Kristen McLean has resided in the Village of El Portal since 2014. Along with village residents Hugh Gladwin and Adam Old, she is one of the co-founders of The Little River Conservancy, a 501(c)3 organization that works with a wide range of community partners on environmental and educational issues related to the Little River and the surrounding communities. When she is not working on the El Portal Resiliency and Sustainability Task Force (RSTF), or the Little River Conservancy, she holds down her day job as the Executive Director of Business Development / Primary Industry Analyst for Books and Entertainment at The NPD Group, a global research company. She lives with her husband Russell, her
kids, and her cats and dogs on the west side.