Travis was born and raised in Springfield, Oregon but spent eight years in Washington D.C. working for the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a sen[...]
Cindi grew up in Portland and is a third generation Oregonian. She began working for AFRC’s predecessor, the Northwest Forestry Association, in 1987[...]
Sara Ghafouri joins AFRC after practicing almost three years as an associate at Haglund Kelley LLP, a Portland-based law firm. During her time at Hagl[...]
Sarah Elizabeth Melton joins AFRC after returning from practicing law abroad for almost seven years. During that time, Sarah focused her private pract[...]
Matt was born and raised in Seattle but enjoyed the woods from an early age through camping, hiking, and eventually exploring the backroads of western[...]
Corey grew up in Portland, and his family has been in Western Oregon for over one hundred years. He graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S.[...]
Heath works at the intersection of government, policy, and communications advocating for solutions to some of the Pacific Northwest’s most challengi[...]
Irene grew up on the family homestead west of Maupin, Oregon. Her ancestors traveled the Oregon Trail in the 1840s originally settling in the Willamet[...]
Tom is a native Oregonian and grew up in a logging family in Prineville, Oregon. His love of the outdoors led him to studying forestry at Oregon State[...]
Jake Blaufuss Northern California Field Coordinator
Jake Blaufuss brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to AFRC through his work for the Collins Pine Company and Sierra Pacific Industries. Jake rec[...]
As a member of multi-generation farming family, Nick has a passion for natural resources and rural communities. Nick has a background in public policy[...]