Staff

Dulamsuren Bayarsaikhan
Bookkeeper

Dulamsuren was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. As someone who grew up spending her summers in the vast Mongolian countryside, she values the beauty of nature and she is passionate about doing her part to preserve it. 

She has lived with her family in St. Louis for the past nine years, having received her Master’s degree in Finance from Webster University. With over a decade of bookkeeping experience under her belt, she is ready to bring her expertise to a mission-driven firm that is working to protect the environment. 

In her free time she is a loving mother to her two children and enjoys exploring nature with them.

Natalie Johnson
Executive Director
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Bio coming soon!

Cassidy “Cas” Leight
Staff Attorney
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Cas is interested in promoting environmental justice, protecting carbon sinks, and ensuring pollution-free airways and waterways. She earned her Bachelor’s in Chemistry from the University of Rochester and her JD from Northeastern University School of Law. After completing internships with the Conservation Law Foundation, the National Environmental Law Center, and the EPA, Cas practiced as a transactional attorney prior to joining Great Rivers. In her free time, she enjoys taking her dog on walks, rock climbing, boxing, and being out in nature.

Bob Menees, JD
Staff Attorney
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Bob is passionate about stopping bottomland forest loss and promoting its restoration. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Illinois University School of Law. In 2010, he received a Masters of Law (LLM) in Environmental and Natural Resources Law with honors from Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law in Portland, Oregon. Before joining Great Rivers, he served as Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General’s Agriculture and Environment Division. Today he resides in the Shaw neighborhood of Saint Louis with his wife Susanna and their two daughters, Sage and Alice. When he’s not working to save the planet, Bob enjoys foraging, hiking, and exploring Missouri’s diverse forests and waterways with his family.

Bruce Morrison

Bruce A. Morrison, JD
General Counsel
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Bruce has served at Great Rivers since its founding. Cases in his docket have included protecting parks and wilderness areas, improving air quality and public health, and protecting and preserving our Region’s rivers, wetlands and floodplains. Bruce graduated from Purdue University in 1981 and Washington University School of Law in 1988. He enjoys the outside and commutes to the office on his mountain bike throughout the year (as long as the temperature is no colder than 10 degrees). In the summer, you will find him swimming laps in the local municipal pool. He still occasionally camps and kayaks, although his body now protests more than it used to.

Linden Mueller, MBA
Director of Development and Community Outreach
314-231-4181 x. 5
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Linden cares deeply about protecting the earth and is thrilled to be able to work towards that goal with the incredible community of Great Rivers supporters. She received her BA in Philosophy from Lindenwood University and her MBA from Southeast Missouri University. She is happiest in the garden and when taking kids outside to explore the natural world.


Sarah Rubenstein, JD
Staff Attorney
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Sarah joined Great Rivers after gathering more than 20 years of successful litigation practice both in private practice and as a staff attorney for the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University School of Law. Sarah pursued her law degree out of her concern for and interest in protecting the environment, and is excited to be able to return to her original mission. Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1992 and the University of Chicago Law School in 1997. When she is not fighting to preserve our natural world, Sarah can be found playing with her dogs, riding horses, tending her vegetable garden, or traveling the globe. You can read more about Sarah here.

Caitlin Stiltner
Staff Attorney
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Caitlin is passionate about advocating for the conservation of wild spaces, clean air, and clean water and for the pursuit of environmental justice. She earned Bachelors’ degrees in Environmental Studies and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from University of Colorado and earned her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School with a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. Prior to joining Great Rivers, Caitlin clerked for a county circuit court judge in Portland, Oregon, externed with Earthrise Law Center, and volunteered with Northwest Environmental Defense Center. Caitlin enjoys walking her dog, Rocky, hiking around forests, camping, and adventuring in the outdoors.


ADVISORS

Henry B. Robertson
Retired Climate and Energy Program Director/
Volunteer Climate and Energy Advisor and Attorney

Henry concentrates on energy and climate change, working to get Missouri’s utilities to do more with renewable energy and customer energy efficiency programs. He wrote the statewide Renewable Energy Standard which passed by 66% of the voters in 2008. He has also written successful petitions to protect parks in St. Louis City and Olivette. He is an avid bicyclist and community gardener, and prides himself on his small carbon footprint.