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IAE Board of Directors
Current Board Members
Deborah Clark, Ph.D.
President
Deborah earned her Ph.D.in Botany and Plant
Pathology (Ecology) from Oregon State University in 1996. She specializes
in the ecology of wetlands and prairies, particularly regeneration processes;
conservation biology; restoration ecology.
Thomas N. Kaye, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Tom Kaye is Executive
Director of the Institute for Applied Ecology. He graduated with a B.S.
from The Evergreen State College (1984) and received a master's degree
(1989) and PhD (2001) from Oregon State University. After working for
Olympic National Park (1984-1987), he joined the Oregon Department of
Agriculture's Plant Conservation Biology Program where he conducted research
and contributed to policy on management of threatened and endangered plant
species. He has served on the IUCN Species Survival Commission, Re-introduction
Specialist Group and is a member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. For more information about Tom, click here.
Vern Holm, Secretary
Vern is the Coordinator for the Northwest Weed
Management
Partnership, an informal multi-agency network of individuals and
organizations concerned with rural and urban invasive weed issues in
northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington. Previous to his work
with the Weed Partnership he was employed at the Yamhill Soil and Water
Conservation District (McMinnville, Oregon) where he focused on
education and outreach activities. Vern's background includes grant
writing, organizational development, and serving on the boards of
steering committees of several non-profit organizations. He is also
actively involved in numerous outdoor education and restoration groups.
Brandy Humphreys
Brandy was born and raised in Eastern Oregon before moving to the wetter side of the state to attend Pacific University in Forest Grove, where she received her B.S. Degree in Biology. Post-college, she took opportunities to study breeding birds in the cotton fields of Georgia and roam the grasslands and Coastal foothills of California’s San Joaquin Valley before returning to Oregon. Brandy has been working for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon since 2001 and is now their Environmental Resource Specialist. Brandy’s extracurricular activities are as diverse as Oregon’s ecoregions.
Laurie Halsey
Laurie Halsey is a passionate advocate for nature and education. As private landowners, she and her husband Warren, have spent over thirty years in active management of projects involving conservation and restoration of natural resources and environmental education. Laurie served as a public school administrator and teacher from 1961-1992 and holds a B.S. in Education from Oregon State University and an M.A. from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. She holds California Life Credentials for Administration, Teaching, and Special Education, as well as Early Childhood and Resource Specialist Certifications. She has served on Boards of both educational and natural resources organizations. Since 1998 the Halsey’s Raindance Ranch has been a site of active wetland and oak savanna restoration, institutional research and education for local and international groups of all ages.
Jackie Shaw, Treasurer
For over 20 years, Jackie has worked in the fields of administration and accounting. She currently divides her time between Get Organized!, a professional organization consulting business Jackie founded in 2007, and employment at a Corvallis high-tech company as the Controller and HR Manager. Jackie received an Honors Baccalaureate of Science at Eastern Oregon University in 2004 combining Mathematics and Art. At graduation she was awarded the academic award for Outstanding Liberal Studies Student, the service award for Outstanding Student Leadership, and the Service Learning Award called the Cornerstone Experience. While at EOU, Jackie enjoyed her role as supplemental instructor for both the Art and Mathematics departments. During her senior year, Jackie was an AmeriCorp Member taking to heart the AmeriCorp slogan “Getting things done.”
Tremaine Arkley
Tremaine graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Philosophy. He and his wife Gail spent the following decade working in NYC & Chicago in social services and publishing, and living in Paris, North Cornwall and other places throughout Europe. Returning to Oregon he and Gail started restoring the land on their 25 acre 120+ year old farm on the bench of American Bottom in Polk County, bringing it back to its natural state with vernal ponds, wet and dry prairies, and diverse native plantings. It remains a continual work in progress. Tremaine serves on several non profit boards which focus on environmental and land use issues. He is also active in local arts and other organizations.
Joan Seevers
Carol Savonen
Carol Savonen is a naturalist and writer. She studied biology at Lewis and Clark College, grad work in aquatic biology at OSU. She completed an MS in botany and University of Vermont. Working as a field biologist and environmental educator in Oregon, Washington and Alaska for more than a decade, she became interested in science writing. After a completing a fellowship in science communications with AAAS and a stint as a science journalist at the Oregonian, she joined the faculty at OSU, where she was a science and garden writer for 20 years. She writes a weekly gardening column for the Salem Statesman Journal. Now retired (emeritus) from OSU, she enjoys gardening with her husband at her home on the Marys River, as well as cooking, hiking and mushroom hunting, exploring, art and conservation work.
Previous Board Members
| Dennis Isaacson | Member and Treasurer, 2006-2010 |
| Pat Muir | Member and Secretary, 2000-2009 |
| Bob Hansen | Member, 2002-2008 |
| Mike Blouin | Member, 2003-2008 |
| Susan Aldrich-Markham | Member, 2003-2005 |
| Keli Kuykendall | Co-founder of IAE, Board President, 2000-2004 |
| Randy Wentross | Member and Secretary, 2000-2003 |
| Colleen Gabriel | Member, 2000-2002 |
| Heather Bonin | Member, 2000-2003 |
