Board of Directors - Wolves of the Rockies

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Our Board of Directors

Boldly Rising up to Defend

Leading the Charge for Wolf Advocacy

Wolves of the Rockies is committed to staying an all volunteer organization. It is our goal to use education to bring about the social change that our wolves and wildlife deserve. With your help we can accomplish this sooner.

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Marc Cooke

President and Board Member

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Marc is a proud US military veteran and served his country in both Desert Storm and Desert shield. He and his wife Lorenza have called Montana home for over twenty years. During that time, his passion for protecting Rocky Mountain wolves has grown into a full-time, volunteer job.

He counts one of his greatest WOTR successes as the reduction of wolf quotas around the park. Marc has been equally successful in collaborating on Montana’s wolf issues. He has been a member of the following local committees: Montana Wolf Advisory, Finding Common Ground, MtFWP Region 2 Citizen Advisory, and Ravalli Country Collaborative.

For fun, Marc enjoys floating on the river, backcountry expeditions with his wife and friends, and caring for his much older horse, Red. And of course, he is always ready to sit, have a cup of coffee and talk about wolves.

Kim Bean

Vice President and Board Member

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Kim Bean was born and raised in Wyoming and spent her time in the great western outdoors, camping, fishing, hiking and looking for wildlife. After serving in the USAF, she attended Front Range Community College and University of Montana Helena.

In 2004 on a birthday trip to Yellowstone, she finally saw her first wild wolf. With a love for these animals and a need to help protect them she moved to Montana and with one fateful phone call she met Marc Cooke and the fight for wolves began.

Kim’s perfect day is spent in Yellowstone National Park watching wolves through her spotting scope, giving others the opportunity to see wolves for the first time. Discussing wolves of Yellowstone and the plight of wolves to other visitors is her passion.

Kim resides in Colorado with her partner Trisha where she is working on community outreach and education for the reintroduction of wolves that is set to take place in 2023.

Rhonda Lanier

Secretary and Board Member

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I have been actively involved in advocating for wolves for over ten years. As an Apex predator, I firmly believe they are fulfilling a role for which Mother Nature created them.

My love for Yellowstone National Park created my love for these incredible creatures for which we are privileged to share this planet. They balance the ecosystem, they manage the rivers and streams, they are the reason thousands of people travel to the Northern Rockies each year.

To hear the howl of a wolf in the wild is a sound, a feeling that one never forgets; it goes deep in your soul. It makes you feel a part of something much greater than yourself. It connects you to the earth; the planet we call home.

Lorenza Cooke

Treasurer and Board Member

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Biography coming soon!

Elizabeth Hoag

Board Member

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Elizabeth Hoag became a WotR board member in 2021. After college, she moved to Colorado and had the honor of living among some gray wolves. Elizabeth fell in love with their wild spirit and, since meeting Marc Cooke, is determined to protect Rocky Mountain wolves.

For fun, Elizabeth enjoys hiking, martial arts, cooking, and working in her garden. She currently lives in the Swiss mountains with her husband, daughter, and five dogs.

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