Jennifer Ferenstein

Biography
Jennifer Ferenstein was elected to the Sierra Club board of directors in 1998 after serving as a member of the Sierra Club's state and Missoula, Montana executive committees. She served as president of the Club from 2001 to 2003. Before joining the Sierra Club, Ferenstein worked as a staffer with the Ecology Center. Earth First! and Ruckus Society co-founder Mike Roselle sits on the board of the Ecology Center. The Ecology Center also nurtured the violent Ruckus Society, which Roselle helped co-found. In 1997, Ferenstein and Roselle spent a month trekking through the Montana backwoods looking for bears on the "Great Grizzly Hike."

Background
Former staffer, Ecology Center; former staffer, Alliance for the Wild Rockies; Columbia Basin organizer for the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance in Bellingham, WA


Associated Organizations and Foundations

Organization: Sierra Club Position: Immediate Past President Founded in 1892 by John Muir to "make the mountains glad," the Sierra Club is the oldest and arguably the most powerful environmental group in the... find out more »

Quotes

“Fact is, I think people in Montana can get along without strawberries in December.”
— Sierra Club board member and former president Jennifer Ferenstein, promoting what she calls “bio-regionalism,” as quoted in 2003 by Range magazine



“Fact is, I think people in Montana can get along without strawberries in December.”
— Promoting what she calls “bio-regionalism,” as quoted in 2003 by Range magazine

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