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, Fisheries Program
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, Native Programs
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, Inc.
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Staff
Nancy Bales, Director of Development
Sam Beebe, Cache Project
Allison Bidlack, Science Coordinator, Copper River Program
Jon Bonkoski, GIS Analyst
Tamara Briggie, Program Assistant, Forestry
Ericka Carlson, Marketing and Sales Manager, Food & Farms
Dagmar Carstensen, Human Relations Coordinator
Christine Caurant, Event Supervisor
Brent Davies, Director of Forestry
David Diaz, Forestry Research Analyst
Emily Dietrich, Development Coordinator
Laleña Dolby, Sales and Marketing Manager, Ecotrust Event Spaces
Laura Ford, Program Assistant, Food & Farms
Andrew Fuller, Senior Designer
Matthew Goslin, GIS Analyst
Marcus Hecht, Assistant Network Administrator/Webmaster
Sonya Hetrick, Economic Analyst
Nate Hildebrand, Night Porter
Raymond Hollander, Controller
Cathy Kellon, Research Coordinator, State of the Salmon Program
Sarah Kruse, Senior Economist
Stephen Lloyd, GIS and Database Technician
Nick Lyman, GIS Technician
Joelle Marr, Grant Writer/Manager
Ernest McCarty, Staff Accountant
Analisa McKay, Chief Cartographer/Senior GIS Analyst
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
Michelle Ratcliffe, Farm to School Manager, Food & Farms
Pete Reed, Conference Center Logistics and Security Manager
Kristen Sheeran, Executive Director, Economics for Equity and the Environment Network
Howard Silverman, Senior Writer and Analyst
Alex Speaks, Chief Network Administrator
Charles Steinback, Director of Marine Planning
Ofelia Svart, Assistant to the President
Erica McCall Valentine, Director of Copper River Program
Ken Vollmer, GIS Programmer
Seth Walker, Director of Marketing and Communications
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
