Ecotrust Staff
Management
Spencer B. Beebe
President
Spencer Beebe is a fourth generation Portlander who spent fourteen years with the Nature Conservancy before helping found Conservation International in 1987. In 1991, he founded Ecotrust to focus his work on the rain forests of home. He serves on the boards of ShoreBank Corporation, Tamastlikt Cultural Institute and Walsh Construction Company. Spencer is a member of the Ecotrust and Ecotrust Canada Board of Directors.
Edward Backus
Vice President, Community Ecosystem Services
Ed Backus holds an MFS from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He worked for eight years at The Nature Conservancy International and at Conservation International before moving to Oregon in 1993. He was the president and co-founder of Interrain Pacific, a non-profit organization leading the development of public access to geographic information systems (GIS), which has since been integrated into the work of Ecotrust Knowledge Systems. Ed is chair of the board of the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, Alaska.
Craig Jacobson
Vice President, Community Ecosystem Services - Water
Craig Jacobson earned his JD in 1995 from The Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, and a BA in International Studies from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Craig's history with Ecotrust began almost ten years ago, when he served as a staff intern while finishing his law degree. Prior to returning to Ecotrust, Craig worked for the Shoalwater Tribe as the Natural Resource Policy Coordinator, Tribal Policy Analyst and Self Governance Coordinator and as a staff attorney for the Portland office of Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker LLP.
Deborah Kane
Vice President, Food & Farms
Prior to joining Ecotrust, Deborah Kane ran an independent consulting business specializing in sustainable food and farming and served as executive director of Food Alliance, one of the nation's leading certification organizations for environmentally friendly and socially responsible agriculture practices. In 2003 Deborah was named one of "50 Great Leaders for Oregon" by Oregon Business Magazine and appointed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to the Oregon Sustainability Board, where she served one term. Most recently, she has been awarded a national Food & Society Policy Fellowship for 2007–08.
Adam Lane
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Adam Lane earned his MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in mathematics and economics from Pomona College. Prior to Ecotrust, Adam served as a senior manager of finance integration for the Intel Corporation, working with Intel-acquired companies to insure integration of business systems, financial processes and staffing. He serves on the boards of Celilo Group Media and the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center.
Astrid Scholz
Vice President, Knowledge Systems
Dr. Astrid Scholz, an ecological economist by training, received her Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley. Astrid is an affiliate faculty member of Oregon State University's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences program, and is co-editor of Place Matters, a book on integrated marine geographic information systems that OSU Press published in 2005. She serves on the boards of the Pacific Marine Conservation Council and the Living Oceans Society, and is a member of the Science and Technical Team of the Oil Spill Recovery Institute.
Bettina von Hagen
CEO, Ecotrust Forest Management
Read more at www.ecotrustforests.com
Staff
Nancy Bales, Director of Development
Sam Beebe, Cache Project
Allison Bidlack, Science Coordinator, Copper River Program
Jon Bonkoski, GIS Analyst
Ericka Carlson, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Food & Farms
Dagmar Carstensen, Human Relations Coordinator
Christine Caurant, Sales & Marketing Manager, Ecotrust Event Spaces
Cheryl Chen, Marine Planning Project Manager
Brent Davies, Director, Forests and Watersheds - Community Ecosystem Services
Steve Dettman, Forest Carbon Program Manager
Emily Dietrich, Development Coordinator
Analisa Fenix, Chief Cartographer/Senior GIS Analyst
Matt Flagg, Guest Services Assistant
Scott Fletcher, Applications Developer
Laura Ford, Program Assistant, Food & Farms
Andrew Fuller, Art Director
Matthew Goslin, GIS Analyst
Marcus Hecht, Chief Network Administrator
Ryan Hodges, Applications Developer
Raymond Hollander, Controller
Cathy Kellon, Research Coordinator, State of the Salmon Program
Sarah Kruse, Senior Economist
Jeanne Kubal, Event Logistics Manager
Caitlin Leonard, Event Guest Services Assistant
Nick Lyman, GIS Technician
Joelle Marr, Grant Writer/Manager
Ernest McCarty, Staff Accountant
Sydney Mead, Director of Events, Natural Capital Center Programs Manager, LEED AP
Mike Mertens, Director of Spatial Analysis, GIS Manager
Lola Milholland, Program Assistant, Food & Farms
Amanda Peden, WWRI Program Coordinator
Gladys Ruiz, Night Porter
Kristen Sheeran, Executive Director, Economics for Equity and the Environment Network
Howard Silverman, Senior Writer and Analyst
Alex Speaks, Director of IT
Charles Steinback, Director of Marine Planning
Ofelia Svart, Assistant to the President
Erica McCall Valentine, Director of Copper River Program
Seth Walker, Director, Communications & Outreach
Leanne Weiss, Program Assistant, Knowledge Systems and Fisheries
Tim Welch, Applications Developer
Stacey Sobell Williams, Farm to School Assistant, Food & Farms
Yveline Wilnau, Natural Capital Center Gardener
Mariusz Wroblewski, Fisheries Officer
