Our Team
Insurance:
Jamie Wilson
- If you have a question about BCHC’s third party liability coverage
- Need to request a certificate of additional insured
- Would like insurance coverage for your unit-owned trailer and/or equipment
- Wonder when your unit’s insurance renewal application is due
- Or if you have any other insurance-related concerns, contact BCHC 1st Vice President (Insurance) or call (559) 202-7216
Volunteer Service Hours:
Cindy McMurry
- If you would like more information about BCHC’s Volunteer Service Hours – why and how we report
- Instruction on completing Volunteer Hours Report forms
- Reminder of the annual reporting deadline or any other questions, contact BCHC Volunteer Service Hours Coordinator or call (530) 640-0429
Meetings, Attendance,, Other Official Records:
Susie Patton
- If you would like a reminder of your Unit Annual Report deadline
- Want to report a change in your unit’s State Director(s)
- Need a Conflict of Interest form to sign and submit
- Would like to vote by proxy at a State Board Meeting
- Want information about starting a new BCHC unit, or don’t know where to direct your question, contact BCHC Secretary or call (760) 764-2850
Financial:
Lynn Joiner
- If you have questions about your dues or other unit financial matters, contact your Unit Treasurer first. (Your Unit Treasurer might, in turn, need to contact the BCHC Treasurer and will relay the information to you.)
- You would like information about completing the annual Unit Financial Statement
- Need answers to questions about raffles or poker rides
- Or if you have general questions about BCHC’s budget and/or financial status, contact BCHC Treasurer or call (661) 747-6347
Membership:
Chip Herzig
- If you need to change your mail/email address, phone number or other contact information
- Would like to change your type of membership
- Or if you are not receiving your BCHC newsletter, notify your Unit Membership Chairperson first. (Your Membership Chair will contact the BCHC Vice President of Membership to report the information for you) or call (775) 463-3634
Public Lands/Advocacy:
Troy Patton
- If you need help writing a letter of support (or opposition) to a public agency
- You are confused about pending public lands legislation
- Your unit has a local area public lands issue that BCHC might be able to help with, talk to your Unit Public Lands Chair or contact the BCHC Vice President of Public Lands or call (760) 764-2850
Education, Rendezvous and Grants:
Ruthie Heuer
Denise Robinson
- If you need help writing a letter of support (or opposition) to a public agency
- You are confused about pending public lands legislation
- Your unit has a local area public lands issue that BCHC might be able to help with, talk to your Unit Public Lands Chair or contact the BCHC Vice President of Public Lands or call (760) 764-2850
Youth Achievement Program, Youth Activities:
Tammy Bozarth
Gail Inman
- Would like to become a Unit Leader Activities Leader
- Want to help in the Kids Corral at Rendezvous or have other questions about working with BCHC youth, contact the Co-Chair of Youth Activities or call (661) 332-2545 OR Co-Chair of Youth Activities or call (559) 539-2260
Saw Certification:
Dan Chartier
- If you would like to be certified as a Sawyer, either crosscut or chainsaw
- You would like to find out when Saw classes will be held
- Or if you are interested in becoming a Saw Instructor, contact BCHC Saw Program Manager or call (530) 356-0256
BCHC Newsletter:
Carol Jo Hargreaves
- If you would like to submit an article to BCHC’s quarterly publication
- Or have an advertisement to place in the paper, contact the BCHC Newsletter Editor or call (209) 988-5831
LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES
Executive Committee:
President: Mike Hughes
I originally got into horses in 1985 and joined BCHC in the mid 1990s. I learned to pack early in my membership from Dud and Ann Lange. Having been around good packers I don’t profess to be one, however good friends and I try to ride, pack and clear trails in the high, wide and front country multiple times per year.
I have been married to my wife Susan for 47 years and we have two children who fortunately take after their mom.
As your President I have a philosophy of utilizing best practices while constantly trying to improve on past practices.
We are now in an era wherein stock users we are under constant pressure from multiple sources. Therefore, your participation and support is vital to keep public lands open to all of us. With your help we can succeed at this very important and shared mission.
God Bless
Mike Hughes
President BCHC
1st Vice President (Insurance): Jamie Wilson, DVM
Email: bchc_vp1@bchcalifornia.org
(559) 202-7216
Jamie went on her first pack trip at age 13 with her mom, a member of the High Sierra Stock Users. Since then Jamie has found time for trips in the central Sierras, squeezing them in college and vet school at UC Davis and owning a veterinary practice in Porterville. A charter member of the Sequoia Unit of BCHC, Jamie has been a State Director since 2015 and is currently serving as the BCHC 1st Vice President (Insurance). She is committed to keeping trails and wilderness open for stock.
Secretary and Annual Meeting: Susie Patton
Email: bchc_secretary@bchcalifornia.org
Susie Patton is a California native and lifelong horse and mule owner. She comes from a rodeo background and traveled that circuit as a child with her parents and brother. She met her husband Troy as a kid, working around the rodeo. Her father was a rodeo clown and bullfighter and later produced rodeos. She worked as a rodeo secretary for 15 years.
Susie later worked as a school secretary for 30 years and upon their retirement Troy and Susie moved to the Eastern Sierra. She is still involved with schools as the President of her local School Board. Troy and Susie have been married over 50 years and have one son, 4 granddaughters, 2 great-granddaughters, and 2 great-grandsons.
Susie has served as a BCHC Eastern Sierra Unit Secretary, Treasurer and Public Lands Chair. At the State level she was Public Lands VP then State Secretary before taking on the role of Rendezvous Secretary.
Treasurer and Chaplain: Lynn Joiner
Email: bchc_treasurer@bchcalifornia.org
Lynn Joiner was at the first meeting in Tulare, back in 1981, when the High Sierra Stock Users (HSSU) was formed. She served as State Secretary for HSSU. When HSSU became Backcountry Horsemen of California, she served as State President in the early 1990s.
She has served as State Treasurer of BCHC for over 20 years.