Officers:

Maryanne Tagney Jones has worked on conservation issues and in Washington State environmental politics for 20 years. As the State Chair of Washington Conservation Voters (WCV) she worked extensively with elected officials, political professionals and volunteer organizations across the State to achieve conservation goals on both the state and local levels. Now Chair Emeritus of WCV Maryanne keeps an active eye on politics while shifting her main focus to open space preservation through her position as Vice-Chair of the Cascade Land Conservancy Board.  The Tagney-Jones family moved to the Snoqualmie Valley in 1981, where Maryanne worked for the local newspaper as reporter, photographer and anything else that needed doing on a small rural weekly. This led to her interest in politics and, combined with her addiction to running over the forested foothills of the Cascade Mountains, resulted in a career very different from the one she envisioned when studying to become an Educational Psychologist back at college in England.

Joe Sambataro has lived in Washington State since 1978, after growing up just 10 miles outside NYC in New Jersey and living in Hollywood Florida for 6 years before coming to Seattle.  Joe and his wife Judy (high school sweethearts) have raised three children in Washington, two daughters (Christine and Lisa) and a son (Joe III – a CLC Project Associate).   Joe was previously a partner with KPMG Peat Marwick and managing partner of BDO Seidman, LLP, both CPA firms.  He also served as co-founder and chief executive officer for an environmental services company, the first company in the country to develop the technology for cleaning up toxic waste sites using bio remediation.   Joe joined Labor Ready in August 1997, serving as executive vice president and chief financial officer. In September 2001, he was named president and chief executive officer and now is currently retired from Labor Ready.  Joe enjoys fishing and spending time with his best friend (Judy) and his three children.

Bruce Williams is a Puget Sound native from a family that has lived here since the 1880's. He has been on the Board of the Cascade Land Conservancy since 1994.  He is the Chairman and CEO of HomeStreet Bank.  Before joining HomeStreet Bank, he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, West Africa, and an attorney at the Perkins Coie law firm in Seattle.  He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Washington Law School.  Bruce, his wife Gro Buer, and their daughter enjoy outdoor activities on both sides of the Cascades, including hiking, biking, and skiing.

Peter Orser has been with Quadrant Homes for seventeen (17) years, since 1987.  He has been involved in every major element of the business and is currently the President.  Over the past several years Peter has been responsible for residential home building operations.  In that capacity, Peter led a reengineering of the operations, bringing them to prominence as the state’s leading home builder, which will deliver more than 1,300 homes in 2005.  Peter’s civic commitments have also been diverse.  He is currently a chair of the King County Housing Authority, a board member for the Cascade Land Conservancy and the Past President of the King and Snohomish County Master Builders Association.  He also served five years as the Mercer Island planning commissioner and was elected to a four-year term on the City Council in 1994.

Debbie Young grew up in Seattle and attended the UW and WWU finishing with an MS in Biology. She moved to Tacoma to work at TCC and never left.  She taught chemistry, anatomy, and biology, worked as a naturalist and is currently the Natural Resources Manager for Tacoma Power. Her job involves managing the group who is responsible for hydropower environmental requirements, wildlife areas, and fish hatcheries and other lands issues. She likes to travel, garden, kayak, run, and hike among other things. She serves as a Pierce County Trustee and on the board of the National Hydropower Association.

John Howell is a founding partner of Cedar River Group, a public policy consulting firm.  He specializes in project management, strategic planning, group facilitation and mediation, and community outreach.  His clients have included Sound Transit, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Parks Department, City of Tacoma, Pierce County, Snohomish County, the Museum of History and Industry, and Harborview Medical Center.   Howell has also served as interim President/CEO for PacMed Medical Clinics, Deputy Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Deputy Budget Director for the City of Seattle, and as Special Assistant to former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer.  He has a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in Community Development, and a master’s degree from Harvard University in Public Administration.  He lives in Seattle with his wife Claire Powers and son Harry.

Members at Large:

Robin Appleford grew up in Seattle and has enjoyed backpacking with her family and friends since the age of six.  She and her husband Charley Rosenberry have no children but currently live on Vashon Island with 7 llamas, 2 horses, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 4 chickens, a rabbit and a cockatiel.  Her llamas carry the backpacking load these days as she and Charley enjoy introducing others, especially children, to the beautiful wilderness Washington offers.  Robin is a lobbyist in Olympia when she is not out llama packing.

Jim Armstrong Jim Armstrong is the senior partner in Howe/Armstrong Consulting; an Ellensburg public affairs firm whose diverse clients include timber companies, conservation organizations, universities and wind power companies.  Previously he was the Executive Director of the Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce and the Eastern Washington Director of the highly-successful Cascades Conservation Partnership, positions that reflect his strong belief in market-based conservation.  Armstrong is an avid recreationist who also serves on the boards of several community organizations.  He earned a degree in law from the University of Oregon and lived in London during the Punk Movement of the 1980’s.

Phil Bussey is Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs for Puget Sound Energy. Bussey is responsible for the company’s corporate communications, major accounts, community relations, state and federal government relations, security facilities and real estate. Prior to joining PSE, he served as President of the Washington Roundtable, a public policy research and advocacy group composed of 38 chief executive officers of major Washington State companies.

Patti Case is public affairs/regulatory manager for Green Diamond Resource Company, a privately held business with timberlands in Washington, Oregon and California.  Case is headquartered in Shelton, Wa.  Patti is responsible for media relations, community relations and local and state governmental and regulatory relations for Green Diamond's forest management operations in Washington and Oregon.  Prior to Green Diamond, Patti owned and operated a marketing communications firm in Gig Harbor, Wash.  Since graduating from the University of Washington in communications and political science, she has held various public relations positions in the wood products industry.  She is active in Mason County and in forest industry associations in Washington and Oregon.

JJ Collins is a resort real estate professional based in Roslyn. Collins created, implemented and managed comprehensive marketing strategy and sales programs at SUNCADIA in Roslyn, a 7,000 acre resort community.  He has also been involved with the projects in Colorado, South Carolina and Florida.
 

Nona Ganz has been an advocate for parks and open space ever since she moved to Kirkland in 1969.  A UW graduate and an ex-teacher, she served on the King County Open Space Advisory Committee in the early 80’s.  She was a member of the Kirkland Park Board from 1980-1988 and a Kirkland Councilmember from 199l-2001 and again for 9 months in 2005.  In 2002 she co-chaired the very successful Kirkland Park Bond and Levy.   Presently, as an activist, she is working with the City to develop a stewardship, restoration and long term maintenance program for its parks and open spaces.  She and her husband, Ulrich, spend much time in the out of doors whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, hiking and backcountry skiing.

Joan Gray was born and raised in Oregon. She grew up with a strong appreciation of place, and the roles of both conservation and development. Ms. Gray was trained as a landscape architect, and moved to Seattle in 1983 to pursue work.  She has worked in the field since that time, with her major interests being educational and healing environments, and design with native plants. Currently, she is a partner in the design firm graysmith. Ms. Gray is married to Harris Hoffman and together they are raising their fifteen-year-old son, Gray.

Jim Greenfield is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine practicing at the firm’s Seattle office.  His practice emphasizes real estate and development transactions with a special focus on working with public agencies on capital projects and natural resources. Jim is a recognized specialist in real estate transactions involving conservation of natural resource lands and he is well know for crafting cooperative and creative relationships among and between public and private organizations.  Before joining Davis Wright Tremaine in 1997, Jim successfully managed King County, Washington's $300 million regional park and open space acquisition program for over six years.  Jim is active in the non-profit resource land preservation community.  He is a member of and special advisor to Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland and a member of the Advisory Board of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.   Jim obtained his J.D. from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and his B.S., with highest honors, in Political Economy of Natural Resources from the University of California at Berkeley.

Bert Gregory, as Mithun's President and CEO, has guided the Seattle-based firm to national recognition for concept based, environmentally intelligent design. His progressive approach has resulted in award-winning projects throughout North America and Asia. Under Bert’s leadership, Mithun has received four American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) Top Ten United States Green Projects awards, AIA National Honor Awards for Interior Architecture and Regional and Urban Design, and two American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) National Honor Awards for excellence in planning and analysis.
 

Brian Janssen was born and raised in Spokane.   Brian began his career in Seattle with Andersen Consulting.  He next spent 5 years as a project manager with Microsoft's Information Technology Group, responsible for designing and implementing client/server distribution, financial and customer systems for their international subsidiaries. Brian left Microsoft in 1994 and co-founded Onyx Software, where he served in a variety of executive roles including President, VP of Marketing, EVP of Customer Service.  He also served as a director of the Washington Software Alliance. He left ONYX in 1998.
Since leaving Onyx Brian has focused his energies on his family and a few progressive, philanthropic ventures.  Since 1999, he has served on the board of New Futures (formerly known as Project LOOK), the Seattle Aquarium Society, as well as on the board of trustees of the Epiphany School.  In 2005, Brian became chairman of First Class Education of Washington.
Brian lives with his wife Traci and their 3 young children (Sydney 5, Hayden 3, and Halle 2) in a home they designed and built in Leschi.  Traci is an Anesthesiologist at Virginia Mason Hospital.  Brian’s hobbies include running, skiing, golf, and flying.  In 2004 Brian completed the Coeur ‘d Alene Ironman Triathlon.

Brian McGinnis is a Seattle native who attended Washington State University with a degree in Hospitality Business Management.  He spent seven years in hotel operations in Hawaii and Seattle.  After spending four years with a hotel and restaurant consulting firm in Seattle, he joined the corporate offices of Westin Hotels & Resorts in their hotel development group, traveling throughout North America and Asia for eleven years.  In 2001, Brian formed his own small real estate firm, which was responsible for developing the 93-room Alderbrook Resort & Spa located on Hood Canal, where he remains as asset manager.  His real estate company provides real estate development and consulting services primarily to the hospitality industry.  Brian and his wife Carina live in Sammamish with their two children.  His hobbies include skiing, tennis, hiking and fly fishing.  Brian is also on the advisory committee for WSU’s School of Hospitality Business Management as well as a volunteer committee supporting the University of Washington’s College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, especially with their important work in Hood Canal.

Steve Ohlenkamp  has provided management and public affairs counseling for the past 33 years in both the private and public sector.  Prior to returning to the private sector in January 1999, he served as Chief of Staff for the Metropolitan King County Council and previously, was Chief of Staff for the King County Executive Tim Hill.  Steve served for a decade as the vice president of a property development and asset management company during the 80’s.   As a principal of a Seattle public relations firm in the 70’s, he managed client accounts including city, county and federal contracts; levy and bond issue campaigns; Northwest and national corporations; special events, consumer and trade shows; architects, contractors, developers and environmental organizations.  Steve serves on the boards of the Cascade Land Conservancy, the Center for Human Services and the Alki Foundation; he is President of the Cascade Conservation Corporation; he also served as a member of King County’s Metropolitan Parks Task Force and chaired the 2004-05 King County Redistricting Committee.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of Washington.

John Olson hails from Eastern Washington. After Navy experience in Viet Nam, John completed a BS in Marine Biology at WWU in Bellingham and later an MS at Evergreen in environmental science. This lead him to adventures in diving biological research in north Alaska, diving education in Puget Sound, and seaweed farming activities in western Canada, Maine, and South Korea. John has been involved in real estate sales & property management in Tacoma since 1990. John has served CLC since 1996 on the merger committee, as a Pierce Trustee, Pierce Land Group, Pierce Land Steward, Board member, Chair of the Conservation Committee, and Strategic Planning Committee. John serves on a number of local boards for open space acquisition and management.

Dan O'Neal is on the Board of The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) a publicly held railroad car leasing and manufacturing company. He is Chair of the Puget Sound Regional Freight Mobility Roundtable, a public/private organization supported by PSRC and Enterprise Seattle. He is a member of the Washington State Transportation Commission where he served as Chairman in 2005-2006. He is also a board member and Vice President of the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group. Mr. O'Neal is a former business owner and former partner in a Seattle based business law firm. Mr. O'Neal served as Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C. during which time the ICC initiated the Federal Government's deregulation of motor carriers and railroads. Prior to the ICC, O'Neal was Transportation Counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee of which Senator Warren G. Magnuson was Chairman. Mr. O'Neal was born in Bremerton, Washington, obtained a B.A. degree in Mathematics from Whitman College, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for four years and earned his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. He and his wife, Diane, live on Hood Canal. They have four grown children and six grandchildren.

Frank Pritchard is a Seattle native, a graduate of UW, a Captain, Combat Engineers, 3rd Army, WWII,  He worked for 37 years in the printing industry and 19 years in securities industry.  He is a founding director of the Seattle-King County Land Trust.  He served as chair from 1980 to 1982 on the King County Pro-Parks Committee.  He is a past President of the Seattle Rotary, Seattle YMCA, and Exec. Service Corps.  He enjoys politics, running, skiing, mountain climbing and reading.  He has three children and four grandchildren and has been married to Jeanne for 58 years.

Floyd Rogers was born in Wenatchee, and has spent his entire life in Washington State.  He attended WSU, earning B.Sc. Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.  After graduating, Floyd worked for Boeing in their Defense and Space divisions. After 7 ½ years, he left Boeing, going to work for Software AG, designing and debugging a database system on DEC mini-computers. Floyd was hired by Microsoft in July 1982, working for them for 14 years until July of 1996, when he left to rest and reflect.  Floyd is currently ‘retired’, is a househusband, and is working on diversifying their investment holdings into real estate.  He volunteers in schools and is the south-end chair for Volunteers In Schools (VIS) to help pass bonds and levies in the Issaquah School District.  Floyd serves on the Steering Committee for The Cascades Conservation Partnership (TCCP) and also serves on the Washington State University (WSU) EECS Advisory Board.  He works full-time as a ski and snowboard instructor during the winter.  He has raised two sons, Jason and Patrick, with his wife Judy.

Reid Shockey is President of Shockey /Brent, Inc., Everett, a multi-disciplinary environmental and planning services company which has handled projects throughout Washington State.  The team of environmental professionals includes land use planners, designers, environmental inspectors and wetlands/wildlife scientists.

Dave Towne is a native of the Area, having been born on Bainbridge Is. and growing up in the green river valley and graduating from the UW in 1956.  His professional career spans a checkered past of public and private enterprise including merchant marine, a start up business, Wash State Parks, Boeing Contracts and Sales, Seattle Park Dept and mostly the Woodland Park Zoo for the past 20 years.  Currently do some consulting with various Zoos and is active on several local Boards as well as the N. American Giant Panda Foundation where he serves as President.  His wife Chris was very active and involved in State Shoreline Act and other environmental legislation and review Boards over the past 20 years.

J. Tayloe Washburn is an attorney with the Seattle firm of Foster Pepper. Washburn has extensive experience in developing and managing entitlement strategies on large and complex, public and private projects.  His practice includes litigation, environmental and land-use issues with emphasis on growth management, land use, and land-use litigation and planning. 

Chris Wilcox was raised on his family’s 99 year old farm, located in southern Pierce County, near the town of Yelm. Chris was formerly the vice chair of the Pierce County Farm Advisory Board. The Wilcox Family Farms were honored with the Conservancy’s Innovative Conservation Project Award at the recent awards breakfast.

Michael Winnick works in Russell Investment Group’s US Individual Investor business unit, overseeing the implementation of new distribution partner relationships for the sale and marketing of Russell’s retail investment products.  Michael is also responsible for Russell’s managed account platform Managed Account Strategies. 
He joined Russell in August 2004 after more than nine years with Investment Advisory Network (IAN), a service and technology company in Denver, Colorado supporting managed account solutions.  Michael’s career at IAN progressed from overseeing west coast business development from 1994 – 1999 to being the firm’s Chief Operating Officer from 1999 - 2003.  As COO Michael facilitated the sale of IAN in 1993 to SS&C Technologies and became General Manager of the business.   Prior to joining IAN Michael held positions with Charles Schwab & Co., American Skandia and with the Savings and Investments Group at Wells Fargo Bank.
Michael and his wife Victoria have three children:  Philip, Mary and Kathleen.  Michael is an avid outdoorsman enjoying skiing, biking, running, hiking and tennis.