The Northwest Ecological Research Institute is entirely a volunteer organization. It has no employees and it does not pay the members of its Board of Directors. Its projects are carried out by independent contractors and volunteers.
Ashley Smithers, President, Habitat Restoration Biologist, WDFW, November 2026
Teresa DeLorenzo, Vice President / Treasurer November 2024
Charlotte Corkran, Vice President / Secretary, Naturalist, November 2025
Madison Bryan, Assistant Secretary and Co-Social Media Manager, Student PSU, November 2025
Laura Guderyahn, Co-Social Media Manager, Ecologist, Portland Parks and Recreation November 2024
Candace Fallon, Grants Committee Chair, Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Xerces Society, November 2026
Emilie Blevins, Senior Conservation Biologist, Xerces Society, November 2024
Eric Butler, Riparian Specialist, Clackamas River Basin Council, November 2026
James Holley, Independent wildlife consultant, November 2025
Honorary Lifetime Board Members: Paul Dickinson, Jeffrey Kee, Donna Lusthoff, and Mirth Walker