Great Salt Lake Advisory Council
Biographies
Lynn de Freitas
Lynn de Freitas is the Executive Director of FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem through education, research, and advocacy.
She began her involvement with FRIENDS shortly after its founding in 1994. She became President in 1996 until becoming Executive Director in 2002. In those leadership positions she is part educator, part citizen advocate, part convener of disparate parties,
part nonprofit organization leader and part conservation activist. She has worked in this capacity as a full time volunteer.
She especially enjoys working on developing policies that address the unique role and characteristics of the Great Salt Lake to ensure its long term sustainability.
Prior to her affiliation with FRIENDS, she was a library media coordinator for 18 years in both public and private schools in the Salt Lake area.
She holds a B.S. in Biology from Montclair State College and an M. Ed in Educational Systems and Learning Resources from the University of Utah.
In 2007, she received the Girl Scouts of Utah Award for Courage, Confidence and Character. In 2006, she was awarded the Calvin K. Sudweeks Award for outstanding contributions in the water quality field in the State of Utah by the Utah Water Quality Board. In 2002, she received the Utah Environmental Educator Volunteer of the Year Award from the Utah Society for Environmental Education.
In her free time, she is an avid birder, enjoys travel and is learning dressage.