Board of Directors
Amy Atwood, Center for Biological Diversity
Linda Carnine, University of Oregon
Jim Flynn (President), McKenzie Printers Guild
Jeremy Hall, Clackamas Restoration Partners
Jeff Long, Carpenter
Pam Reber (Secretary), Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Staff
Candice Cook, Executive Assistant
ccook@cascwild.org
Candice grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and studied Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. After graduating she drove across country and settled in Eugene, impressed by the intense beauty and grand scale of the natural environment. As the Executive Assistant, Candice is responsible for tracking and maintaining financial records, supporting the technical needs of staff, and providing public relations and publicity for fundraising events. Candice spends her time away from work learning about herbs, gardening, cooking, and writing.
Dan Kruse, Legal Director
dkruse@cascwild.org
Dan grew up on Long Island but quickly fell in love with the Pacific Northwest when he moved here to attend law school at the University of Oregon. Dan majored in Jazz Saxophone at Temple University and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He loves backpacking and is especially partial to the Cummins Creek Wilderness. When he's not busy suing the government over their reckless logging projects, he can be found stargazing through his 6-foot telescope.
Josh Laughlin, Conservation Director
jlaughlin@cascwild.org
Josh was born and raised on sandy Cape Cod. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Journalism and Environmental Studies in 1998. He was an editor at the Earth First! Journal from 1998-2001. Upon finishing there, he teamed back up with the Cascadia Wildlands Project where he coordinates the organization's conservation programs and grassroots organizing. When not working to protect big trees, he enjoys floating by them on his raft somewhere in Oregon or throughout the West.
Jay Lininger, Executive Director
jlininger@cascwild.org
Jay grew up in the Rogue River valley of southwest Oregon. He previously worked five seasons on private forestry and federal fire and aviation crews, taught university courses in communication, coached an intercollegiate debate team, and was Conservation Director of the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center from 1999-2002. Jay has a M.S. degree reflecting expertise in wildland fire science, historical ecology and land management policy from the University of Montana in Missoula, where he was a Doris A. Duke Conservation Fellow in the Environmental Studies Program. In 2006, he was honored with the Graduate Student Excellence Award from the Association for Fire Ecology, the largest society of fire ecology professionals in the world. Away from work, Jay likes to float his 16-foot inflatable self-bailing canoe on western rivers, hang out with his nieces and nephews, and wildly cheer the Oregon Ducks.
Kate Ritley, Development Director
kritley@cascwild.org
After a lifetime on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and four years studying Geology in Walla Walla at Whitman College, Kate moved to Eugene to organize around forest issues. Kate now oversees all fundraising activities and can help facilitate gifts of cash, stocks/bonds, charitable bequests, and in-kind donations. On weekends she hikes with her coonhound/great pyrenees, gardens, and knits.
Gabe Scott, Alaska Field Representative
gscott@cascwild.org
Gabe has been with Cascadia Wildlands from the beginning. He created our Alaska Field Office in 1998 to protect the northern reaches of Cascadia. When he's not working on protecting the Alaska's wild places, he can be found catching and smoking wild salmon, tromping through ancient forests, and shooting hoops.
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