Glen Landrus

Chair | Anatone, WA

TERM EXPIRES 2025

Twenty years ago, Glen Landrus was selected for a Washington bighorn sheep hunt, which sparked his passion to be involved in giving back to promote the future of wild sheep and their habitat. After his Washington sheep hunt, he learned about the Wild Sheep Foundation (then FNAWS) and joined at the state level. He was elected to the board of the Washington chapter in the late 1990s, later serving as secretary and then more than ten years as the chapter president. The chapter’s board developed recruitment and banquet programs that increased both membership and banquet profit by 400%, while keeping administrative costs to 4%. More importantly, he reports, they inspired the membership with excitement, hope and a desire to give back to the wild-sheep resource. Today, he is a Summit Life member of WSF.
 
For more than two decades, Glen has served as a high-school agricultural education instructor. Most of this teaching experience was at a small school at the gateway of Hells Canyon in southeastern Washington. Glen’s students have won 13 state competitions and gone on to national competitions in everything from livestock evaluation to parliamentary procedure. In 2002, he was recognized as the Outstanding Agriculture Teacher for the 11 Western states. In 2015, he was selected as a regional Teacher of the Year in Washington state and one of nine finalists for Washington state Teacher of the Year.

ramslamvideo@gmail.com

Kyle Stelter

Vice Chair | Victoria, BC

TERM EXPIRES 2024

Kyle Stelter grew up in a farming and ranching community and was always connected to the land and wildlife.  At a young age he was in the field with his father and grandfather looking after the land and the animals it inhabited.  During that time, wildlife was abundant and Kyle had a strong connection to both the wild and domestic animals that shared the landscape.

Coming from the rolling hills of Southern Alberta wild sheep were something that were only seen on the rare drive through British Columbia.  Moving to the west coast and embarking on his first sheep hunt in 2011, Kyle fell in love with the mountains and in particular the curly horned inhabitants nestled ominously in the craggy peaks towering above.

Kyle’s passion for wildlife conservation began to manifest itself with the Wild Sheep Jurassic Classic.  Focusing on collaborative efforts to raise wild sheep awareness, advocacy and fund raising became a priority.  This led to greater involvement at the affiliate level particularly with the Wild Sheep Society of BC.  Kyle has served as a Director and President for the Wild Sheep Society and has chaired the Membership and Communications committee.  He is also WSSBC’s representative on WSF’s Chapters and Affiliates Committee.

Kyle is a Wild Sheep Foundation Summit and Life member as well as a Chadwick Ram Society member.  Kyle is a Wild Sheep Society of BC Life and Monarch Member as well as a Life Member with WSF Yukon, WSF Midwest, Eastern WSF and WSF California.  Kyle is currently Chairman of Wild Sheep Foundation’s Membership Committee and the WSF 1Campfire Initiative Committee and serves on the Chadwick Ram Society Committee.

Professionally Kyle is an Airline Captain that is often on the other side of the world thinking about wild sheep conservation.  He currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife Melanie and two sons.

kylestelter@gmail.com

Larry Jacobs

Secretary | Sherwood, OR

TERM EXPIRES 2024

Born and raised on a farm/ranch in North Dakota provided Larry Jacobs the opportunity to build a strong work ethics at a young age. He has always been passionate about new adventures and opportunities in life. He traveled to Oregon for summer work, to earn his way through college, and started a Custom Construction Co. the at age 20.  He still owns and operates this business forty-seven year later, building custom homes and light commercial projects. Larry also operates a farm and ranch business.

Larry has always spent time volunteering to local, county, state and regional non-profit groups so after drawing an Oregon bighorn tag in 2002 he joined OR-FNAWS for an opportunity to give back. He became a board member in 2003, served as VP in 2004 and as President in 2005,2006, 2016 and is the current Oregon President. He has initiated numerous hands on projects in Oregon- including guzzlers, spring projects, weed projects and juniper cutting to name a few.  Larry has actively participated in the Hells Canyon Initiative as the OR-FNAWS representative since 2004. He has also participated in public land management planning in OR, WA and ID since 2004. Larry takes a leading role in the chapter fundraisers each year. The Oregon Chapter presented their Jo Josephson Lifetime Achievement award to Larry in 2007. The WSF Gordon Eastman award was presented to Larry in 2010 and the WSF Outstanding Achievement award was presented to him in 2016. He is dedicated to bighorn sheep and passionate about the future of our public lands and wildlife management strategies for these lands.

lljacobs4@aol.com

Charlie Kelly

Treasurer | Phoenix, AZ

TERM EXPIRES 2023

Charlie Kelly was born in Phoenix, and spent his childhood growing up in a family that spent their free time enjoying the best that Arizona has to offer in outdoor activities that included camping, fishing and hunting. In 1998 he was drawn for an Arizona desert bighorn sheep hunt, and although he came up empty on his first sheep hunt, it was the catalyst behind his lifelong fascination with this majestic animal. Charlie went on to hunt sheep in Utah, Colorado, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia and Mexico, completing his FNAWS in 2005.  He also spent time sheep hunting with his son Danny, who completed his FNAWS in 2008 at the age of 18. One of his greatest joys has been the opportunity to accompany his wife, daughter, son and brother on their sheep hunts over the years.

In 2003 he became involved with the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, by volunteering on their Fundraiser Committee.  Since then, he has chaired their annual fundraiser twice, served several terms as Treasurer, and was their 2019 President.  He currently serves as their WSF and Legislative Chair.

He also became involved with the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle in 2006 when it was formed, serving several terms as President, and continues today serving as it's Treasurer and Marketing Director. During this time, it has raised over 8 million dollars for wildlife conservation work in Arizona. He is currently serving his second term on the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Recommendation Board that interviews and recommends candidates for the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to the Governor for final selection and appointment.

He also serves on the Arizona Livestock Loss Board that supports the reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf program by compensating livestock producers for predation losses and providing support for wolf predation avoidance programs.  He currently serves as a Board Member and Treasurer for both the Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation and Conserve and Protect Arizona. Charlie is a life member of the Az. Antelope Foundation, the Az. Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, and is a WSF life and Chadwick Ram Society member.

Charlie and his wife Linda formed a precast manufacturing business in Phoenix in 1992, and following it's sale and acquisition in 2018, has been able to devote more of his time to wildlife conservation by serving with several wildlife non-profits in Arizona. He looks forward to working hard as a WSF Director and has been serving on their Legislative Affairs, Bylaws and Policy, and Membership committees.

azsheepguy@gmail.com

Tony Caligiuri

Osceola, Iowa

TERM EXPIRES 2024

An Iowa native, Tony Caligiuri has had a passion for the outdoors and conservation since childhood. He fulfilled a life long dream of becoming an outdoor writer at an early age, earning national and international awards for writing, photography and film production. 
He has been president and C.E.O. of Boyt Harness Company since 1993. Boyt is a long time supporter of the Wild Sheep Foundation and is one of the oldest names in the hunting industry operating multiple brands worldwide.
 “ I have a tremendous passion for North American sheep in general and WSF in particular. I believe that my passion for sheep and sheep hunting combined with more then 20 years of volunteering in various grass roots and national conservation leadership positions gives me a background that would benefit WSF’s roles as a conservation leader for wild sheep and as an advocate for hunter conservationists across North America. 
I would be proud and honored to serve on the foundations’s board of directors and would dedicate the time and resources that the position deserves”
Caligiuri has served in various volunteer roles for several conservation organizations and is a past Chairman and board member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and a regular member of the Boone and Crockett Club, currently serving on the club’s board of the directors. He is also a director for the Jack O’Connor Center, Bear Trust International and the Iowa Preserves Advisory Board. He serves on the WSF conservation committee, the Iowa FNAW’s chapter’s auction committee and donates his time as a columnist for Wild Sheep magazine. He is WSF Summit Life member and a member of the Chadwick Ram Society.
He went on his first sheep hunt in 1989 and has since hunted sheep in Alaska, British Columbia, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Arizona and Mexico. Past hunting awards include a WSF Gold Medal Ram award along with multiple SCI major awards and top ten awards for North American big game animals. 
He lives on a farm near Osceola, Iowa with his wife Ginny, also an avid hunter, and their 12 dogs.

tcal@boytharness.com

Jann Demaske

Windsor, CO

TERM EXPIRES 2026

My favorite hat is from 2016, embroidered on it is “WSF Conservationist”. That’s me! Don’t get me wrong, I have a beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to my credit, but the behind-the-scenes conservation really fuels my fire. I have been passionate about God’s creatures, all of us, since I was a kid. I was born in Wyoming into a hunting family and have lived in Colorado since 1978. I have a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Northern Colorado. Out of college I worked in occupational health for a large corporate brewery. A few months after getting married in 1993, while still having full time jobs, my husband and I started the first of several successful businesses in Northern Colorado. I worked on everything from apartment maintenance to book keeping to selling the homes we built. My focus shifted when the businesses got too big and our two girls needed my full attention. Now that they are grown, my days are filled with old school homemaking and what I refer to my friends and family as “sheep stuff”. For the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), I chair the Ladies Luncheon and Artemis Award Committees; I’m chair of the 1Campfire Initiative Committee; and I am a member of the Auction Solicitation, Development, and Marco Polo Society Committees. Further, I am a life member and a member of the Marco Polo Society. I was appointed to the WSF board in 2020 and served for two years and re-elected in the Fall of 2022 to serve a new three year term. Locally, I served six years on the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society (RMBS) board of directors, four of those as secretary and I continue as RMBS banquet chair. I am a life member of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, Wild Sheep Society of BC, Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance, and the Texas Bighorn Society, as well as, Grand Slam Club Ovis and Dallas Safari Club. I am also an active member and volunteer for Timberline Windsor Church.

demaskes@msn.com

Julie Chapman

Washington, IN

TERM EXPIRES 2025

“Passion” is something very evident when describing Julie! An Indiana native, Julie has had a passion for living life to the fullest and has excelled in many different endeavors. While earning her bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Missouri she found time to have a record setting career as a 4-year starter for the women’s basketball program. Following her college career, she married her high school sweetheart, Brandon and together they have passed down the love and respect for hunting to their two children, John and Madison.

Chapman is a licensed Healthcare Administrator where she owns and operates a skilled nursing facility in Southern Indiana. Additionally, she and her husband own and manage several other successful businesses within the community. Julie is a high energy, enthusiastic person that doesn’t back down from a challenge. She and her husband created Graveyard Outdoors to provide opportunities for children form the surrounding counties to experience the outdoors. Annual events for children include turkey hunts, dove hunts, pheasant hunts, archery events, shooting sports, fishing days, and waterfowl banding.

The intense enthusiasm for the outdoors has led to many different opportunities to serve at a grass roots level with conservation organizations. Julie led the state with record setting financial achievements while serving as the Ducks Unlimited Chairman for three consecutive years. NWTF, RMEF, NRA, Florida Tarpon Anglers Association, and Physically Challenged Bowhunters Association are just a few of the organizations.

The love of wild sheep began with the harvest of her first desert sheep. Jack O’Connor said it best when he said, “There is no halfway. After his first exposure, a man is either a sheep hunter or he isn’t. He either falls under the spell of sheep hunting and sheep country or he won’t be caught dead on another sheep mountain.” Obviously, Julie is all in and there is no “HALFWAY” when it comes to the passion and energy needed to continue the mission of the Wild Sheep Foundation.

Julie received letters of support from: Iowa FNAWS, Vern Bleich (WSF PRAB), Mervyn’s Yukon Outfitting and Adam Bronson/EPIC Outdoors.

jhelmchapman@yahoo.com

Larry McGovern

Billings, MT

TERM EXPIRES 2025

I was born into a U.S. Navy family, as my father was a career Naval Officer, growing up on a Navy installation ranging from Ship Docking facilities to Naval air stations. I joined the U.S. Navy shortly after High School and became a U.S. Navy Corpsman in 1963. My wife, Joanne (Summit Life Member) and I have been married for 54 years. We have three great sons, all located in Montana. Upon leaving active duty in 1966, I began a career in Health Care Management, working predominantly in Physician Group Practices in the greater Boston area until I was recruited in 1987 to head up a large independent physician practice in Billings, MT. During my time at various healthcare organizations around Boston, I had opportunities to be involved with Development Professionals who were architects of significant fundraising programs. My interests in hunting and gun rights started in my late teens. As for many, this was and remains a maturing process. Hunting opportunities are typically regional. I became interested in travelling for hunting, which has shown me and my family much of the world. I was drawn to sheep hunting by an outfitter in Alaska, Dick Gunlogson, and it has captured me. I was involved with the Montana Chapter of the WSF from the beginning and became the second president of that Chapter. I have been a life member since its founding. I’m a Summit Life Member, Patron Sponsor, Chadwick Ram Member, FNAWS achiever, and National Rifle Association Life/Endowment Member. I served as board member for seven years and President of the Chase Hawks Memorial Association sponsoring a Rough Stock Rodeo, as well as other fund-raising activities. I have been involved with the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association in developing a strategic plan which gave birth to their (MOGA’s) Big Hearts Under the Big Sky program. I also chaired an annual event for Casting for Recovery in Billings. I believe in the WSF and would be honored to serve on its Board of Directors. Larry received letters of support from: Montana WSF and Dick Gunlogson.

ltmcgovern67@gmail.com

Emilio Rangel W.

Monterrey, MX

TERM EXPIRES 2024

Emilio Rangel W. is CEO of Monterrey, Mexico based Ecumene Desarrollos a real estate investing firm and brings more than 25 years of NGO, private sector and governmental agency leadership experience to the WSF board. Rangel, a former Ducks Unlimited Mexico Executive has served as President of the Wildlife Management Trust, National Association of Water Works Institutions of Mexico, CEO of Water Works for the state of Nuevo Leon and Director General of the National Rural Registry of Land. Rangel received a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Management and a BS in Agricultural Engineering. Emilio and his son Emilio, Jr. and business partner Rene Hernandez are owners of Rancho La Palmosa and are responsible for the repatriation of more than 500 free-range desert bighorn sheep to their native range in Coahuila. La Palmosa received WSF’s Special Conservation Award in 2016 for their work to put and keep desert bighorn sheep back on Coahuila’s mountains. Rangel is the first Mexican citizen to serve on WSF’s Board

emiliorw@me.com

Peregrine L. Wolff, DVM

Moorpark, CA

TERM EXPIRES 2025

Peregrine’s is a veterinarian who has focused her career on the health and conservation of wildlife. After graduating from Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984 she worked for city and state agencies, large corporations and owned her own practice. She has spent the last 10 years as the veterinarian for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.  Peregrine has recently taken a new position as the Executive Manager of the Wildlife Disease Association, an international organization focused on wildlife health and conservation. Passionate about sharing her knowledge and advancing the field of conservation, wildlife medicine and welfare she has taught students and colleagues around the globe and volunteered her leadership skills and experience for numerous organizations and committees. She is a past president of the American Associations of Wildlife Veterinarians and the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. She has served on the boards of the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners and the Wildlife Disease Association and chaired committees for the American Veterinary Medical Association and the US Animal Health Association. As Nevada’s wildlife veterinarian, Peregrine was involved in wild sheep disease research and conservation programs. She worked with agency biologists, managers and veterinarians across western states and provinces to develop standardized handling and disease testing protocols and conduct hands-on trainings for capture, handling, translocation and disease investigation in wild sheep. During her tenure in WSF she has served on the Executive Committee as secretary as well as on the following committees: Budget and Finance, Bylaws, Chapter and Affiliates, Compensation, Legislative Affairs, 1 Campfire Initiative, Conservation Committee – Disease Initiative and Women Hunt.  She has been active in both the North American and International Conservation Visions. In 2017 she was the recipient of the WSF State Statesmen Award.

falcolupus@gmail.com

Logan Young

Yukon

TERM EXPIRES 2026

Logan was born and raised in the Northern Rockies and went on his first sheep hunt at the young age of 6 years old. He won the North American Youth Hunter of the Year Award at age 7 and has attended the “Sheep Show” every year since he was born. He has been blessed to live a life engulfed with wild sheep and is a passionate conservationist having spent every summer and fall of his life in the mountains. Logan has a degree in Agricultural Business with three minors in International, Applied and Agricultural Economics from the University of Wyoming. He is now the co-owner and operator of Midnight Sun Outfitting, located in the Peel River Watershed of the Northern Yukon. The Young family’s hunting heritage runs deep and they are proud to have been an important part of donating the first 4 sheep hunts to start the <1 club, the first ever sheep hunt at the Ladies Luncheon, several sheep hunts to help start the Membership Drive, the Endowment Fund, and over 40 years of exhibiting and additional support. Logan has also worked in the auctions for over a decade and is a very proud voice and ambassador for raising money to help “Put and Keep Sheep on the Mountain.”We all know in our hunting community that Hunting, Guide Outfitting, and Conservation efforts go hand in hand. Without one, you will not have the other. With everything in the culture of the current world, the time to act is now and Logan is proud to be a Director to represent Outfitters, Canadians, and all hunters for the betterment of Wild Sheep!

loganyoung270@gmail.com

Gray N. Thornton

President/CEO | Manhattan, MT

Gray N. Thornton serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) the leading wild sheep conservation organization dedicated to “Putting and Keeping Wild Sheep on the Mountain®.” Prior to joining the Foundation in 2008, Thornton served as Executive Director of the Dallas Safari Club (1997-2008) and Chapter & Membership Director for Safari Club International (1990-1997.) Thornton followed his passion for the conservation/hunting industry after a successful sales career with Unisys and Xerox corporations.

As a public speaker, he has been invited to present keynote addresses on wildlife conservation and hunting and angling ethics internationally to diverse audiences ranging from civic and sportsmen’s groups, to international associations, the Serbian Parliament and before former Presidents of the United States of America, France, and South Africa.

Gray was awarded the “Wildlife Utilisation Award” by the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA), the Association’s highest conservation honor. He also received PHASA’s highest service honor, the “Coenraad Vermaak Distinguished Service Award” and was the first non-South African to be so recognized. Thornton has received the “President’s Award” from the Guide Outfitter Association of British Columbia for his years of dedicated service to the North American hunting and conservation community. As an Outdoor Writer, he received a Katie Award from the Press Club of Dallas representing the southern USA for the best Outdoor Story of the Year with “Iron Horse Fly Fishing.”

Thornton has served on the Boards of Bear Trust International, The Conservation Fund, the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa Conservation and Empowerment Fund, the Ballot Issues Coalition, the Banovich Wildscape Fund, and the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation.

He is a member of WSF’s Chadwick Ram Society, Legacy Society, a WSF Summit Life Member, and a Life Member of numerous industry, guide/outfitter associations, and WSF chapters & affiliates.

Thornton is an avid international hunter and fresh and saltwater fly angler, an ice climber, adventure motorcyclist, and a former superbike racer. He completed his FNAWS in February 2017 with a desert bighorn sheep.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Marketing from California State University at Fresno and has earned advanced credits in Wildlife Management from Colorado State University at Fort Collins.

He resides in Manhattan, Montana with his wife Renée and Vizsla Sienna.

gthornton@wildsheepfoundation.org