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Mimi Levitt first became aware of environmental issues while attending the North Country School outside Lake Placid, N.Y., where she also learned to ski, and found her love of the mountains and outdoor experience. She received a B.S. degree in Early Childhood Education from Finch College in N.Y.C., and following that came to Alta "for a year or two" - and has never left.
She has been active in Alta in environmental and educational activities, and first became active in supporting efforts to protect and preserve Alta and the key Albion Basin watershed when the Town of Alta was threatened by a series of lawsuits. She organized the Alta Defense Fund (which was later changed to Friends of Alta) and was instrumental in giving the support to the Town which enabled the Town to stave off heavy intrusions of time-shares and condo development in the key watershed area.
Mimi is the daughter of Nickolas Muray, a famed photographer. She and her brother discovered some forgotten negatives of Frida Kahlo after her father's death, and has reintroduced them through the Nickolas Muray Photo Archives, of which she is the President.
After college Mimi travel west to ski and while working at the front desk of the Alta Lodge was introduced to the owner Bill Levitt. Mimi later married Bill, who was ended up being the Mayor of Alta for a stunning 34 years.
As President of Friends of Alta, she has been a leader in gaining support for acquiring threatened land in Albion Basin. She is also an advisory committee member of Alta Community Enrichment (A.C.E.); has served in the Alta Fire Department as a Lt./Engineer (now retired), and she is a strong skier and photographer. She also enjoys tennis, golf and horse back riding at their get-a-way place in Moab, Utah.
Email her here: mlevitt@friendsofalta.org
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