Member Spotlight

Salix Scoresby ORTWS Secretary (2026 – 2028) Biographical Sketch: Salix Scoresby is a wildlife ecologist who has been lucky enough to work with some of the most elusive mammals in the West. They have spent time everywhere from the treetops of the old-growth canopy to the precipices of Glacier National Park to caves in the […]

Cheng Cheng Goy ORTWS Vice President-elect (2026 – 2027) Biographical Sketch: I have a BS in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University with a specialization in Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communications.  In my current position I am a business office assistant with a non-profit where my primary focus is grants, contracts, and accounting support.  I

Kerry Farris ORTWS Board Member (2026 – 2028) Biographical Sketch: I am a faculty instructor in the Natural Sciences Department at the Oregon Institute of Technology, where I teach a range of ecology and data analysis courses. My career has been defined by a commitment to collaborative research that bridges government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and

Hannah Dinell ORTWS Board Member (2026 – 2028) Biographical Sketch: I completed my MS at the University of Arizona, where I focused on interspecific mutualisms. I then worked for government agencies and universities across the western United States, largely monitoring and surveying big game species, where my interests evolved into working with stakeholders on landscape-scale

Tracy Scruggs ORTWS Board Member (2026 – 2028) Current Position: Wildlife Biologist Biographical Sketch: I just recently started my new role in the Heppner District office. Before this, I worked as a Biologist Intern with Wyoming Game and Fish. The past couple summers I’ve also had positions with ODFW as a Wolf Bio Intern and a

Vanessa Schroeder ORTWS Vice President (2026 – 2027) Biographical Sketch: I hold an MS in Wildlife Science from OSU and I have had the privilege of working in Oregon in sagebrush country since 2013. In my current role I specialize in rangeland ecology to support wildlife habitat. I spend about half of my time on

Betsy Glenn ORTWS Past President (2026 – 2027) Biographical Sketch: Sketch: I have a background in population ecology with an emphasis on the conservation and management of threatened and endangered species. Most of my research has addressed responses of wildlife populations in forest ecosystems to changes in habitat and climate. I worked on northern spotted

Katie Moriarty ORTWS President (2026 – 2027) Current position: Forest Wildlife Ecologist, NCASI Biographical Sketch: Dr. Katie Moriarty is a forest wildlife ecologist with research interests in sustainable forestry, balancing needs of sensitive wildlife species, and biodiversity. Katie’s current projects include assessing sensitive species use of managed forest landscapes and evaluating biodiversity (e.g., pollinators, bats,

Quinn Kawamoto Society of American Foresters Liaison Quinn Kawamoto currently works as a silviculturist in southern Oregon. Prior to work in Oregon, he worked in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a forester. He holds a Bachelor of Forestry from Northern Arizona University. He has been a member of the Society of American Foresters

Jayshaun Talbert ORTWS Student Liaison (2025 – 2026) Hey everyone! I’m an undergraduate Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences student at OSU. I’ve wanted to study wildlife conservation since before I could remember and I’m so excited to serve on the ORTWS board. My primary interests within the wildlife field encompass avian population dynamics, movement ecology,