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OFFICERS
Charles Arndt, President
Ivan Miller, Vice President
Steve Raymond, Secretary
Dale Offret, Treasurer
BOARD MEMBERS
Marty Behr
Basil Badley
Joani Boose
David Brown
Tom Cahill
John Edison
Larry Harris
Kathleen Landel
Barbara Libby
Todd Peterson
Leigh Smith (NPS Liaison)
Constance Wolfe
STAFF
Patricia Powell, Executive Director
Cyndi Fernandez, Program Associate
Jan Graham, Membership Coordinator
Elizabeth Guss, Director of Development and Outreach
Christin Hilton, Land Protection Specialist
Cheryl Lowe, Land Steward
Danielle Rideout, Office Manager
Board of Directors
CHARLES ARNDT is a founding partner with the Coupeville law firm Arndt & Walker. Charles has a B.A. in philosophy and a law degree from the University of Washington. Charles and his family are fourth generation stewards in the refurbished, historic granary building on the Smith homestead in the Ebey's Landing National Historic District, just outside Coupeville.
BASIL BADLEY is a retired attorney and lobbyist. Basil received his Law degree from Gonzaga University, where he also served as a regent for two years. Basil is presently a member of the Board of Directors of the Camano Senior Services Association. A full-time resident on Camano Island, Basil enjoys gardening and is a member of the Skagit County Master Gardeners.
MARTY BEHR is a consultant and the Marketing Director for a company that operates custom natural history tours. He has served on numerous boards, including People for Puget Sound and Island County's Marine Resources Committee and the Smart Growth Coalition, and the comprehensive plan advisory committees for the City of Langley and Port of South Whidbey. Marty is an avid hiker who lives in Langley with his wife Ginny.
JOANI BOOSE was raised in the Seattle area and received her B.S. degree in Nursing from the University of Washington. Her nursing background became the foundation for teaching both professionally and as a volunteer. Joani has been visiting Whidbey since her early teens. She and her husband Dale have changed their primitive summer cabin into a cozy year around home. She enjoys birding and is an active participant with Island County Beach Watchers.
DAVID BROWN is a retired commercial banker who travels between homes in Seattle and Camano Island. Educated as a lawyer, David now serves on the George Washington University Law School’s Board of Advisors, acts as Vice President and former Development Chair for People for Puget Sound, and has been past President of Washington State’s Burke Museum Development Council where he still serves on the Advisory Council.
TOM CAHILL is a retired attorney who practiced law in Palo Alto, California with the law firm of Lakin Spears. He was its Managing Partner for the last twenty years of his career. Tom and his wife Sally have been residents of Whidbey Island since 2003, have been supportive of various community organizations and are active land trust volunteers. Tom is currently the President of the North Beverly Beach Association.
JOHN EDISON is an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and a member of the Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection Committee of the WA Bar Association. He served on the Island County Planning Commission, is a member of many environmental organizations, and was active in preserving the heron colony on Camano Island. He is also an E.M.T. Instructor for Camano Fire and Rescue and a mountain climber, birdwatcher and organic gardener. John lives on Camano Island.
LARRY HARRIS was a teacher and administrator who, after graduating from Yale and serving in the Navy, taught and directed schools in Lebanon, India, Africa, and the United States. Larry has served on various non-profit boards including Community Mental Health/Compass Health and League of Woman Voters and has also served as a planning commissioner and county commissioner in Whatcom County. In the past, Larry raised cattle and stewarded a 175 acre property along the Nooksack River. Larry is a resident of Freeland.
KATHLEEN LANDEL has worked with non-profit organizations in the North Sound for over 20 years as a senior executive and organizational development consultant. She brings expertise in strategic planning, quality management, and organizational change. Kathleen has presented workshops on board governance and policymaking at regional and national Land Trust Alliance conferences. She lives in a co-housing neighborhood near Langley with her husband, Jeff, and son, Walker. The whole family is actively involved behind-the-scenes in local theater productions.
BARBARA LIBBY is a full time resident on Camano Island. She has a B.A. in Experimental Psychology from Western Washington University. She was employed at The Boeing Company for 25 years where she worked in government property management and contracting. She is an active member of the community and serves as an Officer on the Board of Trustees for the Mabana Shores Association.
IVAN MILLER recently retired from a forty year career with the National Park Service where he was a Park Ranger, Chief Ranger, Park Planner, Resource Management Specialist, Program Manager, and Park Superintendent at various park units. He also worked in Saudi Arabia for four years and participated in short term assignments in Morocco and Oman. Ivan holds a B.S. in Forest Resources Management and a Masters in Forest Recreation Management, both from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife reside on Camano Island.
DALE OFFRET was raised in Eastern Washington, moved to Seattle, and received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration with a major in accounting and finance from the University of Washington. Dale is a Certified Public Accountant and has been in private practice for 30 years. Dale has provided business consulting and executive training for small businesses and non-profit organizations for more than 20 years. He lives in Greenbank.
TODD PETERSON is a public involvement facilitator and consultant on environmental and community issues. He earned a B.A. with Honors in English from Dartmouth College and an M.A. in Education from Stanford. Todd served on the board of directors for the South Whidbey School District and International Association for Public Participation. He is the editor and a writer for BirdNote, broadcast on Seattle’s National Public Radio affiliate, KPLU. He and his wife, Chris, have owned land on Whidbey since 1978. He enjoys beekeeping, fly fishing and hiking the bluff at Ebey’s Landing.
STEVE RAYMOND is a University of Washington journalism graduate who served as a Navy officer and then worked 30 years as a reporter, editor, and manager at the Seattle Times. He has been editor of two fly-fishing magazines and is author of nine books about fly fishing. He and his wife, Joan, live on South Whidbey. A portion of their property is in the Zimmerman easement donated to WCLT in 1999.
LEIGH SMITH is a resource management specialist with the National Park Service. In the past 25 years, he has worked at Glacier Bay and North Cascades National Parks. He is currently employed at Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve in Coupeville where he has an office at the former Engle Farm. He loves to backpack and hike.
CONSTANCE WOLFE is a philanthropy professional with experience in planned giving programs and land trades. She developed the planned giving program for The Nature Conservancy of Alaska, where she still works part time telecommuting. Prior to working in land conservation, Connie was a psychotherapist in private practice for 25 years. She is a wilderness canoeist, an avid reader, a nomad, and chronically curious. Connie lives near Coupeville.
Staff
PATRICIA POWELL, executive director, was hired in January 2003, as the first staff for the Whidbey Camano Land Trust. Pat has extensive experience in land protection, grant writing, and natural resource planning and management. Her successes include acquiring and protecting over 250 conservation properties, totaling well over 75,000 acres, and working on numerous grants that awarded nearly $100 million to land acquisition projects. Before joining the Land Trust, Pat owned a successful land protection consulting business. Prior to that, she was the Director of Land Protection for The Nature Conservancy of Washington. She was also the Special Lands Acquisition and Trust Land Transfer manager for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Pat has experience working in small communities and rural areas, having been a planner for San Juan County and a natural resource planner in Alaska for eight years. She resides in Greenbank.
CYNDI FERNANDEZ, program associate, joined the Land Trust staff in December 2003. She worked as an administrative assistant for Merrill Lynch before taking a three-year tour of the world. For five years prior to coming to the Land Trust, Cyndi owned a design firm and worked as a designer and production artist for such companies as Fluke Networks and The Wright Group. She holds an AA and an ATA in graphic arts from Skagit Valley College. After growing up in Florida, Cyndi fell in love with Whidbey Island and moved here in 1997. Here she enjoys gardening and hiking and volunteers for several local organizations. Working for the Land Trust gives Cyndi a chance to protect that which she appreciates most about the island – its natural beauty. She lives near Coupeville.
JAN GRAHAM, development assistant, joined the Land Trust in September of 2006. She has a background in technical writing, training, and project management. Jan has a B.A. in English and a teaching credential in elementary education. She lives in Oak Harbor with her husband where she volunteers in Island County's Master Gardener program and in the Boy Scouts.
ELIZABETH GUSS, director of development and outreach, began with the Land Trust staff in 2007. With extensive experience in both business and the non-profit world in Utah and Washington, she has founded and nurtured organizations through management, organizational development, and marketing work. Earning a BA at the University of San Francisco, California and an MA at St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, she infuses daily tasks with a sense of purpose and achieves goals with enthusiasm and cheerfulness. Moving to Whidbey Island in 2004, she served for three years as the director of the nationally recognized Whidbey Island Writers Conference. Passionate about caring for the land and building the community, she believes in inviting everyone to help create a vibrant, healthy environment. She and her husband, Steve, live near Langley with their Golden Retriever Kirby, in a home that overlooks the Saratoga Passage.
CHRIS HILTON, land protection specialist, began working at the Land Trust in May of 2007. Christin came to the Land Trust from The Nature Conservancy where she spent three years working in administration followed by seven years working on land conservation projects in Washington. She has extensive experience managing and negotiating land acquisitions for protection. A native of western Washington, Christin has long been passionate about conservation of the Pacific Northwest’s habitat and history. She has a B.S. in Landscape Ecology from Western Washington University. In her spare time, Christin enjoys knitting and spending time outdoors.
CHERYL LOWE, land steward, joined the Whidbey Camano Land Trust in May 2007. She has extensive experience in land stewardship, site management, public outreach and volunteer coordination. For 15 years prior to joining the Land Trust, Cheryl managed Garden in the Woods, a 45-acre native plant botanic garden and natural area in Massachusetts operated by the New England Wild Flower Society. She has also served as a conservation associate with the North Cascades National Park and a conservation commissioner in Massachusetts. Before joining the New England Wild Flower Society, Cheryl worked for The Nature Conservancy and the Portland Department of Parks and Recreation in Portland, OR. She received her B.S. in plant ecology from Cornell University and her M.S. in public horticulture administration from the Longwood Graduate Program at the University of Delaware. She is also a co-author of Peterson’s Field Guide to Ferns (2005).
DANIELLE RIDEOUT, office manager, began working for the Land Trust in September of 2006. Prior to joining the Land Trust, she was a city planner for the City of Champaign, Illinois for five years. Danielle has her B.A. in urban planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has experience in comprehensive and neighborhood planning. She also studied in Sheffield, England for one year to gain an international perspective on planning issues. In her free time, Danielle enjoys trail running, camping, quilting, and collecting stamps from National Parks. She resides in Oak Harbor.
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