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Executive Director

John Chaney joins PRKC with over 15 years non-profit executive experience from Historic Seattle, has worked with 4 Culture and previously worked in community development and land use planning.  John's job is to take PRKC from an all-volunteer organization to a small, agile, sustainable staffed organization.  John lives in Fall City, is a small working forest landowner and has attended forest stewardship classes.  He is deeply committed to our rural communities and ensuring they remain viable and sustainable for future generations.  John looks forward to getting to know you and hearing your ideas.  You can reach John at john@prkc.org.

 

Board of Directors

The Board is comprised of individual community members and, ideally, is broadly representative of the communities we serve.  Our Board Members are motivated by a desire to serve the community and do not receive monetary compensation for serving.  The typical term for a Board member is 2-4 years.

Lauren Clark, Secretary.  Lauren is a co-founder of PRKC and manages many of business aspects of the organization. Lauren chairs the PRKC Fundraising Committee and co-chairs the Forestry Committee.  She is also the current manager of the PRKC native plant nursery.

 

 

Bruce Bigley grew up in the Puget Sound area, on Lake Meridian and in Olympia.  While doing his BA at the University of Washington, Bruce worked summers on a Fire Crew at Cedar Falls, in the Cedar River Watershed.   Upon completing his PhD at Yale, he taught in the English Department of the University of Montana in Missoula for 34 years.   After retirement in 2005, he moved home to rural King County.  In addition to serving on the PRKC Board, Bruce volunteers at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center, working on archived materials.  As the son of a forester and as a Forest Guard in the Watershed, he has experience in forest practices in Western Washington, recently supplemented by the King County WSU Extension course for small property forest owners.  Bruce chairs the PRKC Policy Committee.

Jenny Brown has lived in Fall City with her husband two dogs since 2003. She has a PhD in Ecology and, working for state and federal agencies and non-profit organizations, has focused the past 14 years of her professional life on wetland ecology and natural resource conservation.   Jenny chairs the PRKC Stewardship Committee.

 

 

Jennifer Harrison-Cox,  Board Chair. Jennifer is an avid student of local ecology and history and is a co-founder of PRKC and served as Executive Director our first 2 years.  She and her family are the stewards of a large wetland in the unincorporated Issaquah North Fork Valley. In 2004 Jennifer founded Friends for the Wetlands of Issaquah North Fork, a neighborhood community organization that enables landowners to steward their wetlands with free resources, technical assistance, grants and community work parties.  In addition to spending her free time with PRKC, she serves on the King Conservation District Advisory Council and participates in the Issaquah Basin Action Team (IBAT). 

Charlie Kellogg, despite his reputation, is not all about goofing off, playing in the woods and struggling with septic problems.  He is actually quite resourceful: he carries a flashlight on his person which is very helpful for midnight explorations along the river.  Charlie believes that "sustainable" and "development" are oxymorons but tries to practice sustainable development anyway. 

Tim Marshall has lived in the Snoqualmie Valley for most of the last 18 years. He and his wife, Laurel Gress, have two children and a yard-full of animals. Tim previously served on the North Bend Planning Commission, is currently the Vice President of the Fall City Community Association. He is an advocate of sustainable progress in the region; protection of the environment and improvement in the quality of life for local residents while accommodating moderate and planned growth. Tim  spends his (precious little) spare time mountain biking, hiking and fishing in the area.

Kristi McClelland brings to the PRKC Board a sense of humor and over 30 years of forestry experience, both in managing forestland and assisting public and private forest land managers in complying with forest rules and regulations.  She currently works with King County Forestry and helps landowners with forest stewardship plans, fire prevention planning and a whole host of other things.  Kristi is committed to helping landowners sustain working forestlands. She encourages practice healthy management decisions that positively impact interrelated natural resources, support healthy ecosystems and contribute to a viable rural economy. She and her family live in Preston and are actively involved in scouting, hiking and volunteering.  

Lee Moderow lived in Seattle for 22 years before moving to unincorporated Redmond to keep horses. Lee works as an architect but her passion is her horses, public green space and the vibrant equestrian community she has found in rural east King County. Lee is a founding member of Friends of Soaring Eagle Park and Friends of Fall City Arena and High Valley Equestrian Drill Team as well as a board member of Sammamish Saddle Club. She is also a member of The Raging River Riders, Lake Washington Saddle Club, Snoqualmie Valley Riders and King County Executive Horse Council. Lee is often very tired and takes several pings before returning her email.

Michael Schiesser is a resident and landowner in unincorporated King County. Michael chairs the PRKC Development Committee.  He enjoys visiting our local farms and playing in the outdoors with his wife and two children.  Michael's day job is in Bellevue where he works as a physician.

 

Allyson Schrier is an avid mountaineer, mountain biker, tour biker and skier.  Allyson writes children's books and magazine stories and is Chairperson of the Washington Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.  She is also a former board member for King County Conservation Voters and an enthusiastic supporter of the Washington Toxics Coalition.  Allyson lives in Fall City with her husband, their two sons and a host of creatures feathered and furry.  Allyson chairs the PRKC Recreation Committee.

 

 

 


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  PRKC is seeking Board candidates with experience in fundraising and non-profit development.  If you are interested, please contact Michael Schiesser.