Celeste (she/her) brings an innate sense of storytelling and communications through her experience in documentary film and interactive media productions. Celeste’s contributions to award winning Geller/Goldfine Productions and Storyline Productions instilled in her a deep belief in the power of storytelling to impart meaningful change for people and place. She also brings communications development to her Board leadership of OCAFC. Celeste’s relationship with the Opal Creek Wilderness is personal. She was extremely lucky to grow up with extensive time in Jawbone Flats and the Opal Creek area as a child and teen before it became protected wilderness. Her passion and commitment today is to ensure that others will someday experience the profound gifts of the Opal Creek Wilderness. Committees: Development & Communications, Programs & Equity

Stephen (he/him) is dedicated to education, fatherhood and business leadership. He works to promote a built environment that is healthy for both people and our planet. Stephen is the founder and president of Green Hammer, a certified B Corp known for its commitment to excellence in the design and performance of our built environments – a commitment that serves Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center and its built environment that makes outdoor education possible. He is also a strong believer that business can be a force for good. Stephen loves exploring the outdoors on foot and by bike with his pups and daughter, Olive. Committee: Facilities (Chair)

Spending time wandering Oregon’s wide open spaces of Eastern Oregon, and fly fishing forested streams, Clint (he/him) was transformed in his childhood. Those transformative experiences now provide Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center with the kind of commitment to a cause needed for the years ahead as OCAFC undergoes its own unique kind of transformation. Clint’s professional affiliation with Belltown Power to make renewable energy the dominant energy source for rural communities is also informing how OCAFC plans for utilizing green power in the coming years and decades. Committee: Facilities

Rich (he/him) spent his life and career exploring the intersection of our built environment and nature. His knowledge and experience with off-grid community living gave him time to recharge, reconnect, and return to nature after working in the fast-paced worlds of real estate development, and product management at Intel and Adidas. Rich introduced his family and friends to Jawbone Flats and the Opal Creek Wilderness where his kids have grown and learned through amazing backpacking expeditions, swimming, hiking and exploring everything that nature has to teach. He’s honored to be part of an organization so focused on teaching the next generation about our natural world. Committees: Finance (Chair), Facilities

Holley (she/her) and her family visited Opal Creek often for more than 13 years and she is deeply committed to the Opal Creek wilderness and OCAFC’s mission. Holley is passionate about bringing the ideals of equity and inclusion to OCAFC’s programs and wilderness experiences, and she’s excited to be involved with OCAFC during this time of dynamic change and possibility. Her love of the outdoors began in Wyoming and Idaho where she spent her youth skiing, hiking, and camping that continue today along with bird watching and frustrated-gardening. As a serial entrepreneur, Holley brings passionate experience to organizing and advocating for LGBTQIA communities and small business. Committees: Development & Communications, Programs & Equity (Chair)

Mari (she/her) is an Oregonian with deep roots in the community, focused on creating powerful connections while enhancing equity and access for all.  She joined the Board in 2020, drawn to the magic of Opal Creek and the transformative experience she has seen when people are invited and welcomed into the natural world.  Mari spends time working to connect marginalized youth with opportunities that aren't traditionally available to them, and believes the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center can be a powerful opportunity and transformative place for all who visit.  Committee: Development & Communications (Chair)

Dan (he/him) has deep ties to Oregon’s environmental public-sector through leadership roles that enhance OCAFC’s watershed information gathering and assessment. Dan lends his technological experience to help OCAFC better understand the technical aspects of environmental systems and mapping that apply to Opal Creek’s future. His focus on water-related information management, as well as success in developing person-centered workplace cultures of trust and equity uplift OCAFC’s environmental and cultural capacity to serve. He brings professional experience through public agency contributions in both Washington and Minnesota, and today he serves as the Technical Services Group Manager for the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services. Dan’s love of Opal Creek, and his personal mission to guide our next generation of future leaders drives his commitment to OCAFC as a board and finance committee member. Committee: Finance

Advisory Board Members

Rick Schaefer (he/him), Finance Committee