Our board

Columbia Land Trust Board and Trustees Council

The Columbia Land Trust board works with the staff to create and execute short- and long-term work plans and goals, including adopting a five-year strategic plan in 2010. The Board is also responsible for approving every land acquisition, working in close collaboration with our staff and following established conservation guidelines.  

The Advisory Council focuses on broadening Columbia Land Trust’s base of support and contacts to strengthen partnerships and develop relationships within key communities and with potential contributors. Advisers have no specific fiduciary responsibility

Board of Directors

• Dave Beckett, Realtor (retired), Lake Oswego, OR
• Jerry Boehm, Senior Vice President & Client Service Officer, Capital Pacific Bank - Portland, OR
• Debbie Craig, Trustee, Meyer Memorial Trust; National Council, Land Trust Alliance - Lake Oswego, OR
• Greg Dardis, Sustainability and Environmental Education, Marylhurst University and Portland State University -- Portland OR
  
• David DeAntonis, Owner, Partner, DeaMor Associates – Vancouver, WA
• Betsy Henning – Secretary, President, Alling Henning Associates – Vancouver, WA
• Jim Hook, President and CEO, International Crane Foundation (retired) - Seattle, WA
  
• Paul King, Principal, Bay Resource Corporation- Cambridge, MA (Paul is based in Washington)
• Paul Lumley, Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - Portland, OR
• Steve Shields - Treasurer, Managing Director, Alling Henning Associates – Vancouver, WA
• Jennifer Sims, – Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, City of Portland (retired) - Ridgefield, WA
• Marc Smiley, Managing Partner, Solid Ground Consulting - Portland, OR
• Jim Thayer, Resilience Consulting -- Portland, OR
• Carolyn Vogt, Shareholder, Lane Powell - Portland, OR 
• Dave Williams, President & CEO, Shorebank Pacific (retired) – Portland, OR
• President, TBD

Advisory Council

• Kerry Barnett Sr., V.P. of Strategic Communications  & Public Affairs, The Regence Group – Portland, OR
• Richard Geary, Trustee, Richard and Janet Geary Foundation – Portland, OR
• Jane Jacobsen, Executive director, Confluence Project – Vancouver, WA
• Tom Kelly, President & Owner, Neil Kelly Co. – Portland, OR
• Ed Lynch, President, Kiewit Pacific – Vancouver, WA
• Peter McCoy, Business Owner – Portland, OR
• Dave DeMots, President, DHX Advertising – Portland, OR
• Holly Van Fleet, Store Manager, REI - Tualatin, OR
• Marcelo Bonta, Founder, Young Environmental Professionals of  Color and the Center for Diversity & the Environment – Portland, OR
• Scott Campbell, Owner and Publisher, The Columbian Newspaper – Vancouver, WA