Tijuana Estuary Foundation Board of Directors & Staff

The Tijuana Estuary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1979. The Foundation is led by a volunteer Board of Directors and is supported by adminstrative staff, all dedicated to furthering the Foundation's mission. The Tijuana Estuary Foundation also partners with California State Parks and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to employ staff that comprise the rest of the TRNERR team.

Board of Directors

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Cassie Morton

President

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

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Mike McCoy

Treasurer

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

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Clay Phillips

Vice President

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

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Justin Anderson

Secretary

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

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Justin Anderson serves as the Secretary for the Tijuana Estuary Foundation Board of Directors. He is a Program Analyst for the US Navy Undersea Special Missions where he provides programmatic and technical management of the US Navy’s submarine rescue maintenance and operations contract team in the execution of all contractual requirements.

Justin was General Manager, Tinosa, Inc. providing specialized servicing of military diving and firefighting systems. He served US West Coast and Pacific region military diving units.

Justin served as US Navy Diving Officer from 1991-2021, leading teams in specialized diving operations to include submarine rescue, underwater ship repair, ship and aircraft salvage, SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV), Anti-swimmer Marine Mammal Systems, and Anti-Terrorism & Force Protection.

In addition to his work on the Tijuana Estuary Foundation Board, Justin is President of the Imperial Beach Arts Bureau, where his organization brings public art and access to art experiences to Imperial Beach and the South Bay region.

Justin holds a Master of Business for Veterans, University of Southern California and B.S. in Business Administration from Colorado State University.

He is proud and honored to serve on the Board of Directors of the Tijuana Estuary Foundation and its mission of supporting TRNERR in the preservation and restoration of the South Bay’s most important and treasured but threatened natural habitats.

Over three decades as a Navy Diver and resident of the South Bay region, Justin has witnessed TEF’s efforts resulting in South Bay’s estuaries returning to thriving ecosystems and their direct impact in cleaning surrounding bodies of water through its natural filtering processes.

He has gained a deep appreciation of the South Bay’s estuarine environments, their vital importance in the preservation of marine and avian habitats, contributions to keeping our oceans clean and contributing to community coastal erosion resiliency.

Lorena Warner-Lara

Environmental Scientist
Tijuana Estuary Foundation Board Liaison

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Foundation Administrative Staff

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Hannah Arkin

Executive Director

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

760-504-4109

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Cristina Bingham

Administrative Director

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

(619) 782-4110

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Sonya Carruth

Administrative Assistant

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

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Mayda Winter

Project Director/Grant Administrator

Tijuana Estuary Foundation

(619) 782-4110

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Foundation Board & Staff

Foundation Board & Staff

Board of Directors

Cassie Morton

Mike McCoy

Clay Phillips

Justin Anderson

Lorena Warner-Lara

Foundation Administrative Staff

Hannah Arkin

Cristina Bingham

Sonya Carruth

Mayda Winter

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