Our Leadership

Lloyd Heins

Program Lead

Lloyd served his country from 1988 – 1995 in the US Army.  As a paratrooper in the infantry. He served with Long Range Surveillance Detachments in the 5th Infantry Division as well as 2nd Armored Division, working with both the communication and surveillance teams. Some of his duty stations included Germany, Korea, Texas, and Louisiana. 

After his military service, Lloyd has spent the past 30 years serving his community in leadership roles, supervising numerous technicians in major telecommunication companies. During his career, he has managed numerous projects and continues to do so today. 

Lloyd started out as a participant in a National Veterans program with a branch in the Redding in 2019. Seeing what this wonderful program provided disabled veterans in their recovery, he wanted to do more to support the organization and quickly began volunteering. In 2023 the national program ceased to exist and he became a participant in Hooked on Healing, a local disabled veterans’ program.  Today he is currently serving his follow veterans as the Program Lead for Hooked on Healing (HOH).

Ron Saiki 

Assistant Program Lead

Ron is a retired architect who worked for several architectural firms in the San Francisco Bay Area and for Stanford University in the Construction Project Management Group. He relocated to Redding in 2010. 

Ron served in the US Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard two ships. First, a gas oiler, AOG 56 in the Vietnam campaign followed by operations on the US east coast and in the Mediterranean. His second tour was on an ocean-going minesweeper, MSO 509 homeported in Charleston, South Carolina, and operating along the southern east coast. 

Ron was one of the volunteers who was involved with the start-up of the Redding Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing program in 2012 and currently serves as the Assistant Program lead for Hooked on Healing. Being a volunteer in retirement and providing fly fishing knowledge while supporting recovery is a way of giving back to those who served.

Gerald “Gerry” Martin

Treasurer

Gerry graduated from UC Berkeley in 1964, where he served as President of his fraternity in the Spring of 1963. After a distinguished career in finance, he retired in 2012 following 15 years as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Gerry has been a dedicated fly fishing instructor since 1976, offering his expertise to organizations such as The American Sportsmen’s Club, Wilderness Unlimited, Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW), Diablo Valley Fly Fishers (DVFF), Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers (STFF), City of Redding Parks and Recreation, Project Healing Waters, and Hooked on Healing.

From 1986 to 1989, Gerry co-owned The Selective Angler, a fly shop located in Marin County, where he led group fishing expeditions to Alaska, Belize, and New Zealand. Throughout his career, Gerry has been recognized with numerous accolades, including Cal Trout’s “Stream Keeper” award, “Man of the Year” from DVFF, the “Lifetime Achievement” award from Wilderness Unlimited, “Fly Fisher of the Year” from STFF, and “Volunteer of the Decade” from Project Healing Waters.



In addition to his role as President of The American Sportsmen’s Club Anglers and co-owner of The Selective Angler fly shop, Gerry has served as Assistant Project Lead for Project Healing Waters. His fishing adventures span beyond the lower United States, with trips to Costa Rica, Belize, the Bahamas, Mexico, Alaska, and New Zealand. Gerry has also contributed his leadership as treasurer for DVFF for nine years and continues to serve as treasurer for STFF, where he has been in the role for six years.