Jacquelyn Wallace is currently Conservation Director for the Okanogan Land Trust in north central Washington, where she directs the land trust’s conservation and stewardship programs. She has over 12 years of experience designing and directing innovative conservation programs, ranging from an award-winning urban conservation initiative in North Carolina to a community-based conservation project in IndonesianContinue reading “Jacquelyn Wallace”
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Marti Hoffer
“I deliver on the promises I make courageously and with a keen awareness of my wake.” Marti Hoffer has broad vision and passion for the environmental impact her businesses can have locally and globally. As second generation owner of Inside Outfitters, Inc., she strives to provide cost efficient solutions to her clients for their lighting,Continue reading “Marti Hoffer”
Peter Dykstra
Peter Dykstra is a lawyer with a practice focused on water rights, conservation real estate transactions, natural resources policy, and government relations at Plauche & Carr LLP. He serves public and private clients in these areas and is leading his firm’s efforts to expand its ecosystem services practice. Peter’s background in designing and closing over $120Continue reading “Peter Dykstra”
Alexandra Michalko
Alexandra Michalko is a native Californian, born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from Stanford University in 2003 with a BA in International Relations and a minor in Italian. After graduation, she volunteered as an environmental educator aboard the 90-foot schooner Adventuress in Puget Sound. She returned to San Francisco to work asContinue reading “Alexandra Michalko”
Elyse Kane
For the last 15 years, Elyse has co-owned a speculative building business specializing in sustainable residential development and land use/conservation, first in New York and then in Washington. For five of those years she also worked as an environmental analyst for the municipally owned electric utility in Seattle. Kane is currently spearheading a project toContinue reading “Elyse Kane”
Brad Hill
Brad is originally from California where he worked in public finance, corporate real estate, international project management and regulatory affairs. Recent projects include consulting and organizing principal work in real estate opportunity and venture capital funds through which Brad has become active with the National Brownfield Association (NBA), this year founding the Oregon and WashingtonContinue reading “Brad Hill”
Julie Morgan
Julie Morgan is the Executive Director of the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board. She has worked in the natural resources arena for more than ten years. A native of Pusan, Korea, Julie has taken to the Pacific Northwest like a fish to water. From the shrub-steppe of Eastern Washington and the lush rainforests of OlympicContinue reading “Julie Morgan”
Eric Montague
Montague was born in Virginia and raised in Washington state. He received his B.A. in political science from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Montague is a policy analyst for the Washington Policy Center, a state-based free market think tank in Seattle. Prior to joining WPC, he was a contract negotiator for Boeing Commercial AirplaneContinue reading “Eric Montague”
Derek Van Marter
Derek Van Marter is an impartial facilitator and has actively led collaborative decision-making among various interests for over fifteen years. His professional experience includes work on clean water and air, endangered species, watershed planning, transportation, resource extraction, and aquatic and wildlife management. Derek received his Bachelor of Science in public affairs/natural resource management from IndianaContinue reading “Derek Van Marter”
Sam Nugent
Samuel S. Nugent is the Marketing Coordinator for Wilder Auto Center Port Angeles. He previously served as the co-founder and Director of Marketing for The Remediators Inc., a soils remediation company located in Port Angeles, Wash. Nugent was a 2003 fellow of PERC’s environmental entrepreneurship course. The Remediators Inc, is a member of the IncubatorContinue reading “Sam Nugent”