THE FRESHWATER TRUST - Key Persons
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- Senior Hydrologist / Watershed Modeler
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- Vice President - Initiatives
Alex directs program funding activities for The Freshwater Trust. He has led the analysis, development and implementation of some of the first water quality trading programs in the Pacific Northwest. He has deep experience working directly with private and public entities to develop watershed restoration solutions for Clean Water Act compliance or to achieve voluntary conservation goals. He directed The Freshwater Trust's engagement with new partners and programs, and in developing the financial mechanisms and models necessary to achieve scalable environmental outcomes nationally. Alex holds a BS in Economics and a Certificate of Markets & Management from Duke University, and is also a member of a two-state family farming operation that produces wheat, barley and timber.
Prior to his work with The Freshwater Trust, Alex spent more than a year planning and building a 16-mile conservation tourism trail on the northern coast of Ecuador which involved many of the same themes of landowner recruitment and natural design inherent in his current watershed restoration work. He remains a partner in a sustainable farming project in that region. He also spent years working for a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley in commodities trading and logistics in Denver, Colorado.
Alex's Why: Working at TFT is so much more than a job for me - I'm really fulfilled to be able to intensely think and act in service of broad-scale and rapid systems change that is incredibly needed. We do great projects and engage with some incredible partners around the West, but to be able to do those things all in service of a larger vision for how to bring the environment back in balance with the economy? That's pretty sweet.
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- Community Outreach Coordinator
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Partner at Gryphon Investors
Trunzo is a Partner at Gryphon Investors. Previously, Trunzo served as the CFO at FLIR Systems and Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of FEI, a designer and manufacturer of microscope technology.
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- Advisor
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Managing Partner of Water
Cossey van Duyne is a Managing Partner of WaterFunder, LLC a strategy and consulting firm accelerating the development of water infrastructure in North America and the Caribbean. She has more than 15 years of experience helping internet and fintech companies plan and execute their global growth strategies.
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- Senior Conservation Project Manager
Ben Wallace brings more than 20 years of experience supporting the conservation of freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems through policy initiatives, collaborative planning, and on-the-ground restoration, to The Freshwater Trust. Notable accomplishments include the permanent protection of more than 6,500-acres of working forestland in the Sierra and Southern Cascades, restoration 120+ acres of freshwater tidal marsh in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, reconnecting passage for steelhead on an urban creek to 7 miles of spawning habitat upstream of Interstate 80, implementation of programmatic permitting programs to accelerate habitat restoration on private agricultural lands, and building a 35-member coalition of agricultural and environmental groups to increase conservation funding in the 2002 Farm Bill. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Reed College. As Senior Conservation Project Manager, he is working with the California team to build partnerships with local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies, conservation districts and agricultural partners, to develop projects that benefit shallow aquifer recharge, streamflows, and groundwater dependent ecosystems, and set a course for the successful implementation of California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Outside the office, he goes on train and hiking adventures with his family and volunteers on disability rights issues.
Home River: Merrimack River
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President of Carr Auto Group
Preble serves as the President of Carr Auto Group, a dealership selling and servicing GMC, Buick, Chevrolet, Subaru, Cadillac and Nissan vehicles in the greater Portland, Oregon area.
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- Advisor
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Founder and President of Soul River Inc
Chad Brown is founder and president of Soul River Inc., a nonprofit bringing together veterans and inner city youth on rivers in the West. Brown is a U.S. Navy veteran who founded Soul River upon discovering solace from PTSD in fly-fishing. The organization has been featured in Outside Magazine, the Drake, BBC and more.
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- Senior Attorney & Policy Specialist
Chris brings a wide breadth of legal and policy expertise to The Freshwater Trust. Prior to his current role, Chris worked with Washington State University, Columbia Land Trust, Pacific Rivers, and several other environmental groups in the Northwest. He holds a bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Science & Policy from Washington State University and a Juris Doctor and Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School. As Senior Attorney & Policy Specialist, Chris assists The Freshwater Trust's teams to develop, implement, and administer water quality trading and other ecosystem restoration programs. In addition contract development and policy analysis, he works closely with agency personnel to facilitate the restoration of riparian habitats, improvement of ecosystem funding, and the creation of innovative environmental programs. Chris also supports the organization's efforts related to groundwater resources. Outside the office, he can be found playing with his dogs, enjoying Oregon's natural beauty, or fixing something that may or may not be broken.
Chris' Why: Growing up on the Chesapeake Bay taught me the importance of our freshwater ecosystems and how vital it is that we protect and restore those ecosystems. I work at TFT because the organization takes a pragmatic perspective to environmental issues, focusing on generating the best on-the-ground results for the ecosystem, a practical, outcome-oriented strategy that provides me the freedom and discretion to approach issues from a variety of angles in order to propose creative solutions that improve outcomes for the natural world.
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- Restoration Project Manager
Daniel draws from a diverse background in restoration effectiveness monitoring for his work with The Freshwater Trust. Prior to joining our team, he worked in research focusing on drone-based remote sensing and evaluating the long-term geomorphic response of rivers to restoration projects. Daniel holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and a master's degree in Physical Geography from the University of Oregon, with an emphasis on fluvial geomorphology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As Restoration Project Manager, he is responsible for collecting and analyzing critical field data for The Freshwater Trust's habitat restoration and flow restoration programs. Daniel's work helps ensure that our projects happening on the ground are having their intended outcomes. When not collecting data in the field, Daniel can be found backpacking, running, or tending to his several dozen houseplants.
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- Program Communications Manager
Danielle brings two decades of experience in corporate and marketing communications to The Freshwater Trust. She began working with TFT as the Marketing Manager for Ecosystem Services. Her role continues to expand as she leads on marketing and communicating TFT's consulting and analysis services and program-related communications in the American West. She also co-leads a local nonprofit user group focused on Salesforce NPSP. Previously, Danielle worked with YSI Inc., a top-tier water instrumentation company, got her start at a boutique graphic design agency, and served on the boards of several chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators. She holds a bachelor's degree in visual communication design and master's degree in English, rhetoric and composition from the University of Dayton in Ohio. Outside the office, Danielle enjoys cooking, baking, running, and reading.
Danielle's Why: The world is so much larger and more significant than my small place in it. Yet I feel the responsibility to use and protect its resources wisely.
Dave brings a broad array of data management analytical skills to his role at The Freshwater Trust. In his prior work experience he was responsible for creating and managing a variety of mathematical and statistical models used to quantify and track financial and business risks. In conjunction with this work, Dave has a high degree of fluency in systems management, database design, administration and process automation. When not focused on reading the story data has to tell, Dave spends his free time cycling, gardening and playing with his dog Bane.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Principal of Equilibrium Capital
Chen is the Principal of Equilibrium Capital, a global asset management platform of sustainability-driven real asset strategies, funds and products.
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- Advisor
- Member of the Board of Directors
David Howitt is an entrepreneur, operator, and innovator with over 20 years of experience providing business strategy, financial and legal counsel to global Fortune 100 companies and early stage start-ups. His career accomplishments include investing in, securing funding for, and helping to develop a business vision for successful brands like Oregon Chai, Stumptown Coffee, Pendleton, adidas, Voodoo Doughnut, Salomon, yogitoes, Klim, Bloch, Dave's Killer Bread, Living Harvest, and many others. David also founded The Meriwether Group.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer of Confluence Rx
Laurance is the Chief Executive Officer of Confluence Rx, a consortium of long term care pharmacies around the country.
David brings more than a decade of experience working with private and public entities on regulatory compliance to The Freshwater Trust. Prior to his current role, David served for six years as the first executive director of the Willamette Partnership, where he helped shape emerging science and infrastructure needed to measure and track environmental outcomes. He holds an associate degree in Applied Science - Agriculture emphasis from Clark College, a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Oregon State University and a masters degree in Applied Anthropology - Natural Resources and Communities emphasis from Oregon State University. As Vice President of Water, he leads efforts to quantify environmental gains that result from managing land and water in new and relevant ways. Outside the office, David can be found hunting agates on The Willamette River and eating crab at the mouth of the Nestucca River.
Home River: Willamette River, Oregon
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of a to Z Wineworks
Hatcher is Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of A to Z Wineworks. A to Z is dedicated to affordable quality while small quantities of luxury wines are offered through their small REX HILL premium brand.
Dion brings years of experience in geography to The Freshwater Trust. He has worked as a student technician for the Texas A&M University Division of IT Fiber Optic mapping project, an undergraduate research assistant at Texas A&M University Department of Geography, and graduate student and research assistant with The University of Oregon Department of Geography. He holds an Associates of Arts in Geography from Blinn College in Bryan, Texas, a bachelor's degree in geography from Texas A&M University, and a master's degree in geography from University of Oregon. As a GIS Analyst, Dion creates, maintains, and analyzes geospatial data and maps for all departments within the organization. In his free time, he enjoys photography and saltwater aquariums.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- CEO & Co - Founder of Swarm Technologies
- Co - Founder and CEO of Swarm
Dr. Sara Spangelo is the co-founder and CEO of Swarm, the company that is developing the world's lowest-cost global communications network with breakthrough satellite technology and ground hardware for customers in remote locations. Before starting Swarm, Sara worked on small satellites and autonomous aircraft at the University of Michigan and was a lead systems engineer at both NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and Google X. Her expertise is in modeling and optimizing satellite constellations to maximize impact and business opportunities. Sara holds a PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and in 2017 was a Top 32 Canadian astronaut candidate.
Dylan brings a broad array of hydrologic modeling and data science skills to his role at The Freshwater Trust. In his prior work experience, he developed solutions to a variety of water issues related to energy and national security, including climate change effects on arctic hydrology, environmental remediation and monitoring of cold war legacy waste sites, geologic CO2 sequestration risk assessment, geothermal energy development, geologic nuclear waste repository performance assessment, and subsurface gas migration for nuclear treaty verification. Dylan has an A.A.S. in Forestry Technology from Southeastern Illinois College and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, mountain biking, and hiking.
Elliot comes to The Freshwater Trust with years of experience working on an array of agriculture and water projects across the globe. In Mozambique, Guatemala, Mexico and The West Bank, Elliot has worked closely with stakeholders throughout the agricultural supply chain consulting on both agricultural and natural resource issues. He holds bachelor's degrees in chemistry, environmental studies, and spanish from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a master's degree from the Agriculture, Food and Environment program at Boston's Tufts University. As Senior Analyst, Elliot provides analytical support for The Freshwater Trust's water quality trading programs, with a focus on the water quality benefits of agricultural conservation practices. Outside the office, he enjoys adventuring in the mountains, reading, and exploring new music.
Elliot's Why: I like solving hard problems. Working at TFT, I get the opportunity to work on hard problems every single day because we don't shy away from complex issues; we confront them head-on.
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- Restoration Program Manager
Eugene brings more than a decade of fish and wildlife research and habitat restoration experience to The Freshwater Trust. He has worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, University of California-Davis, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, BLM and the U.S. Geological Survey. Eugene holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Southern Oregon University. As a Restoration Program Manager out of The Freshwater Trust's Ashland, Oregon office, Eugene oversees the successful implementation and stewardship of a variety of restoration projects throughout southern Oregon. When Eugene's not working along a stream or river, he is likely to be found waist deep in one, casting flies, or tramping through the bush in search of the wild things and wild places that inspire and inform his work.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Secretary of the Board of Directors
Fish founded Deschutes Brewery nearly 30 years ago in Bend, Oregon. The brewery produces award-winning craft beer and hand-crafted ales in Oregon with restaurants and brew pubs in Bend and Portland.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- CEO and Co - Founder of Natel Energy
Gia Schneider is CEO and Co-Founder of Natel Energy. Gia holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from MIT and has 17 years of experience in the energy industry. While in the utility practice at Accenture, she provided strategic and tactical solutions to several major energy companies and has significant experience in energy-related strategy development and deal valuation. After Accenture, she worked at Constellation Energy on optimizing generation asset value. Gia left Constellation in 2004 to help start the energy trading desk at Credit Suisse; and in 2005, she started the carbon emissions trading desk at Credit Suisse, growing it to a profitable business in its first year. Gia is passionate about finding economically viable solutions to mitigate climate change, foster sustainable development and produce inexpensive renewable energy. In her spare time, she can be found surfing, kiting, cooking, dancing and gardening with friends and family.
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- Senior Director of Advancement
Haley Walker brings nearly a decade of communications experience to The Freshwater Trust. Borrowing from her background as an environmental reporter and editor, she's served in storytelling roles for nonprofits such as Environment America, the Nature Conservancy, and the World Society for the Protection of Animals. She holds a master's degree in environmental journalism from Michigan State University's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, a certificate in Social Impact Storytelling from Georgetown University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Flagler College. As the Senior Director of Advancement, she is charged with all storytelling, corporate engagement, donor engagement, events, and public relations on behalf of the organization.
Home River: Suwannee River, Florida
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Executive Vice President of the Ashforth Company
Ashforth is Executive Vice President of The Ashforth Company. Founded in 1896, The Ashforth Company is a diversified real estate firm that owns, develops and invests in assets on the East and West Coasts, and provides third party services, including asset and property management, general contracting and construction management.
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- Bookkeeper & Grants Administrator
Heather brings an extensive background in bookkeeping, systems and high-volume retail management to The Freshwater Trust. She has worked in management, buying and accounting for a number of businesses in Oregon and California. Heather has a bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University Northridge and spent part of her career writing about actors, musicians and artists. As the Bookkeeper and Grants Administrator, Heather manages the accounting for the organization and leads all grant budgeting and reporting duties. Outside the office, Heather enjoys yoga, thrift shopping, camping, and collecting low-brow art.
Heather's Why: I work at The Freshwater Trust because I am proud to be a part of the good work we do for the environment and freshwater ecosystems. I love to go to work every day where I am challenged, where my efforts are valued, and where I am demonstrably appreciated.
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- Initiatives Program Manager
Hilary brings years of valuable natural resource management experience to The Freshwater Trust. After receiving a degree in Environmental Science from Western Washington University, Hilary roamed from the Alaskan back country to the arid landscapes of eastern Oregon working in freshwater ecology. She previously worked with a variety of local tribes, consulting agencies, and non-profits. In her history with The Freshwater Trust, Hilary has touched nearly every restoration project TFT has ever built. As a Restoration Project Manager, she managed riparian and instream habitat restoration projects in Oregon and Idaho. In her current role, she manages implementation initiatives to fix entire basins. Her obsession with rivers doesn't stop when she leaves the office. When not at work, you can likely still find her high up in the mountains fly fishing for cutthroat trout or down towards to coast swinging for steelhead.
Julie brings more than a two decades of administrative experience supporting executives to The Freshwater Trust. Prior to her current role with The Freshwater Trust, she helped co-found Strategic Pharmaceutical Solutions Inc., a national leader in veterinary specialty pharmacy. Julie served as an executive administrator, office manager, and human resource liaison. She helped lead the company from a start-up to a headcount of 67 employees in three states in less than three years with revenues of $48 million in 2010. As the Executive Administrator, she successfully manages The Freshwater Trust's office, scheduling and travel. She also provides invaluable logistical support on all special events. Outside the office, Julie is passionate about her son Josh, all pets, enjoys cocktails, and feels the world needs more glitter.
Julie's Why: I lucked into the job on a part-time basis knowing very little about conservation and grew to love the people and the mission. That was approximately 10 years ago, and TFT and I are still going strong.
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- Senior Conservation Project Manager
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- Restoration Project Manager
Katelyn Detweiler brings extensive botanical experience to The Freshwater Trust. Prior to joining our team, she worked for The Klamath Network Inventory and Monitoring Program and Green Diamond Resource Company. Katelyn holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies with a concentration on ecology and conservation. As a Restoration Project Manager based in Ashland, Oregon, she heads up the vegetation monitoring and large wood monitoring efforts in Southern Oregon. When not in the field for work, Katelyn stewards her small farm, gardens, rides horses, hikes and explores new swimming holes.
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- Senior Director of Finance
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- General Counsel
- General Counsel / New York
Kevin is the General Counsel for The Freshwater Trust, handling all legal matters for the organization.
Prior to joining TFT, Kevin was General Counsel for P97 Networks, Inc., a SaaS mobility platform services start-up headquartered in Houston, TX.
Kevin has over 30 years of experience in the IBM Corporation Law Department, most recently supporting several of its Watson and cloud strategic initiatives. Kevin also provided legal leadership for many other areas of IBM's business including IBM's Global Services strategic outsourcing and professional services businesses, its internal investment and divestment Corporate Development team and its Technology Group in NY, its Finance Industry team in Charlotte, NC, and its Sales and Distribution group in Chicago. Additionally, Kevin has significant international experience, including leading and managing a team of senior outsourcing engagement leaders at IBM's European headquarters in Paris, and heading up the IBM Canada Contracts and Negotiations team in Toronto.
Kevin received his B.A. in political science from New York University, and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- CEO and Co - Founder of Salt & Straw
An industry leader, innovator and disrupter, Kim Malek is the CEO and Co-Founder of Salt & Straw. Malek built the company from the ground up, from a humble ice cream cart into a fast-growing, family-run company with 18 locations in just seven years. Under Malek's leadership, Salt & Straw has become known for doing things the hard way - the right way. Her vision and leadership at Salt & Straw has caught the attention of many, from Disney to Vice Presidents to Hollywood. Prior to Salt & Straw, Malek was director of Global Innovation at Starbucks Coffee, marketing director for (RED) with prior marketing roles at Yahoo! and adidas. Her recent efforts have landed the brand as editor's pick in Food & Wine and on Food Network, and featured in the Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart, O Magazine, Saveur, TIME, Cooking Channel, TODAY and Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods.
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- Vice President - People & Operations
Kim brings 20 years of diverse experience in environmental consultancy work in both the U.S. and Asia. She has overseen the operational management of international environment teams, managed and prepared environmental and social impact analysis documents, and conducted sustainability and climate change analyses and biological assessments. Kim holds a bachelor's degree in Environment, Economics and Politics from Claremont McKenna College in California and a master's degree in Climate Change and International Development from the University of East Anglia in England.
As the Vice President of People and Operations, she works with managers to closely track efforts across the entire organization, implementing and refining systems to manage capacity, scheduling and project tracking. She also oversees the Science and Restoration team, directing resource planning and facilitating communication among the various functional teams at The Freshwater Trust. Outside the office, Kim enjoys backpacking, swimming and trail running.
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- Advisor
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Associate in the Corporate Strategy and Development Team at Cargill
Liz Spence is an Associate in the Corporate Strategy and Development team at Cargill based in Minneapolis, MN where she is responsible for setting strategy at the company and enterprise levels as well as supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestures and J-Vs.
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- Ecosystem Services Analyst
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Uncorked Studios
Alvarez is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Uncorked Studios, a design and engineering firm that builds connected products for the digital and physical world. Prior to Uncorked, Marcelino served as Executive Interactive Producer at Wieden+Kennedy Portland, where he worked on Old Spice, Electronic Arts, Laika and Nike.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice President of the Standard Insurance Company
Cormier is the Vice President of The Standard Insurance Company. Prior to joining The Standard, she led the individual disability pricing team for Guardian Life and worked at Unum in group disability pricing and with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Tuchmann recently retired as a Vice President and Wealth Advisor with The Tuchmann Kibbe Group at Morgan Stanley. She has devoted much of her time to community causes. In addition to many years serving on the Board of The Freshwater Trust (TFT), she has been active with The Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation Gift Planning Council, the Oregon Rose Chapter of the National Charity League, the Kenyon College Parents Advisory Council and Portland Homeless Family Solutions. Tuchmann enjoys spending all of the time that she can at her "home river," the Metolius, in Camp Sherman, Oregon.
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- Advisor
- Member of the Board of Directors
Marian Singer is a water entrepreneur and cofounder & CEO of Wellntel, a groundwater information system business. Wellntel develops simple technologies and online platforms to help private well owners and their communities learn about their groundwater resource and manage it for resiliency and long term sustainability.
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- Habitat Restoration Director
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Owner of Threemile Canyon Farms
Myers is the late Owner of Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman, Oregon, a sustainable agricultural operation producing dairy products and organic vegetables. Myers passed in 2020. The knowledge and capacity he provided to The Freshwater Trust during his tenure on the Board of Directors will live on.
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- Senior Project Finance Developer
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- Program Support Analyst / Technical Writer
Max brings a diverse background in conservation and ecology to The Freshwater Trust. He cut his teeth conducting fieldwork for a number of non-profit, governmental, and private conservation organizations. Most recently, he worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service penning internal policy and inventory and monitoring documents. He holds a master's degree in biodiversity, conservation, and management from Oxford University and a bachelor's degree in biology from Colby College. As Program Support Analyst/Technical Writer, he facilitates the creation of the documentation required for TFT's meaningful work. When not behind a keyboard, Max can be found spending as much time in the mountains as possible, birdwatching, or back east at his family's tree farm making maple syrup.
Home River: Merrimack River, Massachusetts
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- Strategic Philanthropy Director
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- Implementation Programs Manager
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors With ThinkAnalytics
Mr. Pohl is a member of the Board of Directors with ThinkAnalytics. ThinkAnalytics is the leading provider and most widely deployed real-time personalized content recommendations engine. Imagine Communications Corp. is a global leader in video and advertising solutions serving the media and entertainment, multi-channel video programming distributors and enterprise markets, spanning 185 countries. Ascent Media Group, Inc. provides end-to-end media and technology services for the creation, management and distribution of media content.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Founder and CEO of HaydenTanner
McCabe is the Founder and CEO of HaydenTanner, a strategic real estate advisory firm focused on accelerating impact investment and sustainability in the built environment. Previously, she founded commercial mortgage backed securities firm Bridger Commercial Funding, ran Bank of America's Real Estate Capital Markets group and was a commercial construction lender with Wells Fargo Bank.
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- Restoration Project Manager
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- Conservation Programs Manager
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- Restoration Program Manager
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- Co - Chair of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Senior Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Reiten is Senior Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Reiten is responsible for leading the national policy and legislative work of an $84 billion portfolio of locally managed businesses that share a vision for a secure and sustainable energy future.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- of Counsel of Perkins Coie
Fortino is Of Counsel of Perkins Coie, an international law firm headquartered in Seattle.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Treasurer of the Board of Directors
- Managing Partner of Ernst & Young LLP
Doubleday is the Retired Managing Partner of Ernst & Young LLP, a multinational professional services firm.
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- Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President of Kerr Pacific Corp
Labbe serves as the President of Kerr Pacific Corp, a private, family-owned company with a long history in grain based foods and foodservice distribution.
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- Business Development Manager
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Demorest is the Former Principal of Acme Business Consulting, a business consulting firm that guides clients who want to build their organizational capability, make "transformational" changes, and manage programs and complex technical projects. ACME was purchased in 2015 by North Highland, a worldwide consulting company.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Co - Chair / Founder, Former Chairman and CEO at Pacific Crest Securities Inc
- Founder and Former Chairman and CEO at Pacific Crest Securities Inc
Sandbo is the Founder and Former Chairman and CEO at Pacific Crest Securities Inc., an investment-banking firm that provides financial advisory services to public and privately held technology companies.
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- Research & Outreach Specialist
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- Advisor
- Instructor
- Member of the Board of Directors
Taylor Keen is a full-time instructor in the Heider College of Business Administration in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Creighton. Keen is also Founder of Sacred Seed, an entity whose mission is to propagate tribal seed sovereignty, battle for tribal sacred geography and to seek cultural revitalization among tribal peoples. Through Sacred Seed, Keen is embarking on a journey with indigenous seeds of the upper Missouri River tribes to grow, harvest and celebrate the cosmology of the 4 sisters (corn, bean, squash, and sunflower).
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- Stewardship & Monitoring Coordinator
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- Science & Analytics Director
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- Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer and President of Columbia Sportswear Company
Boyle is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Columbia Sportswear Company. Founded in 1938, Columbia is one of the country's preeminent outerwear and sportswear companies.
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- Vice President - Finance & Policy
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Founder of FBR CoMotion Venture Capital LP
Neuhauser is Founder of FBR CoMotion Venture Capital LP, a venture capital firm focusing on early stage investments in the Pacific Northwest.