Vice President Matthew McKinnon is a teacher of government and political science at Ashland High School. A former attorney, Matthew serves as Chair of the Board’s  Governance Committee and provides much of the day to day governance oversight for the National Center.

Treasurer Stephen Sendar is an entrepreneur responsible for the initiation and development of a number of successful business ventures. He currently owns and operates a publishing house and leads the board in meeting its fiduciary responsibilities.

Secretary JoAnne Eggers has served as an elected City of Ashland Parks Commissioner for 12 years. She was a member of the Ashland Forest Lands Commission and is a founding member of the Ashland Watershed Partnership and the Ashland Watershed Stewardship Alliance. She has worked as a teacher, a community organizer on healthcare and homelessness issues, and as a potter and baker. Education: B.A. in English, U.C., Berkeley, graduate work in education, U.C., Davis.

Skip Andrew spent fourteen years working as a trial lawyer specializing in criminal defense civil rights cases in Chicago. Since his days as a trial lawyer, he has founded three businesses, including a national marketing consultant company as well as a new company specializing in nutritional supplements. He serves on the board of the International Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children.

Chris Bratt has been a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters for 40 years.  He currently is a board member of The Applegate Partnership and founder of Thompson Creek Residents for Ecological Education (TREE).  

Jim Ince is rancher, small business owner, forested land and sawmill owner, and a long-time advocate for the forests and waterways of the Rogue and Umpqua river systems. He is the founder, and current board member, of Umpqua Watersheds.

Ken Margolis began working in conservation in 1972, and has combined that with aboriginal rights work since 1990. Ken is a co-founder of both Conservation International and Ecotrust and is the former Executive Director of River Network. Ken currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but commutes to Yukon Territory, Canada, where he is working with two First Nations and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society to protect the 19 million acre Peel Watershed and reform Territorial mining laws. Ken serves as the Chair of the Board’s Development Committee.

Judd Pindell is a former businessman who now works to helps young people with developmental disabilities through horse therapy on a ranch in northern California.