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 2005. The Board is also responsible for approving every land acquisition, working in close collaboration with our staff and following established conservation guidelines.  

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

Board of Directors

• Bill Barron - Vice President, County Administrator, Clark County – Vancouver, WA 
• Steve Cook, Attorney, Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC, Portland OR
• Terry Cornelius, Owner, Independent Agent, State Farm Insurance – Vancouver, WA
• David DeAntonis – Secretary, Owner, Partner, DeaMor Associates – Vancouver, WA
• Kathy Dietrich, Architect, Architect’s Associative – Vancouver, WA
• Greg Kimsey, Auditor, Clark County – Vancouver, WA
• Paul King, Principal, Bay Resource Corporation- Cambridge, MA (Paul is based in Washington)
• Jennifer Sims - President, Chief Financial Officer, City of Portland, Retired - Rigdefield, WA
• Todd Stryker, Financial Advisor, First Pacific Associates  – Vancouver, WA
• Jane Van Dyke, Executive Director, Columbia Slough Watershed Council – Portland, OR
• Dave Williams - Treasurer, President & CEO, Shorebank Pacific – Portland, OR

Trustees Council

• Kerry Barnett Sr., V.P. of Strategic Communications  & Public Affairs, The Regence Group – Portland, OR
• Dev Dion, Partner, Mantis Consulting – 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
• Marc Smiley, Principal, Decisions Decisions – 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
• Betsy Henning, President, Alling Henning Associates – Vancouver, WA