Our Team
President/Chair
Les moved here in 2007 after working as a safety engineer on the International Space Station in Houston. He grew up on a farm in North Dakota and loves the forests, creeks, and wildlife here and doing his part to restore them.
Vice Chair
Jim Grano came to the Siuslaw Watershed in 1974. Since 1995, he has helped provide stewardship awareness and field-based projects for local youth. He has been on the SWC Board cumulatively over 12 years.
Treasurer
Rodger is a long time veteran of non-profit boards and local government councils, having served as City Manager over the course of a long career. He has also performed as Chief Financial Officer of two recognized Indian Tribes. His experiences make him well qualified to serve as Treasurer.
Secretary
Wendy has been with Florence as a city planner for 18 years. An Oklahoma native, she enjoys sharing the cultural, volunteer, and recreational richness of the Siuslaw with visiting family.
Representative
Tiffany is a Forester who has been managing timberlands in Oregon since 2010. She volunteers her time with a few other non-profits when not hiking, mountain biking, and gardening.
Representative
Daii Estes. Margaret Corvi works for her Tribe, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw, in the Department of Natural Resources. She views cultural and natural resources as interchangeable; they are a reflection of each other and the way we fish, hunt, harvest, celebrate and create.
Representative
Kevin moved to the Siltcoos Lake watershed in 1980 and has lived and worked here ever since. He’s served on the Siuslaw Soil and Water Conservation District Board since 1996 and more recently joined the Siuslaw Watershed Council’s board in 2017.
Representative
Meg lives and works along 25 miles of Lake Creek and the Siuslaw River, represents the Wilbur Island Wetland Mitigation Bank, and loves kayaking, sailing & gardening.
Representative
Dennis King is a retired elementary school teacher who has lived in the Siuslaw watershed for 29 years. His most treasured experiences as a teacher were field trip days spent in the watershed guiding students toward the concept of sustainable stewardship.
Eli is a graduate of the University of Oregon and is passionate about watershed health and community involvement. When he’s not working, he can be found kayaking, running or skiing.
Mizu was raised in the Siuslaw Watershed and, having traveled extensively, thinks the Siuslaw is the best place in the world. She enjoys the opportunity to help steward the Siuslaw’s resources.
Karen’s background is in banking, human resources, and operations management. She moved to the Siuslaw for the fishing and for it’s beauty. She and her husband Ron have had a home here since 2002.
Kyle is our Programs Manager. He enjoys working with unexpected partners across boundaries to improve the conditions of natural resources, educate the community, and monitor changes in the watershed.
Jesse is a proud Oregonian who graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s degree in Forestry. He now lives in Coos Bay with his wife, 2 dogs and a cat.
Britnee is a member of the Siletz tribe and loves learning about culture and the natural resources surrounding us. When she is not working, you can find her outdoors and spending time with her family.
Ryan is trained in environmental science from Oregon state university and loves fisheries science. Working as a habitat technician and restoring riparian areas will help him round out an interdisciplinary career. When he’s not in the field working he loves playing ice hockey.
Alysia is the Education Outreach Coordinator. She graduated from Monroe Union High School in Monroe, Oregon and has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology and History from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She loves the “magical” teaching moments when students discover connections between their own life experiences and formal
