The Board of Directors is comprised of long-time residents, scientists, business owners and active environmental stewards. Board Committees in the areas of Finance, Projects, Membership and Fundraising assist staff by holding regular meetings with goals and timelines. The Board also meets as a whole on a monthly basis.

Kristen Mayer

Vice President & Treasurer

Kristen is a passionate advocate of MAP’s mission to preserve and protect our beautiful Truckee-Tahoe area and collaborate on responsible land use. As a resident in the North Lake Tahoe area for over 35 years, Kristen feels it is her duty to actively help safeguard this unique and precious environment for all families to enjoy. Kristen is a Registered Investment Advisor and CEO and Founder of KMI Wealth, a registered investment advisory firm.

Additionally, Kristen is a motivational speaker and educator who is passionate about education on subjects of Women in Investing, Impact Investing, Family Wealth Planning and Philanthropic Advisory. Kristen volunteers for Junior Achievement, teaching kids K-12 Global Economics, entrepreneurship, financial literacy skills and community engagement. She is also member of the National Charity League Sierra Nevada Chapter which is a mother-daughter philanthropic organization with a vision to develop strong women leaders serving and impacting communities. Kristen and her youngest daughter volunteer for numerous non-profits around the Tahoe/Truckee/Reno area through NCL. Recently, Kristen sat on the board for We Are Change Makers which is an annual summit benefitting Zawadisha, a micro-lending and financial literacy social enterprise for rural Kenyan women.

Kristen and her husband David have two teenage daughters, Ann and Vivian and being a role model to them is her highest priority. She loves all the activities in the Tahoe/Truckee area, especially skiing, backpacking, hiking, swimming, surfing and water skiing. She also enjoys cooking, practicing yoga, and spending time with her family in Hawaii.

Melinda Maxfield

Board Director

Melinda has been a local since 1994, when she replaced the beaches of Maui for the mountains of Tahoe. Her husband, Dave Hatchett, introduced her to the wonders of the Tahoe backcountry and she joined his snowboarding film crew for many years.  After having two daughters, she served on a variety of parent boards, including the Tahoe Community Nursery School, the Mother’s Club, the Lake Tahoe School, and the Lake Tahoe School Library Committee. She also started an infant/toddler product company called Gogo Babyz. 

More recently, Melinda sat on the Amazon Conservation Team board, which partners with indigenous communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.  Seeing cultural devastation in the Amazon from rampant development, she notices that Lake Tahoe’s mountain-town culture and character are in danger.  One of the many reasons she joined MAP is to ensure the integrity of the Tahoe way-of-life continues.

For the last seven years, Melinda has delved deeper into her interest in Herbalism and can be found foraging for native medicinal plants to make herbal remedies.  Loving all that Lake Tahoe has to offer, she spends her off-time hiking, mountain biking, and gardening in the summer, and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding in the winter.

Stefanie Olivieri

Board Director

Stefanie’s family settled in the Truckee area in 1918. Stef is one of MAP’s Founding Board Members, who returned to the Board of Directors in late 2023. Stefanie is third generation Truckee. She grew up in the downtown Truckee office building where her family’s clothing store is. In addition to being a savvy businesswoman who has restored four historic buildings in downtown, Stef gives her time freely to serve the community and inspire others to give back to Truckee Tahoe.

Stefanie is a former Board President of the Truckee Downtown Merchants Association (TDMA), Tahoe Forest Hospital, Lake Tahoe Music Festival, a founder of MAP and the Martis Fund. Stef is also serving on the Town of Truckee River to River Steering Committee and is a road advocate of river revitalization.

Nikki Price

Board Director

Native to Lake Tahoe, Nikki is passionate about preserving open space and mountain character. As a local business owner and Mother, Nikki recognizes the importance of protecting Tahoe's treasured resources while role-modeling how to give back to the community.

Nikki is thrilled to be a part of Mountain Area Preservation. She recognizes how tirelessly MAP works in the name of environmental advocacy. She hopes to contribute her skills and passion to MAP's mission while showing her two daughters that cultivating change requires passion, persistence, and participation.

Owner of Mountain Thyme Events, Nikki loves sharing the magic of Lake Tahoe with her clients while planning memorable events in one of the most beautiful places on earth. You can find Nikki on the trails with her family or straight-lining runs off Siberia Express when she's not planning stunning events.

Amy Cornelius

Board Director

Amy is thrilled to join the board of MAP. Amy has gained deep insight into local and state policies and procedures after 16 years as a land-use planner and engineer, with a decade in the Tahoe Truckee region. She is excited about contributing this knowledge and skill set to MAP's work and mission. 

Amy is the owner and primary planner for Cornelius Planning & Consulting, a new land use planning firm in North Lake Tahoe. She uses her expertise to provide guidance, add efficiencies, and produce creative solutions for projects of all types and sizes in the Tahoe Truckee region. Similar to the vision of MAP, Amy is pro-smart development, including essential redevelopment, and feels strongly that projects should fit the character, scenic nature, and carrying capacity of this unique place, comply with local and state regulations, and be supported by the community.

In her free time, Amy can be found mountain biking, trail running, sailing, skiing in the mountains, and engaging in numerous volunteer endeavors. She views her work as a way to give back to the community she's grateful to be a part of.

Victoria Estevez

 Board Director

Victoria is very excited to join the board at MAP and to be a part of such a strong organization committed to ensuring Tahoe and Truckee's natural spaces for years to come. Victoria hails from the New York area and made the trip west seven years ago. She's a seasoned video and photo producer working on things as diverse as Sports TV to a Meditation App.

Victoria lives in Truckee with her wife, son, and dog and loves the Tahoe area deeply, spending lots of her time snowboarding, hiking, paddleboarding, and playing softball with the team at Tahoe School of Music.