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Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Council (Recovery Council)
William D. Ruckelshaus is currently
a Strategic Director in the Madrona Venture Group, formed in 1999
and a principal in Madrona Investment Group, L.L.C. (MIG), a Seattle
based investment company, formed in 1996. He was Chairman/CEO of Browning-Ferris
Industries from 1988 to 1995 and Chairman from 1995 to 1999.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 24, 1932, Mr. Ruckelshaus
graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1957 with a Bachelor
of Arts degree and obtained his law degree from Harvard University
in 1960. He began a career in law with the Indianapolis firm
of Ruckelshaus, Bobbitt and O’Connor in 1960 and was associated
with the firm for eight years. In addition, he was Deputy Attorney
General of Indiana from 1960 through 1965. He was a member of the
Indiana House of Representatives and its majority leader from 1967
to 1969. The President appointed him for the years 1969 and 1970
as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division for
the U.S. Department of Justice.
Mr. Ruckelshaus became the United States Environmental Protection
Agency’s first Administrator when the agency was formed in December
1970, where he served until April 1973. In April 1973 he was appointed
acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and in the
same year was appointed Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Department of Justice.
From 1974 through 1976, Mr. Ruckelshaus was a senior partner in
the Washington, DC law firm of Ruckelshaus Beveridge & Fairbanks. He
joined Weyerhaeuser Company in Tacoma, Washington as Senior Vice President
for Law and Corporate Affairs from 1976 to 1983 and was responsible
for policy setting and coordination of the company’s key external
relationships and its legal service functions. In 1983, Mr. Ruckelshaus
was appointed by President Reagan as the fifth EPA Administrator until
1985. He served until joining Perkins Coie in 1985, a Seattle based
law firm.
Mr. Ruckelshaus recently retired as a director of Cummins Engine
Company, Nordstrom, Inc., and Weyerhaeuser Company. Currently, he
serves on the board of Vykor, Inc., Isilon Systems and TVW. From 1983-86,
he served on the World Commission on Environment and Development set
up by the United Nations. From July 1997 to July 1998, President Clinton
appointed him as the U.S. envoy in the implementing of the Pacific
Salmon Treaty and in 1999 he was appointed by Governor Gary Locke
and currently serving as the Chairman of the Salmon Recovery Funding
Board for the State of Washington and appointed by Governor Christine
Gregoire as Chairman of Puget Sound Cleanup. In 2004 he was appointed
Chairman of the U of W and WSU Policy Consensus Center and is former
Chairman, Board member of World Resources Institute in D.C, Chair
of the Seattle Aquarium Society and serves on the Board of numerous
other nonprofit organizations.
On June, 2001, he was appointed by President Bush as
a member of the Commission on Ocean Policy which was created by Congress
in 2000. On August, 2003, he was appointed to serve on the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science Advisory Board. In
December, 2005, he was appointed by Governor Gregoire to co-chair
the Puget Sound Partnership to organize the cleanup of Puget Sound.
Mr. Ruckelshaus and his wife, Jill, reside in Seattle, Washington.
Brad Ack has worked on environmental policy, conservation
and sustainable development for the past twenty years, in Washington
D.C., Latin America and the American West. Brad has extensive experience
with landscape-scale conservation efforts, spanning issues from protection
and restoration of forests, rivers and estuaries to community-based
visioning and planning, sustainable enterprise development and growth
management.
Brad has served as Chair of the Puget Sound Action Team since February
2003, having been reappointed to this position by Governor Gregoire
in 2005. Prior to this, Brad served ten years as the Program Director
of the Grand Canyon Trust, a regional organization working to protect
and restore the Colorado Plateau. During that time, Brad also served
for five years as Managing Director of the Grand Canyon Forests Foundation,
conducting ecological restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. Previously,
Brad spent five years with World Wildlife Fund in Latin America and
has also worked with Catholic Relief Services in Honduras. Brad holds
a Master of Sciences Degree in Foreign Service and International Development
from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and a B.A. in Political
Science from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Brad lives
with his wife and twin daughters in Olympia, WA.
Bill Blake is currently the Permit
Assistance and Community Resources Manager for the City of Arlington.
He attended Skagit Valley College earning his degree as an Environmental
Conservation Technician. He worked for Weyerhaeuser, Department of
Ecology, Snohomish Conservation District, Stilly/Snohomish Fisheries
Enhancement Task Force and the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians.
Bill’s works with the community finding solutions matching
environmental needs to landowner goals. Bill participates in Quil
Ceda/Allen Watershed Implementation Committee, completed 12-year
service on Stillaguamish Clean Water District Advisory Board (chair),
Stillaguamish Implementation Review Committee Chair, Arlington High
School Agricultural advisory committee, Chairs Skagit Valley College
Environmental program advisory board, and attends the Grandview Community
club. In these positions he designs and builds projects, directs function
and location of projects, educates and coordinates stakeholders throughout
the Stillaguamish. Bill always try’s to think how the product
of his efforts will benefit man and creature 200 years from today.
Ms. Kordonowy was elected Mayor for City of Bainbridge
Island in 2001. She began her first term on January 1, 2002, and
was re-elected to serve a second four-year term beginning in 2006.
The Mayor is a long-standing community leader and resident of the
City of Bainbridge Island. With a background in finance and management,
it is her goal to create a responsive and responsible government
that provides services in a small-town, friendly manner. She is committed
to building effective communications with the community to bring
about understanding of the issues and priorities. Ms. Kordonowy has
a strong commitment to public service and community programs, and
has served on the Home Rule Steering Committee, Comprehensive Plan
Advisory Committee, and Planning Commission. She has also served
on the Boards of several community organizations.
As Mayor, Ms. Kordonowy represents the City in a number of County
and regional organizations and planning efforts. Her recent activities
include serving as Chair of the Board of Kitsap Transit in 2005.
She currently Chairs the Board of the Kitsap Regional Coordinating
Council, and serves on the Executive Board of the Puget Sound Regional
Council.
Ms. Kordonowy is married to Jay Abbott. She holds a Bachelors Degree
in History from North Dakota State University, where she minored
in Economics.
Colonel Debra M. Lewis is the 46th Commander and District Engineer
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District, Northwestern
Division, effective July 30, 2003.
Prior to her Seattle assignment, she attended the Industrial College
of the Armed Forces, a joint senior service college in Washington,
D.C., where she earned a Master of Science Degree in National Resource
Strategy.
COL Lewis’ experience in command and staff positions spans
over 25 years. Most recently, COL Lewis served on the Joint Staff
in the Pentagon as the Engineer Senior Requirements Officer in the
Deputy Directorate for Antiterrorism and Force Protection, where she
supported the JCS Chairman’s responsibilities for combating
terrorism. Prior to this assignment, COL Lewis served as Commander
of the Philadelphia District, which oversees the Delaware River Basin.
Other key jobs have included company command in the XVIII Airborne
Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C.; operations officer and executive officer
of engineer battalions in Hawaii; Chief, Military Engineering Division,
U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC), dealing with nations and U.S. territories
throughout the Asia-Pacific region; and Staff Officer in the Congressional
Activities Division of the Office of the Chief of the Staff of the
Army.
COL Lewis comes to the Seattle District uniquely qualified to serve
as its first female commander and District Engineer. A woman of many
firsts, Debra Lewis is a member of the first class with women to graduate
from West Point. She also was the United States Military Academy’s
first female captain of its highly successful intercollegiate equestrian
team, the 1980 Academy Equestrian of the Year, and as an alumnus in
2000 competed for West Point at Nationals.
COL Lewis’ military education also includes Airborne School,
the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms
and Services Staff School, and the Army Command and General Staff
College. Her post-graduate education includes an M.B.A. from the Harvard
Business School. Following Harvard, she was an original faculty member
in the newly created Department of Systems Engineering at West Point,
where she taught general problem solving techniques and developed
systems engineering approaches to problem solving.
COL Lewis has been recognized for her significant contributions
with a variety of awards, including the Defense and Army Meritorious
Service Medals, and the Army Engineer Regiment’s de Fleury Medal.
She earned special recognition as the Staff Officer of the Year for
USARPAC and received the Stephen Girard Maritime Day Award from the
Delaware River port community.
COL Lewis is married to LTC (Ret.) Douglass Adams, an attorney.
They have three children between them: Theresa, a hair designer in
Manhattan; Douglass, an E-6 in the USCGR and a new NYPD police officer;
and Emily, an active teenager who shares her mother’s love of
horses.
Steve Lewis is the retired CEO of Weyerhaeuser
Real Estate Company, one of the top 20 homebuilders in the nation.
He spent 31 years with Weyerhaeuser, almost all of that time in the
homebuilding and land development business. Prior to joining the
Weyerhaeuser Company, Lewis worked for GE for 6 years. He received
a BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State, an MBA from The University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and completed the Stanford Executive
Program. Married for 42 years to Donna, they split their time between
homes in Federal Way and Manhattan, Montana.
Jim Miller, an expert in water resource and
water supply issues, is the Engineering Superintendent at the City
of Everett. He is the former Chair of the Washington Water Utility
Council (WWUC). Presently, he is Chair of WWUC Water Rights Committee.
His professional associations include: American Water Works Association;
American Society of Civil Engineers; American Water Resources Association
and Water Environment Federation.
Steve is currently in his second term
as the City’s first
full-time Mayor, City of Tukwila. At this time, Steve is a member
of the PSRC Executive Committee, the County Regional Water Quality
Committee and the Executive Board of Enterprise Seattle. He has been
actively involved in all phases of Suburban Cities Association including
the Management Committee as South County Co-Chair and as vice president
and president. In addition to these, Steve also chairs the WRIA 9
Forum, sits on the Governor’s Building Code Council; is on the
Administration Board of Valley Communications (911 Center) and the
Green River Flood Control District.
Prior to government service he worked at all levels of the transportation
and residential building industries.
Diane Oberquell is a Thurston County Commissioner
and has served in that capacity for 17 years. She has been a member
of the Nisqually River Council since 1989 and has served as Chair.
The Nisqually River Management Plan is implemented through the Nisqually
River Council which also seeks to integrate the history, culture,
environment and economy of the watershed. The Nisqually River Council
was one of 30 stewardship organizations nationwide to present at the
White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation in 2005. Commissioner
Oberquell also serves on the Watershed Resource Inventory Area (WRIA)
11 Planning Unit, which developed the Nisqually Watershed Management
Plan and is currently implementing Phase IV.
Prior to her election as County Commissioner, Mrs. Oberquell served
as Executive Director of Families and Friends of Missing Persons and
Violent Crime Victims. She worked previously for both the Washington
State House and Senate and for the State Department of Natural Resources.
Mrs. Oberquell has been and continues to be politically active on
local, state, and national levels.
Commissioner Oberquell currently serves as Chair of the Washington
State Emergency Management Council and also serves on the National
Association of Counties, Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee.
She has served as President for the Washington State Association of
Counties and continues to serve on state committees.
Kevin Ranker serves as a County Commissioner
from San Juan County, Washington. He also serves on the Washington
State Shoreline Hearings Board, the Washington State Oil Spill Advisory
Council, the Governor’s Ocean Policy Working Group, the UC Davis SeaDoc Society
Board of Directors and the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Council. Kevin
has over 15 years experience working on coastal and ocean policy and
legislation at the local, regional, national and international level.
For the past several years, he has specialized on a combination of
conservation and community development – successfully bridging
the gap between economic development and conservation in coastal
communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. Kevin has spent his
entire life on the coast and in the ocean and is an avid sailor, paddler,
diver, fisherman and surfer.
Mike Shelby is the Executive Director of the Western
Washington Agricultural Association located in Mount Vernon, Washington.
The Association’s mission is to work proactively on behalf of
the agricultural community to seek out and develop future opportunities
for agriculture.
As a part of Mike’s diverse responsibilities representing
agriculture’s interests, he is working with many county, state
and federal agencies and tribes on issues that deal with land use
and environment, dike and drainage infrastructure, and agricultural
water and irrigation use. The topics include working on Critical Areas
Ordinances for agricultural lands, pesticide management issues, irrigation
needs and water rights, habitat protection and restoration, and salmon
recovery. In this work, Mike strives to achieve the critical balance
between protection of fish and wildlife needs and the needs of a viable
and productive agricultural landscape. Mike serves on the Skagit Watershed
Council and the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound Development Committee.
Mike comes from a farming family and is a graduate of Oregon State
University. He spent over 25 years working in the vegetable and fruit
processing business in the Pacific Northwest before coming to the
Association three years ago.
David Troutt, Chair of the Nisqually River Council since
2003. Natural Resources Director, Nisqually Tribe. Director since
1987 of a diverse department comprised of salmon harvest management,
two large salmon hatcheries, shellfish management, data operations,
environmental management, wildlife management, legal, administration,
and budget development and monitoring. Mr. Troutt also serves on the
Executive Committee of the Tri-County Response to ESA, the Development
Committee of the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound, the Steering Committee
for the Hatchery Reform Project, and as a voting member of the Resource
Advisory Committee for the Mount Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest.
He is the current Chair of the Nisqually River Foundation and a board
member of the Nisqually Land Trust and Long Live the Kings. Mr. Troutt
received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Washington
School of Fisheries.
Terry Williams has been employed with Tulalip Tribes Natural Resources
for 25 years as the Fisheries and Natural Resources Commissioner.
Terry was appointed for two years by Ms. Carol Browner, Administrator
of EPA, to establish a new office with EPA to specifically address
environmental issues of Indian Tribes nation-wide. After consulting
with tribes throughout the U.S. he developed operating procedures
and agenda and managed the budget.
He was also appointed the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
since 1985 and Vice-Chairman from 1992-95. Terry served on the Pacific
Salmon Commission, Southern Panel from 1985 to present and chaired
the panel for six years. He was selected by Washington and Oregon
Treaty Tribes and appointed by the United States Department of Interior
to represent Tribal interest in the United States-Canada Salmon Interception
Treaty annual salmon harvest management and allocation deliberation
at negotiations. He has served as a representative on the Pacific
Management Council for the Tulalip Tribes United Nations Conference
on Biodiversity, United States Delegate, since 1997.
Terry was appointed by the Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs office Department of the Interior to represent Indigenous
Peoples of the United States delegation to the United Nations Conference
on Biodiversity. He has co-chaired the International Association of
Impact Assessment Indigenous Peoples Committee since 1997, and participated
in the development of Treaty of Indigenous Peoples International for
protecting the culture and economics of members of Native peoples.
He was appointed to the Regional Interagency Executive Committee,
by President Clinton in 1993 to respond to the Endangered Species
Act by developing a regional forestry implementation Plan for the
Pacific Northwest. He was appointed by the Governor 1985-1995 to the
Puget Sound Water Quality Authority to represent Washington Tribes
in developing plans to improve the quality in Puget Sound. He is a
member of the Timber, Fish and Wildlife Advisory Group since 1986
and was co-chair from 1992-1993. He was a tribal representative from
1987-1991 on the Governor’s Wetlands Forum; a member on the
Tribal caucus from 1990 to 1994 for Water Resources Forum. He is on
the Board of Directors for the Center for Stream side studies; the
Institute of Environmental Studies; Adopt a Stream Foundation; Native
American Fish & Wildlife Society; and a Forum member of Agricultural
Forum and on the Board of People for Puget Sound. Terry is currently
on the Law & Justice Committee for Central Washington University,
and is also on the Executive Committee of Tri-County ESA forum and
the Multi-Jurisdictional shared strategy forum.
Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team (TRT)
Mary H. Ruckelshaus is a research biologist with NOAA Fisheries in
Seattle. She leads the salmon risk and recovery science group at
the Northwest Fisheries Science Center and currently chairs the
Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team, a multi-stakeholder recovery
team convened by NOAA Fisheries to develop biologically based delisting
criteria for listed salmonids under the Endangered Species Act.
In addition to her work on salmon recovery planning, Ruckelshaus
has worked for more than ten years on marine conservation and reserve
design issues, and maintains a close involvement with her long-term
research sites in the marine habitats of the San Juan Islands. She
has a total of nearly two decades of experience in research biology
and conservation. She serves as a trustee on The Nature Conservancy’s
Washington board, and is chair of the Science Advisory Board of the
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS).
Before joining the National Marine Fisheries Service in 1997, Ruckelshaus
was a faculty member in biology for three years at Florida State
University.
Ruckelshaus has a bachelor’s degree in human biology
from Stanford University, a master’s degree in fisheries from
the University of Washington, and a doctoral degree in botany, also
from the University of Washington.
Bob Fuerstenberg is a Senior Ecologist with King County's Department
of Natural Resources and Parks, a position he has held since 1986.
An aquatic ecologist by training, Bob has studied and worked in Pacific
Northwest rivers, streams and estuaries for the last 25 years, most
of that time collaborating with other scientists in long-term studies
of the effects of land use and management on stream and river ecosystems
and particularly on the ecology of salmon in urban watersheds. The
scientific issues associated with this work has led Bob to explore
the application of principles of landscape ecology and conservation
biology to the problems of river and stream protection and restoration
in King County and has resulted in an aquatic conservation strategy
for the county, the outcome of a collaboration with other ecologists
in DNRP. Most recently, Bob authored the scientific management approach
for the County's response to the Endangered Species Act listings
of Chinook and Bull Trout, Return of the Kings and continues to provide
scientific oversight for the County's efforts in salmon conservation.
Bob has a Bachelor of Arts in biology and physics from the University
of Chicago (1973), a Master of Science in ecology and systematics
from Minnesota State University (1976), and a Master of Science in
marine ecology and biochemistry from the University of Oregon (1977).
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Kit Rawson, Senior Fishery Management Biologist for the Tulalip Tribes,
Marysville, has been a biometrician and fisheries management biologist
for 23 years in Alaska and Washington State. Since 1986 he has been
responsible for salmon stock assessment and monitoring, enhancement
planning, development of harvest management plans, and coordination
of management with other tribal managers, the State of Washington,
and others for the Tulalip Tribes. He was a member of the Pacific
Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee
(1991-1998), including a term as chair of the salmon subcommittee.
Since 1998 he has been involved in developing the technical basis
for salmon recovery plans for the Stillaguamish and Snohomish basins,
especially focusing on the integrated effects of habitat, harvest,
and hatchery management. He holds a B.S. in biological sciences from
the University of Arizona (1975) and M.S. in biomathematics from the
University of Washington (1980).
Norma Jean Sands is a Fisheries Research Biologist at NOAAs Northwest
Fisheries Science Center. She is currently head of the salmon harvest
analysis team at the Center and is a member of the Puget Sound Technical
Recovery Team. She works on analytical assessment and modeling of
salmon populations and on risk assessment of human activities on
salmon viability. She has been with the Center since September 1999.
Before that she worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
on salmon harvest and US/Canada Treaty issues. She remains involved
with committee work with the Pacific Salmon Commission and is a member
of the Selective Fisheries Evaluation Committee and the Data Sharing
Committee. Norma has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Fisheries from the University
of Washington and a Bachelors Degree in biological Oceanography also
from the University of Washington. She worked for several years in
biological oceanography in Norway between degree studies.
Mr. Scott joined the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
in 1999 to lead the newly created Fish Science Division. His primary
area of expertise is biometrics, including computer simulation and
analytical models of biological systems. This expertise has been
applied in a variety of applications in domestic and international
forums. He served as co-chair of the Pacific Salmon Commission Chinook
Technical Committee from 1991 through 2001, and was a technical advisor
for the renegotiation off the Pacific Salmon Treaty in 1999. Since
joining WDFW, his work has focused on developing procedures to evaluate
the risks and benefits of artificial production and developing recovery
plans for listed species of salmonids. As manager of the Science
Division, comprised of over 130 FTEs, he has the responsibility of
assuring that the production and management of fish resources by
WDFW is grounded on a sound scientific basis.
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Recovery Council Policy Work Group
Elizabeth Babcock is Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Coordinator for
NOAA Fisheries in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Babcock is responsible
for developing conservation strategies and recovery plans for listed
species in the Puget Sound geographic region. She serves as liaison
to the Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team and represents NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest
Regional Office on salmon policy issues associated with recovery planning.
Before joining NOAA Fisheries, Ms. Babcock served as lead for the
Washington State Governor’s Salmon Recovery Team, Special Assistant
to the director of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife,
and project manager for the Washington State Wetlands Integration
Strategy. Elizabeth has worked for both private environmental consulting
and non-profit environmental conservation organizations. Ms. Babcock
holds a Bachelor's degree in biology from Lawrence University and
a Master's degree in environmental management from Duke University.
Josh Baldi joined the Department of Ecology in June 2005 as Special
Assistant to the Director. His portfolio includes Puget Sound, Hood
Canal, mitigation, monitoring, forest health, land use and salmon
recovery. Previously, Josh worked in Washington’s environmental
advocacy community for 15 years; 12 of those at the Washington Environmental
Council. In his role as State Policy Director, Josh represented WEC
for seven years before the legislature and also has extensive expertise
in communications. A Washington native, Josh spent his formative
years east of the Cascades and was schooled in communications and
business at Washington State University.
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Margaret Duncan is a Watershed Liaison, Shared Strategy for Puget
Sound, focusing primarily on WRIAs 8 through 20. Margaret is a political
scientist with twenty years of experience in natural resource management
and social and economic research. She has worked on land acquisition
and Endangered Species Act-related activities with Seattle City Light.
While working with the Suquamish Tribe Fisheries Department, she
engaged in collaborative efforts with federal, tribal and state natural
resource trustees and local government representatives concerning
superfund site listing and clean-up processes, source control, and
habitat restoration within the Green/Duwamish watershed. Margaret
was a representative on the Elliott Bay/Duwamish Restoration Program
Panel and technical working groups, and chaired the public participation
and budget committees.
Jim Kramer is Executive Director, Shared Strategy for Puget Sound.
Jim has twenty-five years of experience in natural resource programs,
public policy, public finance and environmental issues. He has developed
a statewide program for salmon habitat funding and facilitated decisions
on $100 million in project funds. He has designed, marketed and implemented
nationally recognized stormwater and watershed planning programs;
facilitated consensus agreements with community organizations, government
agencies, private citizens, businesses and elected officials: and
developed and administered multi-million dollar annual budgets for
public works utility. Jim also has managed large interdisciplinary
science and policy groups.
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Carol MacIlroy is a Watershed Liaison, Shared Strategy for Puget
Sound, focusing primarily on WRIAs 1 through 7 and the nearshore
environment. Carol has been working on natural resource issues in
King County since 1995. As a business and Endangered Species Act
outreach specialist for King County's Department of Natural Resources,
Carol involved community leaders and stakeholders in shaping and
understanding salmon recovery planning in the Green-Duwamish watershed.
As Seattle Director for the YMCA's Earth Service Corps and an assistant
with the Thornton Creek Project she facilitated community and youth
efforts to assess and take action to improve their home watersheds.
Carol recently returned from a year of volunteer work with the Ecuadorian
Ministry of the Environment.
Lloyd Moody has worked for the past eleven years in the Governor’s
Office on natural resource related issues, primarily water and fish.
For the past six years he has been part of the Governor’s Salmon
Recovery Office. He provides staff support for Shared Strategy and
participates in the Shared Strategy work group and serves as salmon
recovery coordinator for the Puget Sound Region.
Lloyd traveled extensively for four years (1986-1990) then completed
an undergraduate degree emphasizing natural resource management.
He completed his masters degree, from Evergreen, in environmental
studies through an Executive Fellowship in the Governor’s Office.
Lloyd has a background in residential land development, construction
management and electrical contracting.
David St. John is a Special Projects Manager in the Director’s
Office of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
(DNRP). David has been a member of the Shared Strategy Work Group
since its inception in 2001 and staffs King County Executive Ron Sims
and DNRP Director Pam Bissonnette in their role as Development Committee
members. During his eight years at King County David has been involved
with a range of natural resource management projects including preparing
an open space bond, writing and administering grants for restoration
projects, organizing major conferences on ESA compliance and instream
flow analyses, and developing watershed planning frameworks and plans.
His current work, in addition to contributing to the development of
the Puget Sound Recovery Plan through Shared Strategy, focuses on
managing the County’s Normative Flow Study Project, representing
King County in policy staff groups developing the WRIA 8 (Lake Washington)
salmon conservation plan, and undertaking policy analyses of key
water resource management activities affecting King County. David
holds a B.A. in Political Science (1991) from Cleveland State University
and M.A. (1996) in Landscape Architecture from the College of Architecture
and Urban Planning at the University of Washington.
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Terry Wright has worked for the Treaty Tribes of Western Washington
since 1974. His work has covered all aspects of salmon management,
including harvest, hatcheries and watershed management. As manager
of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission’s Enhancement
Services Division since 1985 he oversees sections for Hatchery Reform
(including Fish Genetics and Salmon Ecology), Hatchery Coordination,
and the Tribal Fish Health Center. He represents tribal interests
on a wide variety of groups including the Regional Fisheries Enhancement
Groups Advisory Board, Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem and Restoration
Steering Committee, Pacific Northwest Fish Health Protection Committee
and the NOAA - Pacific Scientific Review Group that provides scientific
advice to NOAA on issues related to Marine Mammals. Recent additions
to responsibilities include providing tribal staffing to the Puget
Sound Partnership (Partnership Co-chair Billy Frank and tribal Partnership
members) and the Puget Sound Shared Strategy including participation
on that Staff Workgroup and various other committees and workgroups.
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Shared Strategy Staff
Margaret Duncan is a Watershed Liaison, Shared Strategy for Puget
Sound, focusing primarily on WRIAs 8 through 20. Margaret is a political
scientist with twenty years of experience in natural resource management
and social and economic research. She has worked on land acquisition
and Endangered Species Act-related activities with Seattle City Light.
While working with the Suquamish Tribe Fisheries Department, she
engaged in collaborative efforts with federal, tribal and state natural
resource trustees and local government representatives concerning
superfund site listing and clean-up processes, source control, and
habitat restoration within the Green/Duwamish watershed. Margaret
was a representative on the Elliott Bay/Duwamish Restoration Program
Panel and technical working groups, and chaired the public participation
and budget committees.
Jim Kramer is Executive Director, Shared Strategy for Puget Sound.
Jim has twenty-five years of experience in natural resource programs,
public policy, public finance and environmental issues. He graduated
from The Evergreen State College with a degree in natural sciences
and is a proud geoduck. Since college, Jim has worked for a number
of local governments, including King County where he created and
managed the Surface Water Management Division. Jim has facilitated
numerous interdisciplinary science and policy groups and has helped
to create consensus agreements between diverse interests. Prior
to Shared Strategy, Jim assisted in the creation of the statewide
program for salmon habitat funding (Salmon Recovery Funding Board)
and facilitated decisions on $100 million in project funds. He is
currently responsible for managing the development of the Puget Sound
Salmon Recovery Plan with the involvement of 14 watersheds and several
hundred stakeholders across Puget Sound.
Domonique combines her studies in economics and urban ecology planning
with her customer service experience to help run the Shared Strategy
office with skill and insight. Domonique is not only organized and
good with people, she is also committed to making sure that everything
she does meets high standards. In her previous job working for Wellington
Builders, customers frequently commented on Domonique’s thoughtfulness,
follow-through and how easy she was to work with. Domonique is interested
in seeing how to use incentives to motivate people to balance natural
resource economies with habitat protection and restoration. Domonique
is a volunteer salmon naturalist on the Cedar River.
Carol MacIlroy is a Watershed Liaison, Shared Strategy for Puget
Sound, focusing primarily on WRIAs 1 through 7 and the nearshore
environment. Carol has been working on natural resource issues in
King County since 1995. As a business and Endangered Species Act
outreach specialist for King County's Department of Natural Resources,
Carol involved community leaders and stakeholders in shaping and
understanding salmon recovery planning in the Green-Duwamish watershed.
As Seattle Director for the YMCA's Earth Service Corps and an assistant
with the Thornton Creek Project she facilitated community and youth
efforts to assess and take action to improve their home watersheds.
Carol recently returned from a year of volunteer work with the Ecuadorian
Ministry of the Environment.
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