Women’s Forest Congress Working Groups
Working Groups are currently planning activities of the Women’s Forest Congress for 2021 and 2022. A short description of each working group aud its members is noted below.
Meeting Design and Logistics
Design dynamic, engaging events (e.g., virtual, regional, in-person) inspiring women to be the change agents that they are.
- Amy Clark Eagle, Forest Stewardship Council
- Jamie Dahl, Colorado State University
- Amy Doty, Wood & Co and Meetings and Such
- Ara Erickson, Weyerhaeuser and WFC Steering Cmte member
- Lauren Fety, The Conservation Fund
- Zakiya Leggett, North Carolina State University
- Amanda Mahaffey, The Forest Stewards Guild
- Bethany Olmstead, The Conservation Fund
- Courtney Siegert, Mississippi State University
- Leslie Weldon, USDA Forest Service
Communications & Marketing
Promote the Women’s Forest Congress and engage partners in supporting the movement.
- Sarah Bros, Merin Forest
- Jasmine Brown, Michigan State Univ. and WFC Steering Cmte member
- Candra Burns, Talking Forests
- Rachel Comte, Urban Canopy Works
- Stefanie Vogley-Hauck, Regional Ohio Action for Resilience
- Jess Kaknevicius, Women in Wood
- Becky Roe, Shasta College
- Rae Tamblyn, #forestproud
- Beattra Wilson, USDA Forest Service
- Liz Woodworth, Wood & Co and WFC Steering Cmte member
Stakeholder Engagement
Ensure engagement and participation of diverse representation (e.g., age, career, region, background, race, etc.) across the forest and conservation community.
- Ebonie Alexander, Black Family Land Trust
- Sarah Bros, Merin Forest
- Alicia Cramer, US Endowment for Forest and Communities and WFC Steering Cmte member
- Mindy Crandall, Oregon State University
- Asia Dowtin, Michigan State Univ. and WFC Steering Cmte member
- Amber Ellering, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Shea Flanagan, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment
- Tommie Herbert, The Forestland Group
- Jessica Homyack, Weyerhaueser
- Audrey Lamb, ESRI
- Zakiya Leggett, North Carolina State University
- Victoria Lockhart, Resource Management Service
- Lisa Lord, The Longleaf Alliance
- Mary Mayeda, Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
- Jacqueline (Jax) Miner, University of Georgia – graduate research assistant
- Vickie Roberts-Ratliff
- Lacey Rose, Women in Wood
- Nicole Stiffarm, Salish Kootenai College
- T’arie Todman, Winston County Self Help Cooperative
- Kitty Weisman, Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water
Content Development
Develop content to build and expand women as change agents in the forest and conservation community.
- Ebonie Alexander, Black Family Land Trust
- Mila Alvarez, USDA Forest Service
- Adrina Bardekjian, Tree Canada
- Nadine Block, Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.
- Kathy Doyle, Middlebury College and Doyle Ecological Services
- Amy Clark Eagle, Forest Stewardship Council
- Lauren Cooper, Michigan State Univ. and WFC Steering Cmte member
- Csenka Favorini-Csorba, Washington State DNR
- Larissa Fenn, Rayonier Advanced Materials
- Katie Fernholz, Dovetail Partners and WFC Steering Cmte member
- Suzy Friedman, National Alliance of Forest Owners
- Kate Gatto, National Alliance of Forest Owners
- Monica Lear, USDA Forest Service
- Victoria Lockhart, Resource Management Service
- Shawn Keough, Shawn Keough Consulting, LLC
- Shannon McCabe, Association of Consulting Foresters
- Cheryl Peterson, McIntosh SEED
- Molly Pitts, Intermountain Forest Association
- Leah Rathbun, North Carolina State University
- Nicole Stiffarm, Salish Kootenai College
- Mary Stuever, New Mexico State Forestry
- Leigh Whelpton, The Conservation Finance Network
- Jess Wikle, University of Vermont
- Lynn Wilson, WinterTide LLC