Brenda serves as the National Trail Program Manager for the US Forest Service, based out of Lakewood, CO. She has over 20 years of experience working for the Forest Service in recreation and trail program management. She has been fortunate to have experience working at all levels of the agency, from the field to the national level, and in the beautiful states of Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Colorado. Brenda holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from James Madison University and a master’s degree from the University of Montana-Missoula in recreation resource management. She is an avid outdoors person who enjoys most every form of recreation, especially when joined in activities by her husband and two daughters.