Meet Our Board Members
Tom Binder, Treasurer
Tom Binder spent his 20s in Trout Lake Valley doing a variety of woods work, including firefighting, tree planting, tree thinning, and setting chokers and chasing landing under a high lead. He...
Dean Meyerson, Vice Chair
Dean Myerson moved to the Columbia River Gorge in 2007 and soon found himself on the board and treasurer of the Friends of Mt Adams, a position he held until that group merged into the Friends of...
Bill Weiler, Chair
Bill’s background is a fish and wildlife biologist and environmental educator living on 20 oak woodland acres northeast of Lyle, Washington. Weiler currently works as the Education Coordinator for...
Dave Berger
David left the Bronx, NY for San Francisco back in the 1970s with a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering and a desire to put his career and life experiences to their best use. He has since...
Jeremy Bisson
Jeremy was born and raised in Washington state and is currently living in Trout lake WA. Before he could walk, his father would take him on to the river where he enjoyed playing in and near the...
Patrick Connolly, Ph.D.
Dr. Connolly has worked in the fisheries field in the Pacific Northwest for over 35 years. Pat received his B.S. in Biology from Centre College of Kentucky, his M.S. in Zoology from University of...
Elaine Harvey
Elaine Harvey has worked for Yakama Nation Fisheries since 2006 and currently serves as the Environmental Coordinator. Elaine is also a member of the Kahmiltpa (Rock Creek) Band of the Yakama...