Advisory Committee Members

The role of the Advisory Committee is to provide current knowledge, critical thinking, analysis, and perspectives that inform the implementation of the Oregon Global Warming Commission's Natural and Working Lands Emissions Reduction and Sequestration Goal Proposal.

The Oregon Global Warming Commission selected the following individuals, who requested to become a member of the Advisory Committee via an application process, to serve on the Advisory Committee: 

  • Jocelyn Bridson, Director of Environment & Community Impact - Tillamook County Creamery Association
  • Mimi Casteel, Owner, Winegrower and Agricultural Consultant - Hope Well Wine and Vineyard
  • Gary Clarida, Forestry Technician, Sawyer, and Equipment Maintenance Supervisor - Retired 
  • Craig Cornu, Coordinator - PNW Blue Carbon Working Group
  • Tyler Ernst, Policy Counsel, Manufacturing and Resources - Oregon Forest Industries Council
  • Brian Glaser, Farm Owner and Operator - Ernest Glaser Farms
  • Greg Green, Director of Conservation Programs - PacNW - Ducks Unlimited
  • Ben Hayes, Manager/Principal - Springboard Forestry, LLC/Hyla Woods
  • John Hillcock, Commissioner - Wallowa County
  • Greg Holmes, Working Lands Program Director/Southern Oregon Advocate - 1000 Friends of Oregon
  • Megan Kemple, Co-Director, Director of Policy Advocacy - Oregon Climate and Agricultural Network
  • Dylan Kruse, Vice President - Sustainable Northwest
  • Debora Landforce, Partner - 2 Fox Farm
  • Jan Lee, Executive Director- Oregon Association of Conservation Districts
  • Karen Lewotsky, Rural Partnerships Lead; Water Program Director - Oregon Environmental Council
  • Nicole Maness, Partner, Resilient Habitat and Working Lands - Willamette Partnership
  • Mike McCarthy, McCarthy Family Farm, Owner; Parkdale Valley Land Trust, President; Oregon Farm Bureau State Board
  • Dan Probert, Director - Country Natural Beef
  • Josh Robinson, Co-Owner - Robinson Nursery
  • Elizabeth Ruther, Science and Policy Analyst - The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Amanda Sullivan-Astor, Forest Policy Manager - Associated Oregon Loggers
  • Laura Tabor, Climate Action Director - The Nature Conservancy
  • Joseph Vaile, Climate Program Director - Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
  • Katie Voelke, Executive Director - North Coast Land Conservancy
  • Teryn Yazdani, Staff Attorney, Climate Policy Manager - Beyond Toxics

 

Member list updated on 12 September 2023.

 

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