(left to right) Dan Thorndike (Chair), Susie Smith, Gary Reed, Jay Rasmussen (Vice Chair),
Charles Barlow, Mary Meloy, John Jackson, and Phil Ward (Director).
Southwest Region
Dan Thorndike (CHAIR) Term Expires: 2005 Residence: Ashland
General counsel for Medford Fabrication. Member and former chair of Ashland School Board. Served as board member or officer of a number of civic and community groups including Jackson County Financing and Revenue Committees and the Rogue Valley Civic League. Received a Bachelor’s degree from the Colorado College and a law degree from the University of Washington.
West Central Region
Jay Rasmussen (VICE CHAIR) Term Expires: 2009 Residence: Newport
Associate Director of Oregon Sea Grant and Program Leader for Oregon Extension Sea Grant. Former director of Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association. Served as Chair of Oregon Coast Aquarium Board of Directors. Former member of the Ocean Resources Management Task Force and its successor, Oregon Ocean Policy Council; Management Council of the Tillamook Bay National Estuary Program; and Gorda Ridge Federal-State Technical Task Force. Received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in history from Utah State University.
Northwest Region
John Jackson Term Expires: 2009 Residence: Cornelius
Small business owner and operator of Orchard View Nursery and part-time consultant on watershed planning issues. Former Water and Environment Planner with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Unified Sewerage Agency. Current member of Board of Trustees, Tualatin River Water Quality Endowment Fund, Oregon Community Foundation. Served as board member or officer on a number of community groups including WaterWatch of Oregon and Tualatin River Watershed Council. Received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in biology from the University of Oregon.
East Side at Large
Ray Williams Term Expires: 2009 Residence: Milton-Freewater
Irrigated farmer and dairy heifer raiser from Milton-Freewater. Current president of Williams Dairy Heifer Raising. Formerly served as Commissioner on the Umatilla County Planning Commission. He currently serves as a board member on the Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council; board member on the Hudson Bay District Improvement Company (an irrigation district); board member on SOLV; and is a member of the Oregon State Bar. Received a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Stanford University and a law degree from the Northwestern School of Law.
Eastern Region
Charles Barlow Term Expires: 2009 Residence: Nyssa
Farmer and irrigator in Nyssa. Current partner of Barlow Farms and active in watershed issues in Malheur County. Served as former board member of the Oregon Farm Bureau and former committee member for the Oregon Department of Agriculture Local Advisory Committee Owyhee. Attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho and Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon.
North Central Region
Mary Meloy Term Expires: 2009 Residence: Bend
Co-owner of family farm and part-time resource management consultant. Former Director of Public Works for the City of Redmond; Director of the Office of Planning and Development for Okanogan County, Washington; Director of Public Works for the City of Stayton; Public Works Division Manager for the City of Corvallis; and Public Works Administrator for the City of Lincoln City. Currently involved in Deschutes Basin water resource planning. Attended University of Washington, Oregon State University, Umpqua Community College and the Menniger Foundation in Kansas.
West Side at Large
Susie L. Smith Term Expires: 2008 Residence: Eugene
Environmental Services Division Manager of the City of Springfield’s Public Works Department and General Manager for the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission. Formerly served on the Eugene Water and Electric Board and the Board of Directors of the Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies. Received a Bachelor’s degree in natural resources conservation from the University of California Berkley and a Master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Oregon.
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