Lynn Jungwirth - Executive Director
Born and raised in a milling and logging family in a small timber town in Oregon. She received a BA in English Literature from the University of Oregon in 1971. She has been an activist on social issues in forest towns for twenty years. She has worked with various community groups interested in rebuilding forest dependent communities in northern California. Currently she is co-owner of Jefferson State Forest Products. She served on the Collaborative Stewardship Taskforce of Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck and on the Board of Directors for the National Network of Forest Practitioners. Lynn also chaired the Communities Committee of the 7th American Forest Congress from 1996 to 2000.
Nick Goulette - Research Associate & Local Stewardship Coordinator
Nick's work centers around community-based and regional research into forest work contracting and wood utilization, coordinating local collaboration with the US Forest Service associated with forest restoration and fuel reduction activities, developing assistance programs for local contractors, and advocacy for national forest, energy, and development policies that benefit rural communities. Previously, he spent one year working in New York's Adirondack Park, northern New Hampshire, and western Maine marking timber sales and conducting forest inventory for a small private forestry firm. He earned a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Vermont (2004) with a concentration in Community-based Forestry. While in Vermont, he also worked as a Research Assistant for the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics studying characteristics of forest management planning in the state relative to ecological economic and sustainable forestry principles.
Annette Hale - Office Manager & Porject Assistant
Joined the WRTC in 2000; the possibility of working for an organization that retrains and educates community members in other areas of forestry was appealing. Her family has enjoyed working in the woods as loggers, equipment operators, timber fallers and mill workers, since they came to Hayfork in the early 1900's. Because the decline in the timber industry had affected my whole family, the idea that a center could stimulate the economic development of our community by creating jobs for friends & family, programs for my children and educational opportunities that did not exist in the past, gives Annette the incentive to continue the difficult journeys of the Watershed Center.
Rosalynd Jungwirth - Director of Policy
Promotes environmentally oriented team building for youths, and education among the youth with regards to good use of shared natural resources. She participates in organizing the many programs the WRTC institutes. Rosalynd matriculated from California State's Chico University. She studied sustainable development within the Pacific Northwest region. Her other primary academic interests were international relations. She is a partner with the Sustainable Northwest Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition.
Nadya Novak - Program Coordinator
Born in Haleiwa, Hawaii, Nadya graduated from Oregon State University. Her academic focus became forest recreation and resource management. After finishing her formal education, she worked with the Fish and Wildlife Service monitoring sea birds on Tern Island. She also worked as an educational interpreter for the McKenzie National Forest in Oregon. Another job was working in the backcountry office of Yellowstone National Park. Another gainful employment was working for Firestorm in the capacity of forestry and fuel reduction work. At the WRTC, Nadya focuses primarily on fundraising for and coordination with the WRTC's Indian Valley Summer Camp and their Outdoor Adventure Club Live programs. She also helps with the WRTC's forestry projects.
Laurie Roan - Financial Manager
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Laurie Roan has, over the course of the last thirty years, worked in one or another form of accounting. These jobs include accounting for a modeling agency, a medical equipment corporation, construction companies, and several non-profit organizations. She also functioned as a county tax collector. As the Financial Manager of the WRTC, she works with all facets of the payroll. She focuses on accounts payable, accounts receivable, the general ledger, job costing and cash management. In addition, Laurie manages the grant and contract folders, making sure that reports are filed and all data is up to date.