OUR 2024 PROGRAM WILL BE POSTED BY APRIL 3
Our 2022 Program
Want to see what our previous programs have looked like? Check out the 2022 program for reference
Keynote Speakers
Jillene Joseph
Executive Director,
Native Wellness Institute
Kim Moore Bailey
President and Chief Executive Officer, Justice Outside
Monday June 27
| 2:00pm - 7:00pm | Monday Registration | |
| Linfield University, TJ Day Hall Lobby | ||
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Happy Hour Networking at ForeLand Beer Company | |
| ForeLand Beer Co., 777 NE 4th St, McMinnville, OR Informal mixer. Beer, Cider, Wine, and N/A Beverages available for purchase. Bring your own food, or dine out afterward. We will have some light snacks. |
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Tuesday June 28
| 7:30am - 6:00pm | Registration - TJ Day Hall Lobby | |
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| 8:00am - 8:45am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00am - 10:15am | Keynote with Jillene Joseph | |
| 10:15am - 10:30am | Walking Break | |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | Concurrent Workshops - Session 1 (90 minutes) | |
| Healing Trauma Through Indigenous Land Access Kathleen Ackley, Executive Director, Wallowa Land Trust; Wenix Red Elk, Education Outreach Coordinator, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; AJ Whiteplume, Nez Perce Tribe; Veronica Redstar, Colville Confederated Tribes |
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| Fundraising 101 David Allen, Principal Consultant, Development for Conservation |
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| Diverse Perspectives: Authentic & Ethical Storytelling Nic Raingsey, Creative Strategist & Diversity Advocate, PDX Climbers of Color |
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| Forest Stewardship for Restoration and Resilience Seth Zuckerman, Executive Director, Northwest Natural Resource Group |
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| The Power of Birds to Amplify Conservation, Stewardship and Community Outreach Sara Barker, Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Elspeth Hilton Kim, Director of Partnerships, Cascadia Prairie-Oak Partnership Coordinator, Ecostudies Institute |
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| Jump-Starting Climate Action: Mitigation and Adaptation Project Case Studies Duncan Greene, Partner, Van Ness Feldmen, LLP; Clara Park, Partner; Van Ness Feldmen, LLP; Jacob J. Stillwell, Associate, Van Ness Feldmen, LLP |
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| 12:00pm - 1:15pm | Lunch | |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Special Workshop | |
| Forest Legacy Roundtable Discussion (Advanced) Kelley Beamer, Executive Director, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts; Cherie Kearney, Forest Conservation Director, Columbia Land Trust; Kristin Kovalik, Oregon Program Director, The Trust for Public Land; Candice Polisky, Western States Community Forest Program Coordinator, US Forest Service; Amy Singh, Oregon Forest Legacy Coordinator, Oregon Department of Forestry |
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| 1:15pm - 3:30pm | Concurrent Workshops - Session 2 (135 minutes) | |
| Building Stewardship Capacity on Private and Public Lands through Volunteer Engagement Carrie Clendaniel, Preserve Manager, Jefferson Land Trust; Frances Fischer, Land Trust Coordinator, Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust; Elizabeth Goward, Volunteer Programs Manager, McKenzie River Trust; Sarah Skelly, Volunteer Coordinator, Friends of the Columbia Gorge |
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| Giving Voice to the Land to Win Grants Brian Tibbetts, Grant Writing, Grants Research, Marketing & Communications Strategy, Fresh Take Consulting |
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| Lights! Camera! Action!: Let's Make a Video Brandon Hayes, Founder and Principal, Bold Bison Communications & Consulting; Patrick Williams, Director of Creative Services, Bold Bison Communications & Consulting |
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| Equitable, Affordable, and Productive; How Land Trusts Can Advance Multiple-Benefit Farmland Conservation Robin Fay, Conservation Director, Washington Farmland Trust; Alex Jeffers, Conservation Manager, Whatcom Land Trust; Tom Sanford, Executive Director, North Olympic Land Trust; Sarah Spaeth, Director, Conservation and Strategic Partnerships, Jefferson Land Trust; Blaise Sullivan, Conservation and Stewardship Coordinator, Jefferson Land Trust |
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| The Board is Dead, Long Live the Board! Allison Handler, Principal, Travertine Strategies |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Walk/Break | |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Concurrent Workshops - Session 3 (90 minutes) | |
| Sharing Leadership: Boards and Executives Building Strong Organizations Chuck Robinson, Retired Principal Consultant, Chuck Robinson Associates |
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| Conservation on Working Lands: How to draft easements for mixed habitat/working lands uses Marc Hudson, Rangeland Program Director, Oregon Agricultural Trust |
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| Funding Stewardship Actions: benefits, challenges, lessons learned from conservation banking Natasha Bellis, Deschutes Land Trust; Jeanette Dorner, Nisqually Land Trust – Carbon Senior Ecologist, ESA; Luke Johnson, Ecologist, Environmental Science Associates (ESA); Sky Miller, Senior Principal Engineer, ESA; Ian Sinks, Stewardship Director, Columbia Land Trust; Andrew Taylor, American Carbon Registry |
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| Centering Accessibility and Inclusion in Recreation Planning Mika Barrett, Accessibility Project Manager, Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust; Marcel Robicheaux, Community Engagement and Outreach Assistant, Palouse Land Trust [If you missed Nina Simon’s incredible presentation at the LTA Rally in 2021 regarding OF/BY/FOR ALL we invite you to watch it as a primer to this presentation. https://youtu.be/rajSRQc0XP8] |
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| Protecting Cultural Values and Supporting Tribal Ownership Sarah Brooks, Associate Director, Methow Conservancy; Adam Draper, Attorney-at-Law, Draper Law PLLC |
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| The Oregon I Am: How Oregon land trusts built an innovative and inclusive communication campaign Kelley Beamer, Executive Director, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts; Kelsey Kuhnhausen, Communications Manager, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts; Eric Steen, Founder and Director, Forest Green Marketing & PR |
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| 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Walk/Break | |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Dinner | |
| 7:30pm - 8:30pm | Film Festival | |
| 8:30pm | Evening Hangout | |
Wednesday June 29
| 7:15am - 8:00am | Morning Yoga | |
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| 7:45am - 8:45am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00am - 10:15am | Keynote with Kim Moore Bailey | |
| 10:15am - 10:30am | Walking Break | |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | Concurrent Workshops - Session 4 (90 minutes) | |
| Organizational Leadership DEI Roundtable Jade Aguilar, Director of Research Equity, ECONorthwest |
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| Welcome to Fundraising Events: it's a (well-orchestrated) party! Sarah Zablocki-Axling, Development Manager, Jefferson Land Trust |
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| The who, what, when, where and why of your first community forest harvest Carrie Clendaniel, Preserve Manager, Jefferson Land Trust; Brett McGinley, Senior Forester, Pacific Forest Management |
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| Change Is Hard - Nonprofit Succession Planning Richard J Bowers, Executive Director - Board Member (Retired), Whatcom Land Trust (Retired) |
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| The Other Side of Collaboration: Lessons Learned Pamela Slaughter, Founder, People of Color Outdoors, People of Color Outdoors; Mauricio Valadrian, Founder, Valadrian Creative & Consulting, USFWS Portland-Vancouver Urban Program |
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| Climate Change and PNW Land Trusts: Where Do We Stand and Where are We Going? Fiona Noonan, Climate Alliance Manager, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts; Owen Wozniak, Land Transactions Program Manager, Land Trust Alliance |
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| 12:00pm - 1:15pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15pm - 2:45pm | Concurrent Workshops - Session 5 (90 minutes) | |
| Put the Fun back into Fundraising: Proven Tactics and Tips to make your fundraising efforts more effective and efficient Dianne Alves, Owner, Fresh Take Consulting |
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| Towards a Happy and Empowered Land Trust Workplace Melissa Campbell, Executive Director; Washington Farmland Trust; Jessica McDonald, Executive Director, Greenbelt Land Trust; Brad Paymar, Western Division Director of Field Programs for the Land Trust Alliance |
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| Connecting with the LatinX community: learning the incomplete story from two LatinX practitioners Bray Beltrán, Conservation and Equity Director, Heart of the Rockies Initiative; Elisa Lopez, Administrative Coordinator, Chelan-Douglas Land Trust |
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| It Takes a Town to Protect a Forest Kristin Kovalik, Oregon Program Director, The Trust for Public Land; Jennah Stillman, Project Associate, National Policy Consensus Center/Oregon Solutions |
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| Title Review for Conservation Easement transactions Thomas J Bourguignon, Attorney, Maclay Law Firm |
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| The Triple A Fundraising Board David Allen, Principal Consultant, Development for Conservation |
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| 2:45pm - 3:15pm | Walk/Break | |
| 3:15pm - 4:45pm | Concurrent Workshops - Session 6 (90 minutes) | |
| Land as Liberation: Cultivating Sovereignty for Oregon's Black Agricultural Communities Qiddist Ashé, Co-Director, Black Oregon Land Trust; Mia O'Connor-Smith, board member, Black Oregon Land Trust |
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| Leveraging Businesses as a Force for Good Conor McElyea, Membership Director, The Conservation Alliance |
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| Behind the Curtain: How to Partner with Community Foundations Rebecca Bibleheimer, Senior Complex Gifts Officer, Oregon Community Foundation; Carlos Garcia, Program Officer - Environment, Oregon Community Foundation; Liz Lawrence, Philanthropic Advisor, Oregon Community Foundation |
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| Developments in Oregon Forest Policy: the Private Forest Accord, Oregon Forest Practices Act, Fire Recovery, Harvest Tax, and More Wendy Gerlach, Principal, Gerlach Law, Gerlach Law/Columbia Land Trust boardmember; Kaola Swanson, Forest Program Director, Sustainable Northwest |
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| Climate Change Communication for Land Trust Leaders Jillian Hanson, Climate Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy Idaho |
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| Access From Many Perspectives Judy BlueHorse Skelton, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Nations Studies Program, Portland State University; Georgena Moran and Sharon Mitchell, Founder and Director, Access Recreation; Patrick Stark, Urban Communications Specialist, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Kim Strassburg, Urban Refuge Coordinator, US Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| 4:45pm - 5:15pm | Walk/Break | |
| 5:15pm - 6:00pm | Happy Hour Networking | |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Dinner | |
| 7:30pm | Evening Hangout | |
Thursday June 30
| 7:00am - 9:00am | Breakfast | |