Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2008-09

Organizational Representatives

Click here for a list of WEC's organizational members.

At-Large Members

John Arum

Board Member At-Large

John rejoined the WEC board this year after a hiatus following a previous six-year term. A highly skilled environmental attorney, John is committed to working for water reforms in Washington and to helping create a state where both people and natural fish populations can coexist.

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Cy Berryman

Representing NW Energy Coalition

A northeast Washington native, Cy spent years working on his family's small farm to provide quality organic fruit to the Seattle area. Before working for the NW Energy Coalition, he was a lead organizer for the Service Employees International Union, 1199NW. In his current outreach position for the NW Energy Coalition, Cy works with over one hundred Coalition partners in advocating for renewable energy, energy efficiency, low-income and consumer protection, and restoration of fish and wildlife on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. He joined the WEC board in 2005.

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Jabe Blumenthal

Representing Climate Solutions

Jabe serves on the boards of Climate Solutions, the Bullitt Foundation and the Progress Alliance of Washington. He has been active in environmental issues for many years, focusing most recently on climate change. A Seattle native, Jabe worked at Microsoft for twelve years and taught at Lakeside High School for nine years. He joined the board in 2007.

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Rod Brown

Representing Seattle Audubon, WEC President

Rod currently practices environmental law at the Cascadia Law Group PLLC and has spent over fifteen years as a WEC volunteer. In the late 1980s he helped lead the environmental community's successful campaign for Initiative 97, which created our state's Superfund cleanup law. In the 1990s he served as WEC's representative on the Growth Strategies Commission, which led to the creation of the Growth Management Act. He has also served as WEC's representative on the Regulatory Reform Task Force and the Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation. Earlier this year, Governor Gregoire appointed him as one of the two environmental community members on her Climate Advisory Team. Rod re-joined the board in 2003.

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Bill Donnelly

Board Member At-Large

Bill’s experience includes board service with the Northwest Fund for the Environment, the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance (now Conservation NW), the Steering Committee for The Loomis Forest Fund, and several other organizations. As a leader of the Donnelly-Gray Group at Salomon Smith Barney, he has been involved with environmentally sensitive investing for two decades. That experience provides an appreciation of the needs of organizations like WEC to build financial strength through long range planning. Bill joined the board in 2002.

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John Edwards

Representing North Cascades Conservation Council

John grew up in New Zealand where he learned to love and respect wilderness. He is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Washington, with research interests in alpine and sub-polar ecology. For many years he taught human ecology, aimed at giving basic ecological literacy to non-biology students. He serves on the Board of the North Cascades Conservation Council and is much concerned about the adverse effects of administrative tunnel vision on ecological integrity. John joined the WEC board in 2006.

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Dan Evans

Board Member At-Large

Dan uses his Congressional, legal, and strategic planning background to serve public and private clients. As a senior Congressional staffer, he helped protect such cherished places as the Hanford Reach, Bowerman Basin, Columbia Gorge, and Long Island Cedar Grove. He serves on the board of the Washington Conservation Voters Education Fund and Transportation Choices Coalition. Dan joined the board in 2007.

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Kathe Fowler

Board Member At-Large

Kathe developed her love of the outdoors while spending seven summers on the Madison River outside West Yellowstone in Montana hiking, biking, and floating the river. She has since been biking the islands and back roads of Washington for 34 years. After serving two years on the King County Chapter of Washington Conservation Voters, she joined the state WCV board where she is currently chairperson of the board. She also serves on the board of Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition and the Advisory Council for the Methow Conservancy.

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Hilary Franz

Board Member At-Large

Hilary is a native of the Pacific Northwest who has always revered the Northwest's majestic mountains, old-growth forests, and beautiful oceans and rivers. Hilary has been a land use and environmental attorney for 8 years, actively engaged in protecting wild salmon and its habitat, our state's shorelines, and agricultural lands. She has served on the board of the Center for Environmental Law & Policy and has been an active member of WEC's Legal Committee. She joined the board in 2005.

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Marcy Golde

Representing Olympic Forest Coalition

Marcy is a long-time volunteer with WEC working on fish, water quality and forestry issues. Marcy was one of the original negotiators of the landmark Timber, Fish and Wildlife Agreement (TFW). She administered the TFW project for WEC for its first three years, when the project had nine paid employees. She has received two significant awards for her work: the national Calder Award and the Washington State Environmental Excellence Award. Marcy is past president of the Northwest Fund for the Environment. She rejoined the board in 2003 after a two-year break from a previous term.

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Janice Huseby

Board Member At-Large

Janice moved to Washington in 1991, after 20 years of work at Lockheed, Blue Shield, and Raychem Corporations, focusing in organizational effectiveness. Since moving here, she has served as Board President of The Children’s Museum at Seattle Center and worked extensively with other non-profits such as Washington Women’s Foundation. She joined the board in 2007.

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John Littel

Board Member At-Large

John works for the Seattle/King County Building Trades Council representing twenty-seven construction unions and their members in the area. His responsibilities include administering Project Labor Agreements that govern major transportation projects and he has the opportunity in his role to advocate for sustainable and smart development policies with public entities and private developers. John joined the WEC board in 2005.

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Patrick Neville

Representing Washington Apollo Alliance

Patrick is the coordinator for the Washington Apollo Alliance, a coalition of business, labor, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution. He serves on the Advisory Committee for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Management and Centralia College and on the Advisory Committee for the Renewable Energy Program at Shoreline Community College. He also sits on the Green Jobs panel of Governor Gregoire’s Climate Action Team and the Green Design and Construction Workforce Development Skills Panel.

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Claudia Newman

Representing Cascadia Green Building Council

Claudia has been an advocate for the protection of Washington’s natural resources, critical areas, shoreline, and local communities for over fifteen years. As an environmental and land use attorney at Bricklin Newman Dold, Claudia represents citizen groups and individuals in broad variety of environmental matters. She has, more recently, immersed herself in the world of green building with the hope that engaging developers in responsible building early in the design and process will go a long way towards improving our landscape. Claudia is a member of the board of the Cascadia Green Building Council and sits on the ASHRAE Standard Committee 189, which is authoring the first comprehensive model green building code in the nation. She is a former board member for King County Conservation Voters.

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Tony Peacock

Board Member At-Large, Vice-President

Tony is a licensed Land Surveyor and currently works for Snohomish County as a Supervisor in Planning and Development Services. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in physical geography and geomorphology. He's also been active in environmental policy and politics for nearly thirty years, working in both his native Iowa and in Washington. He currently serves on the state board of Washington Conservation Voters and was a founding member of the King County chapter. Tony joined the board in 2004.

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Lisa Pelly

Board Member At-Large

Lisa's family has lived in Washington since the late 1800s and has always been active in fishing, hunting and enjoying the great outdoors. Lisa is constantly energized by the changing landscape and diversity of habitats that make this state so special. She is an active board member of Washington Conservation Voters, the Walla Walla Watershed Alliance, Farming and the Environment, and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition. She joined the board in 2005.

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Christian Sinderman

Representing Transportation Choices Coalition

Christian is a regional political and strategic communications consultant, working with elected leaders at the federal, state, and local levels as well as non-profits, unions, and other organizations. A lifelong environmentalist, Christian worked for several years as an environmental educator and activist before earning an MS in Environmental Policy at the University of Michigan. He serves on the Transportation Choices Coalition Board and is interested in the overlay of environmental, transportation, and land use policies. Christian joined the WEC board in 2006.

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Amy Souers Kober

Representing American Rivers

Amy has worked for American Rivers for over five years, doing national and regional media and communications work. She has organized successful campaigns around the Snake and Columbia rivers, and also for their annual Most Endangered Rivers report. She also volunteers as a stream steward with Seattle Public Utilities on Seattle's Pipers Creek. Amy joined the WEC board in 2003.

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Jim Timmons

Board Member At-Large

Jim has been an Eastern Washingtonian since adolescence, growing up on his family farm near Othello. He's a graduate of UW (Economics) and WSU (MBA) and is currently working for the latter as a data manager of a large education project. Jim also teaches Economics and Computer Science two nights a week at Heritage University in Toppenish. Jim has run for office in his community and has worked with Washington Conservation Voters to elect local and statewide candidates who are environmentally responsible. He joined the WEC board in 2005.

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Tyrone Noble Townsend

Board Member At-Large

A native Washingtonian, Tyrone has spent her entire life on Puget Sound in the islands enjoying all the outdoor beauty our state offers. She has over thirty years of experience in media and technology, with a focus on guiding companies to execute successful, revenue generating business development plans. She has served on the board of the UWAA, Ronald McDonald House, and Make-A-Wish of Washington State and advises BirdNote.org.

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Eric Wilson

Board Member At-Large

Eric has served on the board of the Washington Conservation Voters Education Fund for the past four years. He leads Northwest Public Affairs, LLC, with expertise in strategic planning, research and communications, grassroots organizing, and campaign management. Eric joined the WEC board in 2007.