Anna Peterson

Executive Director

Anna Peterson joined the Mountain Pact as Executive Director in February 2018. Originally from Minnesota, she’s lived in many of the West’s rural mountain towns including Bend, Oregon, Missoula, Montana, and most recently in her current home of nearly 20 years - Durango, Colorado.

Anna has worked professionally for over 25 years with a range of constituency groups, non-profits, small businesses, foundations, and large corporations on efforts focused on corporate social responsibility, anti-sweatshops, human rights, immigration, refugee rights, public health, public lands, national monuments, and climate change issues. She has worked in or with the outdoor recreation industry for the past fifteen years. Anna runs her own communications agency, Conservation Communications. 

Anna has worked on conservation efforts in all states across the American West, as well as in Minnesota and Florida. She has a BA in Studio Art, Political Science, and Environmental Studies from St.Olaf College, and a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana where she was a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow.

When not working on conservation efforts, Anna spends time outside in and around the Four Corners area with her fellow conservationist and photographer husband Tim and loyal rescue dog Greta. She enjoys art and photography projects and is often working on (and continually expanding!) her family's high desert garden. She's an avid traveler and hopes to soon add to her long list of countries visited.

Claire Baker

Project Coordinator

Claire Baker joined The Mountain Pact as the Project and Communications Coordinator in 2026. She previously worked with the National Park Service, specializing in climate change communications. She worked on innovative, human-centered climate communications strategies for NPS units nationwide, as well as  digital communications and social media for Joshua Tree National Park. Outside of work, Claire coordinates communications and strategy as an activist for public lands. She works on projects to prevent land sell-offs, promote civic engagement around parks, and protect federal public lands employees. She previously earned a B.S. in Human Biology and science communication at Stanford University, and is now pursuing a conservation social science master's degree at Colorado State University. When not focused on public lands and climate change, she loves to read, bike, and do puzzles, and is always in search of interesting fun facts.