Meet Nancy Cole

By Nancy Cole

Nancy Cole has been a Santa Cruz Mountain resident for over 35 years, having discovered the area through the Summit Riders horseman’s group over 50 years ago. Nancy’s initial experiences were riding horses from property to property to visit, do brunches, lunches, dinners and overnight camping with the horses. She fell in love with the mountains from the very first of her many adventures.

Nancy’s long career as a realtor specializing in mountain properties has spanned 45 years. Her work exposed her to many superb mountain people who were experts in their field, many self taught. Wells, septics, roads, grading, geology, all the many trades that sustain mountain living.

Nancy has a Marketing degree from SJSU.  She co-founded the nonprofit Friends of the Bear Creek Stables located in the Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve, participated in Large Animal Evac, and is active with the local TNR (Trap and Release) Feral Cat program. Most recently Nancy committed to being a Firewise HIZ Assessor.

Nancy enjoys working with the Loma Prieta Museum and has been a valuable volunteer. She sees her involvement as an opportunity to learn about the local forefathers that made a living off the mountain land.  We are very happy to have her in the group.