CORF is a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting the safe, responsible, and sustainable use of vehicles used off highway on public lands and is supported by donations from individuals, businesses, organizations, land agency partners, and other stakeholders who benefit from the Off Highway Motorized Vehicle Recreation Program in California.

The CORF Board of Directors is a dedicated group of volunteers, who bring a wide range of experience and synergy across the spectrum of off-highway vehicle recreation, including environmental stewardship, safety and education. We invite like-minded partners, state and federal agencies, manufacturers and recreation-based organizations to join us in this celebration.

In 2000, as a single parent with a 4WD truck, Amy returned to off-roading to spend quality time with family. Disability had taken away her ability to travel easily on two legs but enhanced her ability to drive with four tires! Off-roading soon became her family’s passion. In 2005, Amy started the Comments Project with Bruce Whitcher and have taught over eight hundred off-roaders, equestrians, mountain bikers, rockhounds and agency personnel how to write substantive comments on federal and state documents for land management analyses.

Amy currently serves as Executive Director of Sierra Access Coalition, after previously serving as Natural Resources Consultant for the California 4WD Association for 2 years and Managing Director of the California Off-Road Vehicle Association for 14 years. Additionally, she is a Master Tread Trainer for Tread Lightly! and serves as a member of their Board of Directors. She is proud to be an inaugural board member for the California Outdoor Recreation Foundation.

Amy has served on countless recreation roundtables and committees including those for the State of California, the OHVMR Commission, the Recreational Trails Program, the Forest Service, among many. Amy received the Impact Award for Advocacy from the Off Highway Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2019 and the California Off-Road Recreation Association Past Presidents Award in 2025, the latest of many recognitions she has received for her decades long commitment to her fellow OHV recreation enthusiasts.

Amy believes that motorized access is the key to enjoying our public lands!

Nicholas Haris is the Director of Government Relations for the American Motorcyclist Association. He is a member of the California Motorcycle Safety Program, and has served on a U.S. Forest Service Resource Advisory Committee, the California Roundtable on Recreation, Parks and Tourism, as well as the BlueRibbon Coalition's Board of Directors. He is a long-time motorcycle rider with a degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and previously worked in motorcycle retailing and business management.

Robert Ettleman is a Park Planner with the County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation residing in Pasadena, CA. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban Planning with an emphasis in environmental studies from California State University - Northridge.

In his position as Park Planner with Los Angeles County, Robert’s Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) responsibilities include maintaining interagency relationships with such entities as the Angeles National Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management with their numerous OHV recreation areas, roads and trails. He also has similar collaborative relationships with the County of San Bernardino, and California State Parks OHV Division.

As an OHV enthusiast Robert is a member of the American Motorcycling Association (AMA) and rides in various AMA D37 Dual Sport events, throughout the year. His current OHV hobby is restoring vintage two-stroke enduro bikes. He also is a member of the Mount Wilson Bicycle Association (MWBA), where he volunteers his time maintaining trails in the Angeles National Forest.

When not recreating on OHV parks, or volunteering with MWBA, Robert can be found hiking in local mountains, backpacking in places far and near, and exploring the trails on his mountain bike.

Doug Varner has always had a love for outdoor recreation. From canoe trips in the Minnesota Wilderness to hikes on the Pacific Crest Trail. He enjoys being with family and friends involved in outside recreation. After being introduced to trail riding in the 1960’s, on a Honda Trail 90 he was hooked on dirt bikes. He has enjoyed Off Road Recreation with his family and friends for more than 50 years. After his retirement from the Los Angeles Police Department as a Detective in Robbery Homicide Division, Doug knew it was time to give back to the family activity of Off Road Recreation. Doug is a member of the American Motorcyclist Association, California Off Road Vehicle Association, and Vice President of Friends of Jawbone Canyon. Doug founded the Kern Recreational Landowner’s Association in 2008. This is a group of over 200 landowners in Kern County who enjoy their private land for camping, hiking as well as off road recreation. Doug has volunteered for the last four years with the Los Angeles Police Department’s National Youth Project Using Minibikes. He is a certified instructor with the program and enjoys teaching kids to be responsible riders.

Paul is lifelong motorcycle enthusiast with over 30 years in the M/C industry most of that time with American Honda Motor Company. While at Honda his highest priority was promoting the safe and responsible use of OHV’s. At Honda he was allowed to explore many innovative concepts that have successfully raised the legitimacy of OHV recreation in the eyes of society. For example designing Honda’s Environment Learning Center in Colton which was replicated at 4 other locations in the US plus at Prairie City SVRA.

Paul helped create the OHV Volunteer Program as a component of the San Bernardino National Forest Association and served on the SBNFA Board of Directors. He was also on the steering committee that produced the California OHV Program’s 25th Anniversary. Paul help create the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council. He was also a founding member of the California OHV Stakeholders group. After Honda he was appointed to the OHMVR Commission where he served for 12 years. While on the Commission Paul helped form the partnership between California State Parks, OHMVR Division and and National Youth Project Using Minibikes. NYPUM uses youth sized off road motorcycles to teach positive behavior to children.

Paul has recently received the Dudley Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award from American Motorcyclist Association as well as the Honorary Ranger Award from the California State Park Ranger Association.

Kevin Murphy is a life long off-highway vehicle enthusiast. He served as a Commissioner for the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of State Parks from 2013 to 2020. Kevin served the people of Santa Clara County as a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician for over 30 years. Twenty-two of those years were spent as a fire captain.
Kevin also served as a Park Volunteer at Hollister Hills SVRA during the 1990’s responding, and assisting park staff, with emergency medical incidents. Kevin is a member of the Pacific International Trials Society, or PITS, and rides Trials events throughout California and the western United States. Kevin lives in Morgan Hill with his wife Cindy. They enjoy visits with their two adult daughters.

Diana Mead relocated to California in 1987 and began her OHV adventures shortly after. Initial trips were to Stonyford with her husband’s sandrail and a family tent. Over the years the OHV stable grew and is now home to a plethora of green sticker vehicles. Several trips to Dumont, and St. Anthony Dunes happen every year, now with a comfortable motorhome. Born and educated in New York State, the outdoors has always been a staple in her world. Hiking portions of the Appalachian trail or camping trips exploring the National Parks, nurtured her respect for our public lands. Family history of dirt track racing made the transition to motorized off road travel feel natural. That, and marrying a passionate off roader ensured a healthy addiction to this recreation. The addiction inspired advocacy for an under represented community. Diana is a Past President of California Off Road Vehicle Association, where she also served as Northern Director, Assistant N. Director and Clubs Representative. She volunteered for years as a member of Escarabajo Buggy Club, and as a liaison for Carnegie SVRA. She has testified in Sacramento in support of OHV recreation and believes policy and politics are not the same thing. Following corporate positions with fortune 500 companies, Diana is semi retired from the small business she runs with her husband. Her four children have gifted her with 8 grandchildren making her proudest job that of “Grand”.

Grounded in the belief that everyone has a role to play, Mindie advocates for a “do your part” approach that bridges strategy and responsible impact in outdoor recreation, particularly OHV access. She brings a background in corporate social responsibility, ethics education and environmental stewardship to the CORF team, the off-road community, and the environment - supporting the alignment of access, safety, stakeholder engagement and sustainable business growth.