Board of Directors 2018
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected] 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: J[email protected] [email protected] Phone: (425) 392-5087
Ann Goff - Secretary
Founding Member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] Phone: 425-485-8302
OPEN - Treasurer
David Bain
Founding Member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Phone: (425) 450-6322
Cathy Ferbrache
Founding Member: Friends of North Creek Forest
Board Member: PERK - People for Environmental Responsible Kenmore (2007-2010)
Science Educator, Kenmore Middle School (Northshore School District)
Conservation, community and political activist
Email: [email protected] Phone: 425-273-6095
Ron Kreizenbeck
Founding member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected]
Jeri Molloy
Founding member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] Phone: (425) 485-5108
Jerry Smedes
Founding Member: Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] Phone: 425-485-3760
Past Board Members
Jim Freese (Former Executive Director)
Warren Gold
Carolyn Freese
Jeanie Robinson
Max Dixon
Darryl Nevels
Amy Lambert
Laura Decker
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected] 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: J[email protected] [email protected] Phone: (425) 392-5087
Ann Goff - Secretary
Founding Member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] Phone: 425-485-8302
OPEN - Treasurer
David Bain
Founding Member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Phone: (425) 450-6322
Cathy Ferbrache
Founding Member: Friends of North Creek Forest
Board Member: PERK - People for Environmental Responsible Kenmore (2007-2010)
Science Educator, Kenmore Middle School (Northshore School District)
Conservation, community and political activist
Email: [email protected] Phone: 425-273-6095
Ron Kreizenbeck
Founding member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected]
Jeri Molloy
Founding member of Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] Phone: (425) 485-5108
Jerry Smedes
Founding Member: Friends of North Creek Forest
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: [email protected] Phone: 425-485-3760
Past Board Members
Jim Freese (Former Executive Director)
Warren Gold
Carolyn Freese
Jeanie Robinson
Max Dixon
Darryl Nevels
Amy Lambert
Laura Decker
Standing Committees
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
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
