The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center has introduced its 2022-23 Board of Directors executive leadership team. The board provides strategic and policy guidance to ensure the Dunes Center’s program of work serves the best interest to members of the community.

The new Executive Board includes Jennifer Harrison, president; Brian Billones, vice president; Robert Cooks, secretary; and Jim Corridan, treasurer. L. Erika Weber is the Dunes Center’s new executive director.

“The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center serves as a natural history museum with artifacts native to our coastline,” said Harrison. “The organization also works to bring environmental education to area students. As with many museums, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented new challenges to the staff and organization.”

The Dunes Center promotes the conservation and restoration of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes ecosystem through education, research, and the support of cooperative stewardship.

“As we look to the future of the center, there is refreshed optimism with the energy surrounding the organization’s programming and fundraising efforts,” said Harrison. “The Dunes Center is a small and mighty entity that impacts many within the community and I’m excited to now be leading this effort.

“As executive director, I am honored to be a part of this incredible and unique organization. have the support of a talented and dedicated Board of Directors, as well as an amazing team. I’m excited to see the Dunes Center not only continue its good work but expand its mission and reach to our local communities in the coming years,” she said.

The Dunes Center is a natural history museum in Guadalupe that works to conserve the unique ecosystem of the local dunes through education, research, and cooperative stewardship. Known for its display of artifacts from Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 film “The Ten Commandments,” the Dunes Center also offers guided community hikes, classroom education programs, and nature field trips.

Learn about the Dunes Center and how to support its programming work at www.dunescenter.org, or call 805-343-2455.