Board of Directors 2018
* indicates Founding Member of Friends of North Creek Forest
Chris Covey - Co-President
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
Judy Beaudette - Co-President
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
Loretta Jancoski - Vice President
Education: PhD Religion and Psychological Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School; M.A. Theology, University of Notre Dame.
Occupation: Lifetime educator; Dean Emerita: School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle University.
Community Involvement: Commissioner with Issaquah Human Services Commission; Mentor with Issaquah Schools;
12 years Board of Directors Earth Ministry.
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, movies, gardening, volunteering.
Email: ljancoski@friendsnorthcreekforest.org JANCOSKI@seattleu.edu Phone: (425) 392-5087
Ann Goff * - Secretary
Occupation: Administrative Assistant: Evergreen Hospital Cancer Cancer Center (Retired)
Community Involvement: PTSA Secretary with Saint Brendan’s School (retired); Bothell citizen 36 years;
Conservation and sustainability activist.
Wife, mother of 2 grown children, 5 grandchildren
Email: agoff@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-485-8302
OPEN - Treasurer
David Bain *
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sarah Witte
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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
Judy Beaudette - Co-President
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
Loretta Jancoski - Vice President
Education: PhD Religion and Psychological Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School; M.A. Theology, University of Notre Dame.
Occupation: Lifetime educator; Dean Emerita: School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle University.
Community Involvement: Commissioner with Issaquah Human Services Commission; Mentor with Issaquah Schools;
12 years Board of Directors Earth Ministry.
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, movies, gardening, volunteering.
Email: ljancoski@friendsnorthcreekforest.org JANCOSKI@seattleu.edu Phone: (425) 392-5087
Ann Goff * - Secretary
Occupation: Administrative Assistant: Evergreen Hospital Cancer Cancer Center (Retired)
Community Involvement: PTSA Secretary with Saint Brendan’s School (retired); Bothell citizen 36 years;
Conservation and sustainability activist.
Wife, mother of 2 grown children, 5 grandchildren
Email: agoff@friendsnorthcreekforest.org Phone: 425-485-8302
OPEN - Treasurer
David Bain *
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sarah Witte
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Past Board Members
Jim Freese (and Former Executive Director), Warren Gold, Carolyn Freese, Jeanie Robinson,
Max Dixon, Darryl Nevels, Amy Lambert, Laura Decker
Jim Freese (and Former Executive Director), Warren Gold, Carolyn Freese, Jeanie Robinson,
Max Dixon, Darryl Nevels, Amy Lambert, Laura Decker
Standing Committees
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DEVELOPMENT
Loretta Jancoski - Chair Ron Kreizenbeck Ann Goff Jerry Smedes Jeri Molloy |
EDUCATION
Cathy Ferbrache - Chair David Bain Carolyn Freese Michelle Scannell David Han |
STEWARDSHIP
Sarah Witte - Chair Ashley Shattuck Kai Farmer |
RESEARCH
Maki Dalzell - Chair David Bain Ashley Shattuck Maura Shelton Amy Lambert Eleanor Smith |