Our Approach

BAMBI CORSO-STEINMEYER 

Bambi is a native Californian with  over 35 years of executive work experience in corporations.  She believes that all living things are interconnected and therefore need to be treated as important parts of the whole.  She is an avid lover of nature and animals and enjoys photographing local wildlife. 

She started an owl box group on Nextdoor.com in 2020 which now consists of over 250 people,  with the intent of sharing information and education about owls being natures rodent control. She encourages people not to use rat poisons, and as the group has grown, many people have put up owl boxes themselves, becoming advocates for poison free neighborhoods.

Bambi was inspired to co-found Poison Free Conejo Valley when rodent poisoning hit close to home. In 2020, she and her husband found a young, dead coyote in their backyard who apparently fell victim to rodent poisons. Her motto: If not me, Who? If not now, When? 

ROBIN BERTOLUCCI 

Robin came to the Conejo Valley as a second grader and has lived here most of her life. She remembers this area when it was mostly oak trees and horses. Robin has spent her career working in media. Robin and her husband have 3 dogs and love hiking around the neighborhoods and local trails. 

Robin became aware of the dangers of rat poisons when a red tailed hawk hatchling she had watched from the first day it took flight was killed by poison. Every year a pair of red tail hawks come to build a nest and raise their family in a tree in her backyard. One of the of the hatchlings was found on the ground, bleeding and unable to fly. She and her husband raced it to the California Wildlife Center but it died before it could be treated for consuming poisoned prey. Since then, she’s been focused on making sure her neighbors are aware of the amazing local wildlife around us and the dangers of rat poisons on the food chain.