to dive headfirst into new challenges. She feels privileged to have the opportunity to work for WWA during such a consequential time for our public lands.
Peggie dePasquale
National Forest Wildlands Director
(Victor, ID)
Peggie@wildwyo.org
There was a time in Peggie’s life when she didn’t even know what designated Wilderness was. Although growing up in the mountains of rural western Maine gave her a deep appreciation for wildness and all that comes with it. In the winter of 2014 after finishing undergrad, Peggie served as an AmeriCorps Service Member with the Teton Science Schools, which brought her to the cabin of Mardy and Olaf Murie in Moose, WY. Here she learned about the Wilderness Act of 1964, the law that permitted wildlands to stay wild. It struck her as an idea worth fighting for.
Fast forward through several years as a Field Educator with the Teton Science Schools, and a Dual Master’s Degree from the University of Wyoming in Natural Science Education and Environment and Natural Resources, Peggie was hired as the Bridger-Teton Community Organizer with WWA in the Spring of 2018. After almost four years with the organization, Peggie realized her need to recharge and recalibrate on the mission of protecting wildlands. She soon ended up in the role of Wilderness Ranger for the Gros Ventre Wilderness on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. To be the boots on ground protector and steward of a Wilderness was a dream come true. Yet on Valentine’s Day 2025 she was terminated from this job, leading her to seek support from her conservation community in opposing these damaging cuts. Close collaboration with WWA organically led to her accepting an offer to be back on the team. Her aim is to continue her efforts to protect and steward national forest wildlands as she did as a Wilderness Ranger, but now across the whole state of Wyoming.
Jason Pinter
Cloud Peak Wilderness Steward
(Dayton, WY)
Jason's love for the outdoors and wild places began at a young age, with highlights of being a teenager spending time hiking, fishing, and backpacking in the Bighorns, Absarokas, and Black Hills. This led to a 30-year career working in public service both at State and Federal agencies. Jason started working in Grand Teton National Park conducting frontcountry, backcountry, and river patrols. After having worked in public safety for the State of Wyoming for more than ten years, he realized that his true passion was working for land management agencies protecting our public lands. He later worked as a ranger in Devil's Tower National Monument, a short stint in Badlands National Park, and most recently monitoring and protecting ten Wilderness Study Areas totaling more than 450,000 acres for the Bureau of Land Management in southern Utah. However, the highlight of his career was being fortunate enough to spend several years as the lead Wilderness Ranger in the Cloud Peak Wilderness for the Bighorn National Forest. Due to the recent significant reductions to the Federal workforce, Jason is looking forward to bringing his knowledge and experience to Wyoming Wilderness Association, conducting survey and monitoring work in the Cloud Peak Wilderness.
Jennie Mans
BLM Wildlands Program Director
(Cody, WY)
jennie@wildwyo.org
Jennie’s story with Wyoming public lands originates from a trip to Sunlight Basin in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that cleaved her heart open & changed the course of her life. It was this trip that served as the impetus for her career in federal land management. Since then, she has frequently orbited Wyoming through many chapters of her life, coming to finally nest in the state with her work through WWA.
Growing up, Jennie wandered among the Adirondack Mountains of New York, scrambling up 46ers and eating her fill of apple cider doughnuts. She studied Communications and English at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and spent eleven blissful years trail running the glacial drift of the Ice Age Trail, backpacking along the bluffs of Lake Superior, and rock climbing slick purple quartzite at Devils Lake. After seven years of owning and operating a pie shop, Jennie translated her ability to wear many hats to a career in the National Park Service, working at Rocky Mountain National Park & Mount Rainier National Park as a Wilderness Ranger, Parkmedic, Winter Recreation Technician, Search & Rescue Helitack Crewmember, Technical Rope Technician, and infinite other roles that come with public service.
A lifelong advocate, defender, and hand-raiser, Jennie felt compelled to speak up for the public lands that had reshaped her life trajectory, a profoundly unifying experience she shares with people she meets in every corner of life. The thread of Wyoming public lands continued to weave its way through her narrative, and she is thrilled to be a part of Wyoming Wilderness Association, where her love of the place joins seamlessly with her personal & professional Wilderness advocacy.
Board of Directors
Pete Stahl (President)
Laramie
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Andrea Harrington (Secretary)
Laramie
Iva Moss
Arapahoe
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Barry Reiswig
Cody
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Bart Koehler
Wherever the road takes him
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Colleen Friday
Arapahoe
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