After competing on the International Women’s Professional Tennis Circuit and obtaining BA degrees in Biology and Art from Mills College and University of California at Berkeley, Kristy traded her sports car for a pick-up truck and headed to Idaho. In the Wood River Valley she developed a summer tennis academy, guided big game hunting trips in the fall and worked as a ski instructor during the winter. Later Kristi founded a non-profit therapeutic equestrian program that is still serving challenged adults and children throughout southern Idaho.


For the past 20 years Kristy and her husband John have operated a working cattle ranch in Bruneau. One of the ranch’s main focuses is to restore degraded wetlands and create diverse wildlife habitat. When she’s not in the skid steer working on conservation projects, Kristy and Rose, her Deutsch Kurzhaar, like to hunt upland birds. Other interests include regenerative agriculture, bird dog training, fly fishing, pollinator gardening, golf and, wild game cooking.



Through 50 years of hunting and fishing in Idaho, Kristy says in her own words, “In this day of a warming world, diminished, and fragmented wildlife habitat and noxious weed invasion, people need to stand up for plants, animals and wild places.” She loves working with the Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation because of their commitment to tackle this challenge. She believes that working with the Idaho Fish and Game Department will provide the best opportunity to achieve positive, measurable outcomes for Idaho citizens and wildlife.