Board of Directors 2018
* indicates Founding Member of Friends of North Creek Forest
Sarah Witte - President
DAVID BAIN - VICE PRESIDENT
Education: Post-Doctoral Fellow, UC Davis; PhD Biology, UC Santa Cruz; M.S. Biology, San Francisco State University;
B.A. Biology, Physics, and Psychobiology, UC Santa Cruz.
Community Involvement: Vice President of Cascadia Environmental Science Center; Leading authority on Killer Whales;
People for Puget Sound, Puget Sound Hero Award.
Email: dbain@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-830-5141
B.A. Biology, Physics, and Psychobiology, UC Santa Cruz.
Community Involvement: Vice President of Cascadia Environmental Science Center; Leading authority on Killer Whales;
People for Puget Sound, Puget Sound Hero Award.
Email: dbain@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-830-5141
CHRIS COVEY - TREASURER
Education: M.A. Policy Studies, UW Bothell, 2003; B.A. IAS, UW Bothell, 2001
Occupation: Director of Clinical Services & Project Manager, 12 years. (Retired)
Community Involvement: Volunteer gardening teacher at Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center; Guild Member with Children's Hospital; Guild Member with Northshore Performing Arts Center; Secretary with neighborhood HOA.
Hobbies & Interests: Knitting, hiking, walking, cross country skiing, gardening (future Master Gardener).
Email: chrisc@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Served as Co-President of FNCF.
Occupation: Director of Clinical Services & Project Manager, 12 years. (Retired)
Community Involvement: Volunteer gardening teacher at Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center; Guild Member with Children's Hospital; Guild Member with Northshore Performing Arts Center; Secretary with neighborhood HOA.
Hobbies & Interests: Knitting, hiking, walking, cross country skiing, gardening (future Master Gardener).
Email: chrisc@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Served as Co-President of FNCF.
JUDY BEAUDETTE - SECRETARY
Education: B.S. Secondary Education, Mathematics and English, K-12 endorsement, Concordia University, Seward NE; Certification in Grantsmanship Training Program, The Grantsmanship Center (TGCCI), 2008; E-Learning Design and Development, UW Certification Program, 2017 - 2018.
Occupations: High School Math and English (5 Years), Technical Writer (12 Years), Grant Writer (5 Years).
Community Involvement: Volunteering for Destination Imagination; Leading Shinrin Yoku walks in North Creek Forest.
Hobbies: To recharge my batteries, I like to grow Cascade hops, climb mountains, hike trails, tutor kids in math,
and read in companionable silence with my daughter and husband.
Email: judy@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: (971) 344-3144
Served as Co-President of FNCF.
Occupations: High School Math and English (5 Years), Technical Writer (12 Years), Grant Writer (5 Years).
Community Involvement: Volunteering for Destination Imagination; Leading Shinrin Yoku walks in North Creek Forest.
Hobbies: To recharge my batteries, I like to grow Cascade hops, climb mountains, hike trails, tutor kids in math,
and read in companionable silence with my daughter and husband.
Email: judy@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: (971) 344-3144
Served as Co-President of FNCF.
ANN GOFF *
Occupation: Administrative Assistant: Evergreen Hospital Cancer Center (Retired)
Community Involvement: PTSA Secretary with Saint Brendan’s School (retired); Bothell citizen 36 years;
Conservation and sustainability activist. Past FNCF Secretary.
Wife, mother of 2 grown children, 5 grandchildren
Email: agoff@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-485-8302
Community Involvement: PTSA Secretary with Saint Brendan’s School (retired); Bothell citizen 36 years;
Conservation and sustainability activist. Past FNCF Secretary.
Wife, mother of 2 grown children, 5 grandchildren
Email: agoff@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-485-8302
MAKI DALZELL
Education: B.S. Environmental Science, Western Washington University
Occupation: Environmental Scientist, HDR Inc., 10 years.
Community Involvement: Co-Secretary & Newsletter Editor with Society of Wetland Scientist Pacific Northwest Chapter.
Hobbies & Interests: GIS, Vegetation and Wetland Classification/Mapping, Wetland Delineation.
Email: maki@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: (425) 450-6322
Occupation: Environmental Scientist, HDR Inc., 10 years.
Community Involvement: Co-Secretary & Newsletter Editor with Society of Wetland Scientist Pacific Northwest Chapter.
Hobbies & Interests: GIS, Vegetation and Wetland Classification/Mapping, Wetland Delineation.
Email: maki@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: (425) 450-6322
CATHY FERBRACHE *
Board Member: PERK - People for Environmental Responsible Kenmore (2007-2010)
Science Educator, Kenmore Middle School (Northshore School District)
Conservation, community and political activist
Email: cferbrache@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-273-6095
Science Educator, Kenmore Middle School (Northshore School District)
Conservation, community and political activist
Email: cferbrache@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-273-6095
RON KREIZENBECK *
Education: M.P.A., University of Washington; B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Occupation: Deputy Regional Administrator (Region 10: AK, ID, OR, WA): US Environmental Protection Agency (Retired); Senior Advisor Puget Sound Partnership, Jan. – Dec., 2008. (development of Action Agenda for the clean up of Puget Sound and in organizational development of a new state agency)
Community Involvement: President with Environmental Science Center, Burien, Washington.
Email: rakreizen@aol.com
Occupation: Deputy Regional Administrator (Region 10: AK, ID, OR, WA): US Environmental Protection Agency (Retired); Senior Advisor Puget Sound Partnership, Jan. – Dec., 2008. (development of Action Agenda for the clean up of Puget Sound and in organizational development of a new state agency)
Community Involvement: President with Environmental Science Center, Burien, Washington.
Email: rakreizen@aol.com
JERI MOLLOY *
Education: B.S. Nursing, Seattle University.
Occupation: Registered Nurse, Northshore School District, 27 years (Retired).
Past Co-Chair, Bothell Citizens for a Safe Future
Bothell resident 36 years
Wife, mother of 4 grown children, 6 grandchildren
Email: jmolloy@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: (425) 485-5108
Occupation: Registered Nurse, Northshore School District, 27 years (Retired).
Past Co-Chair, Bothell Citizens for a Safe Future
Bothell resident 36 years
Wife, mother of 4 grown children, 6 grandchildren
Email: jmolloy@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: (425) 485-5108
JERRY SMEDES *
Education: PhD Ecology and Marine Biology, University of Delaware; M.S. Zoology, Colorado State University; B.S. Biology, Colorado State University
Occupation: Consultant on Environmental Policy and Environmental Issues
Community Involvement: Founding Board Member, Trade Assn. of Environmental Businesses (now NEBC); Former Bothell Shoreline Board (20 years, 14 as Chair)
Email: jwsmedes@gmail.com Phone: 425-485-3760
Occupation: Consultant on Environmental Policy and Environmental Issues
Community Involvement: Founding Board Member, Trade Assn. of Environmental Businesses (now NEBC); Former Bothell Shoreline Board (20 years, 14 as Chair)
Email: jwsmedes@gmail.com Phone: 425-485-3760
whitney Neugebauer
Whitney Neugebauer completed degrees in Geology and Anthropology from Eckerd College prior to receiving her master’s degree in Marine and Environmental Affairs from the University of Washington. She went on to start the nonprofit Whale Scout which works to protect Pacific Northwest whales through land-based conservation experiences. Previously, Whitney served on the board of Sound Action and she currently serves on the board of One Bothell. She teaches kids jiu jitsu at Evergreen Karate and Jiu Jitsu in Bothell with her husband, Bryan Alvarez. Together they have one daughter and too many cats.
Email: wneugebauer@friendsnorthcreekforest.org
Email: wneugebauer@friendsnorthcreekforest.org
Sadie rosenthal
Education: M.S. Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame; B.S. Forestry, UC Berkeley
Occupation: Full-time Faculty in Biology, Cascadia College
Hobbies & Leisure: Hiking, gardening, drinking coffee with family and friends.
Email: srosenthal@friendsnorthcreekforest.org
Occupation: Full-time Faculty in Biology, Cascadia College
Hobbies & Leisure: Hiking, gardening, drinking coffee with family and friends.
Email: srosenthal@friendsnorthcreekforest.org
Past Board Members
Jim Freese (and Former Executive Director), Warren Gold, Carolyn Freese, Jeanie Robinson,
Max Dixon, Darryl Nevels, Amy Lambert, Laura Decker, Loretta Jancoski
Jim Freese (and Former Executive Director), Warren Gold, Carolyn Freese, Jeanie Robinson,
Max Dixon, Darryl Nevels, Amy Lambert, Laura Decker, Loretta Jancoski
Standing Committees
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DEVELOPMENT
Ron Kreizenbeck Ann Goff Jerry Smedes Jeri Molloy Paula Quigg |
EDUCATION
Cathy Ferbrache - Chair David Bain Carolyn Freese Michelle Scannell David Han Kayla Luft Deborah Shultz Jigme Tsatultsang Melissa Gugala |
STEWARDSHIP
Sarah Witte - Chair Kai Farmer Melissa Gugala |
RESEARCH
Maki Dalzell - Chair David Bain Maura Shelton Amy Lambert Eleanor Smith Sadie Rosenthal |