Board of Directors
*Executive Committee; (X) Ex-Officio Director
Officers
President
Josh M. Lipsky *
Partner, Cascadia Law Group PLLC
Vice President / President-Elect
Elizabeth Lunney *
Vice President
Vik Sahney *
Leadership Consultant, Spencer Stuart
Secretary
Meredith Shank *
NW Conservation Philanthropy Fellowship
Treasurer / Finance & Audit Committee Chair
Ryan Thomas *
Partner, Perkins Coie
Fundraising Committee Chair
Ken Krivanec *
President, Tri Pointe Homes
Board Engagement Committee Chair
Susan Carlson *
Environmental Education and Research Center, UW Bothell
Executive Director
Jon Hoekstra *
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
Director Emeritus
Sally Jewell
Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Founding President
Jim Ellis, 1921-2019
Chairman Emeritus, Washington State Convention Center
Directors
Cathy Baker
Former Director of Federal Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy
Rebecca Bear
CEO, Seattle Parks Foundation
Jim Becker
Retired, Founder, SmartLab Toys and becker&mayer!
Laurie Benson
Washington State Conservation Director, The Trust for Public Land
Mark Boyar (*)
President, Middle Fork Outdoor Recreation Coalition
Jen Brenes
President, King County Search and Rescue;
Owner/Operator, Remington Farm, Duvall
Jason Broenneke
President and CEO, Matthew G. Norton Company
Allison Capen
Principal, Capen Consulting, LLC
Bill Chapman (*)
Past President, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
Kitty Craig (*)
Deputy Director, Washington Program, The Wilderness Society
Deloa Dalby
Savor Snoqualmie Valley Leadership Team; The Mountaineers Foothills Branch
Diana Dupuis (X)
Director, Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
Isabella Forcino
Associate, Arnold & Porter
Karl Forsgaard
Alpine Lakes Protection Society; Friends of Bumping Lake
Jim Freeburg
Trust Land Transfer Revitalization
Jen Gradisher
Trail Program Director, Washington Trails Association
Katherine Hollis
Executive Director, Eastrail Partners
Mitsu Iwasaki
Northwest Director, The Trust for Public Land
Kelly Jiang (X)
Councilmember, City of Issaquah
Board President, Issaquah Alps Trails Club
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Bright Power, Inc.
Warren Jimenez (X)
Director, King County Parks
Brian Kelly
Executive Managing Director & Market Leader, Savills North America
Andrew M. Kenefick
Trout Unlimited
Janet Knox
Senior Vice President, Mott MacDonald
Ken Konigsmark
Issaquah Alps Trails Club
Yvonne Kraus
Executive Director, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition
Cristy Lake
Executive Director, Snoqualmie Valley Museum
Sharon Linton (*)
Marketing Consultant, SL Connects
Rachel Lodge
Artist and Policy Communications Consultant
Mitch Long
Executive Director, Kittitas Conservation Trust
Elizabeth Lunney (*)
Former Greenway Trust Interim Executive Director
Jaime Martin
Kilpatrick Townsend
Ben Mayer (*)
Partner, K&L Gates
Dr. Roberta McFarland
Outdoor Schools Washington
Julie Meredith (X)
Secretary, WA State Department of Transportation
Thomas O’Keefe
Pacific Northwest Stewardship Director, American Whitewater
Marie Quasius
Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle
Charles Raines
Director Cascade Checkerboard Project, Sierra Club, Washington State Chapter
Betsy Robblee
Conservation and Advocacy Director, The Mountaineers
Matt Shaw
Owner, Headwall Solutions
Al Smith
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Matt Steuerwalt, Senior Vice President of External Affairs
Puget Sound Energy
Sadie Thayer
Museum Director, Kittitas County Historical Museum
Erin Uloth, Forest Supervisor (X)
Mount Baker Snoqualmie Forest, U.S. Forest Service
Dave Upthegrove (X)
Commissioner of Public Lands, WA State Department of Natural Resources
Chirag Vedullapalli
Zahilay Girmay (X)
King County Executive
Board of Advisors
Claudia Balducci
King County Councilmember, District 6
Gary Berndt
Wildland Fire Liaison, WA State Dept. of Natural Resources
Jim Berry
Community at Large Representative, Sammamish
Eddie Espinosa
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
Kurt Fraese
Fraese and Associates, LLC
Carrie Lee Gagnon
King County Search and Rescue Association
Cora Johnson
Geotechnical Engineer, GeoEngineers, Inc
David Kappler
Issaquah Alps Trails Club
Travis Klaas
Pacific Groundwater Group
Leon Kos
Retired, City Administrator, City of Issaquah
Trevor Kostanich
Former Councilmember, City of North Bend
Larry Leach
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Arlene Levy
Partner, Social Venture Partners
Mike Livingston
Regional Director, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Bob Manelski
Retired, Boeing
Doug McClelland
Retired, Assistant Region Manager, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Tod McDonald
Co-Founder, Valid8 Financial
Gordon McHenry Jr.
President & CEO, United Way of King County
Sue McLain
Retired, SVP, Puget Sound Energy
Mary Miller
Mayor of North Bend
Mark Mullet
Mayor of Issaquah
Mary Norton
Meadowbrook Farm Preservation Association
Mary Lou Pauly
Former Mayor, City of Issaquah
Larry Phillips
Former King County Councilmember, District 4
Janet Ray
Retired, Asst VP, Corporate Affairs and Publishing, AAA Washington
Jim Reinhardsen
Retired, President, Laird Norton Properties
David Sturtevant
Retired, CH2M HILL
Ian Sutton
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Blake Trask
Staff Delegate for King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci
Brett Wachsmith
Kittitas County Commissioner, District 3
Alison Washburn
Store Manager, Bellevue REI Co-op
Brian White
Region Administrator, South-Central Region, WSDOT
Kathryn Williams
Retired, Senior Vice President, HomeStreet Bank
Dan Youmans
Former Regional Vice President, External Affairs, AT&T Wireless
Technical Advisory Council
Chris Anderson, District Biologist
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Richard Anderson, Executive Director
Northwest Railway Museum
Darcy Batura, Central Cascades Community Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
Mina Chen, Communications Manager
ECOSS
Will Chin, Former Energy Efficiency Outreach Manager
Puget Sound Energy
Laura Cooper, Parks Planner
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
David Dunphy, Executive Director, Youth Experiential Training Institute
Former President, Issaquah Alps Trails Club
Nikki Fields, Park Design & Land Use Planner
Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
John Floberg, Executive Director
Washington State Parks Foundation
Paul Footen, Snoqualmie Forest Manager
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Jennifer Hackett, GIS Consultant
Manastash Mapping
Judy Hallisey
Kittitas Audubon Society
Taldi Harrison, Chief Program Officer
Foundation for America’s Public Lands
Kelly Heintz, Former Natural Resource Planner
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
Andrea Imler, Advocacy Director
Washington Trails Association
Sam Jarrett, Open Space Program, Environmental Policy and Initiatives Unit
King County Department Natural Resources and Parks
Chris LaPointe, Director of Ecological Restoration
Stewardship Partners
Katelyn Leeuw
South Plant and West Point Program Manager, King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Chuck Lennox, Principal
Lennox Insites
Kristi McClelland, Foothills Forest Consulting
Brian McNeil, Natural Resource Manager Recreation
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, North Bend Ranger District
Matt Mechler, Open Space Steward, City of Issaquah
Rick Oakley, Park Ranger
Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
Elissa Ostergaard, Snoqualmie Salmon Recovery Manager
Snoqualmie Watershed Forum
Dave Peterson, Former Landscape Architect
Washington State Department of Transportation
Troy Rahmig, Conservation Planning
ICF International
Betsy Robblee, Conservation and Advocacy Director
The Mountaineers
Travis Stombaugh, Executive Director
Si View Metropolitan Park District
Luke Talbott
Compass Outdoor Adventures
Jen Watkins, Assistant Division Manager, Forest Health and Resiliency
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Katie Woolsey,
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks