COUNCIL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Power Committee
- Member of the Public Affairs Committee
- Chairman ( Montana )
Doug Grob was appointed to the Council by Governor Greg Gianforte in January 2021. Grob was born, raised, and educated in Montana. An honors graduate of the University of Montana, Doug intended to attend law school, but a chance encounter ended in an offer to teach high school as a landed migrant in Australia.
Arriving in Australia, Doug was sent to Nyngan, New South Wales, as a teacher. Following that, Doug hitchhiked west from Sidney to Perth, crossing the Nullarbor Plain. Then, in central Western Australia, he worked constructing earthen dams by bulldozer on newly acquired large homestead grants.
Job Titles:
- Council Member
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Fish and Wildlife Committee
- Member of the Public Affairs Committee
- Executive Director of Idaho Fish
Ed Schriever retired after 39-years as executive director of Idaho Fish and Game, serving from January 2019 through January 2023.
At his retirement, Schriever was the longest-serving employee in the agency, and the last 15 years of his service were in three different executive leadership positions: executive director, deputy director of field operations, and fisheries chief.
Schriever has a deep understanding of the Federal Columbia River Hydropower System and related fisheries issues. He represented Idaho in the negotiations of the northern and southern Idaho wildlife mitigation agreements with Bonneville Power Administration, and the purchase and construction of Idaho's Springfield Snake River Sockeye Hatchery.
He represented the Western Association of Wildlife Agencies on the National Fish Habitat Partnership Board of Directors from 2008 until 2020, serving as Chairman from 2018 through 2020.
Ed has extensive experience with the wildlife side of fish and wildlife management as well, serving as co-chair of the Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board and on the Idaho Animal Damage Control Board. He served on the board of directors of the Intermountain West Joint Venture, the Inter-agency Grizzly Bear Executive Committee, and the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee. Ed also served on the board of directors and executive committee of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Ed enjoys time in the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing, and woodworking.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Power Committee
Ginny Burdick, a fourth generation Oregonian, grew up in Portland and attended Chapman and Bridlemile elementary schools and Woodrow Wilson High School (now renamed Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School). She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Oregon.
Burdick worked for 10 years as a reporter and editor in the Pacific Northwest and Washington, D.C., specializing in environmental and energy policy. She switched from journalism to policy work in Washington, D.C. in the late 1970s and worked in the energy industry as a consultant and employee in Washington and Los Angeles for five years. Upon returning to Oregon in 1984, she continued her policy work and worked on political campaigns before starting her own business in 1989, specializing in crisis communications.
In 1996, Burdick was elected to an open Senate seat and has continued to serve in the Senate since 1997. She has chaired several committees, including Judiciary, Rules and, most recently, Finance and Revenue. She was elected Senate President pro tempore in 2011 and served until 2015, when she was elected Senate Majority Leader. She held that job until 2020. She was appointed to the Council in November 2021.
Burdick lives in Portland and has a grown daughter and a very spoiled cat named Tucker.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Power Committee
- Chairman ( Idaho )
Jeffery C. Allen was appointed to the Council in March 2019 by Idaho Governor Brad Little. Prior to his appointment, he directed the Idaho office of the Council for 10 years, where he established and continues to maintain relationships with the people and organizations in Idaho that deal with issues the Council addresses in its planning activities, including protecting and enhancing salmon, steelhead, and resident fish affected by hydropower dams, water allocation, and ensuring the Northwest has a reliable and affordable electric power system.
Before managing the Council's Idaho office, he worked for the Governor's Office of Species Conservation, where he advised Idaho's effort to coordinate all state policies relating to the Endangered Species Act and led Idaho's efforts to delist the wolf and establish a compensation fund to pay for livestock lost to wolves. Earlier, Mr. Allen served as the State Director of Natural Resources for U.S. Senator Mike Crapo. Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor's in International Relations from Brigham Young University. He lives in Star with his wife, Annette, and four children.
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Power Committee
- Member of the Public Affairs Committee
- Vice Chair, Washington
Golden was senior policy advisor at the non-profit public interest group Climate Solutions from 2002-2018. He directed Washington's energy policy office as Assistant Director in the Department of Community Trade and Economic Development in the mid-1990s. In the late 90s, he served as special assistant to the mayor of Seattle, working on clean energy and climate protection initiatives at Seattle City Light. Prior to his public service, he was executive director of the Northwest Energy Coalition, a broad-based organization formed to represent the public interest in the implementation of the Regional Act that established the Council. He was appointed to the Council in March 2022 through January 2025.
Golden is a leader in the national climate movement, serving on the boards of Evergreen Action and 350.org. His utility experience includes helping Seattle City Light become the first major carbon-free electric utility in the late 1990s and serving on the executive board of Energy Northwest, a regional public power consortium.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Fish and Wildlife Committee
- Member of the Public Affairs Committee
- Chairman ( Oregon )
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Fish and Wildlife Committee
- Chairman ( Montana )
Mike Milburn was appointed to the Council by Governor Greg Gianforte in May 2021. Milburn is a Montana native who was raised on a family cattle ranch in central Montana. He graduated from Montana State University with a geology degree. He married his childhood sweetheart and has three children and seven grandchildren. He is a retired Air Force pilot, having served on active duty and in the Montana National Guard. He served four terms in the Montana House of Representatives, his last term as Speaker of the House. Most recently he was the Director of the Montana Department of Justice and then served on Governor Gianforte's executive team until his appointment to the Council.
Job Titles:
- Communications Specialist ( Power )
- Communications Specialist at the Northwest Power
Peter is a Communications Specialist at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Prior to the Council, Peter worked as a journalist for more than a decade with newspapers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California. His reporting frequently covered energy, water, environmental, and fish and wildlife issues, including in the Columbia and Snake River Basins. After leaving journalism and pivoting to communications consulting, his work focused on energy and climate policy throughout North America, with an emphasis on energy efficiency, buildings, and heavy industry. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Western Washington University.
Job Titles:
- Council Member
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Fish and Wildlife Committee
Dr. Purce served as president of The Evergreen State College from 2000 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as vice president of extended university affairs and dean of extended academic programs at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He began his career in higher education at Idaho State University as special assistant to the president. In the private sector, Purce worked as the chief operating officer of Power Engineering, Inc. based in Hailey, Idaho.
Before his extensive career in academia, Dr. Purce was active in the political arena. While in his late twenties, Purce was elected to the Pocatello City Council in 1973 and in 1976 he became Pocatello's first black mayor.
He has also held several appointments on boards and councils, most recently as co-chair of the Southern Resident Orca Task Force.
Dr. Purce and his wife, Jane Sherman, live in Olympia, Washington. They have three adult daughters Deborah, Sarah, and Miriam.