Deb Mumm-Hill

Deb Mumm-Hill

Board Member Deb Mumm-Hill, Executive Director of Oregon STEM, is dedicated to dismantling systemic barriers that impede underrepresented youth and learners across the state. With a steadfast focus on equity and inclusion in STEAM education, Deb spearheads strategic...
Zach Teel

Zach Teel

Board Member Zach Teel is a veteran of the United States Army, serving four years of active duty from 2009 to 2014. In those four years, he deployed to Afghanistan twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2015, he was accepted into Mt. Adams Institute’s...
Marie Weathers

Marie Weathers

Board Member Marie Weathers is a dynamic professional originally from Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up spending her summers hiking and camping in Wyoming and Colorado, which sparked her lifelong passion for the outdoors. Marie eventually relocated to Hood River, Oregon, a...
Steve Harris

Steve Harris

Board Member Steve retired in 2020 from the City of The Dalles, Oregon as community development director. This position concluded his 40-year career as an urban planner for local governments in Oregon, California and New Mexico. During his career he collaborated with...
Karalee Holtmann

Karalee Holtmann

Karalee Holtmann has lived in the breathtaking Columbia River Gorge for 17 years.   She fell in love with this area when she began volunteering for an organization called “Volunteers in the Gorge” which partnered with Oregon State Police and Oregon Parks and...
Heather Whidden

Heather Whidden

Both my husband and I strive to live in Environments that create a small carbon footprint. We aren’t perfect, but we try our best. I am interested in preserving our local ecosystems and enjoying the natural beauty of the Northwest. You could also say that both of us...
Chevelle Malone

Chevelle Malone

Chevelle is an Army veteran who retired following 20 years of active-duty service. She is devoted to her family and dedicated to getting outdoors as much as possible through hiking, backpacking, and sharing her love of nature with her children. With teaching...
Lindsey Watchman

Lindsey Watchman

Lindsey is a life-long Oregonian, educator, Persian Gulf Veteran (USAF 1991-98), and enrolled member of one of the nine tribes in Oregon; and service a second term as Chairman of the General Council, for the Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla...
Elizabeth Holmes Gaar

Elizabeth Holmes Gaar

Board Member | Member Since 2017 Elizabeth has worked for the federal government, NOAA Fisheries, and the U.S. Forest Service in natural resources conservation for over 30 years as a biologist, policy advisor, and program administrator. She moved to the upper Hood...
Gala Miller

Gala Miller

Member Since 2021 Gala is the former Chief of Interpretation at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, former executive director of Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center, and current Public Affairs Officer at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. ...
Rick Mogren

Rick Mogren

President | Member Since 2021 Rick is an Army veteran who retired after 27 years of active service. Upon his retirement, he spent 13 years as a consultant offering facilitative and process leadership to federal, state, and tribal collaborative efforts involved with...