Board of Directors
Becky Brun
PRESIDENT
Becky is the owner of Pitchfork Communications, a Hood River, Oregon-based consultancy helping mission-based organizations share their stories and deepen their impact. Becky has been a journalist, magazine editor, grant writer, nonprofit leader, blueberry farmer, and trail crew leader, among other things. A thoughtful and passionate leader, Becky values strong communities and relationships. She is a former Hood River City Council member, former chair of the Hood River County Energy Council, founder and former President of Gorge Owned, and former member of the Oregon Community Foundation’s Leadership Council. When she's not working or volunteering in her community, Becky is likely exploring the local trails, tending to her garden and backyard chickens, and connecting with friends.
Connie Shaw
TREASURER
Connie brings 20 years of small business management from photography to farming to food manufacturing. She currently manages the finance department at Farmers Conservation Alliance, an Oregon based non-profit that works to solve water management solutions for communities across the west. Her goal as a board member is to help diversify and build additional funding avenues while assisting in the management of the required use and reporting obligations. When she has down time, you are most likely to find Connie digging in the dirt in her vegetable garden or chasing the sunrise on a dirt trail.
Charlotte Gregson
BOARD MEMEBR
Charlotte is a Registered Nurse at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital where she supports her patients by improving habits and behaviors around nutrition, physical health and mental well-being. She has trained employees on becoming a High Reliability Organization, taught Vision Connection, which unites employees to the mission statement and was a co-trainer for Heart to Start, a community walking program. Charlotte is also a certified personal trainer and finds it rewarding teaching group fitness classes. As a board member, she hopes to increase awareness of these rare animals and generate more funding for the research needed to ensure their survival. In her spare time, you will find Charlotte playing in the outdoors with her family and friends, working in her yard, or sharing a meal with the people she loves.
Zoë Hanley
Board Member
Zoë is the Oregon Associate Director of Conservation Science for The Nature Conservancy, an international non-profit that works to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends. As a wildlife ecologist with a passion for carnivores, she spent the past decade working for federal, state and non-profits organizations to help recover imperiled species such as fishers, wolves and grizzly bears through science, policy and community engagement. Zoë holds a PhD from Washington State University in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences and is an eco-grief facilitator for The Work That Reconnects. In her free time you’ll find her gardening, paddleboarding, or spending quality time with her husband and two step daughters at their home in Willard, WA.
John Soltys
Board Member
John manages information security risk for Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center. He brings 15 years of experience with policy development, risk management, and technical expertise to the Board. John has been a community scientist since 2013 when he and his kids began tracking pikas in Mount Rainier National Park. Since then, he has contributed to multiple projects including the Cascades Carnivore Project. John is an avid outdoorsman spending as much time as he can in the mountains hiking, mountaineering, snowshoeing, and fly fishing. The Soltys family lives on the lands of the Snoqualmie people in North Bend, Washington.