Member Spotlight

ORAFS Liaison (2024 – Present) Current Position: Game Program Manager, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, Oregon Biographical Sketch: A native Iowan, my early career experiences were in entomology, aquatic macroinvertebrates, water quality, and stream restoration ecology. After a short stint with grouse, I have spent nearly two decades focusing on carnivore and furbearer […]

Griffin Fosback ORTWS Student Liaison (2024 – 2025) Current Position: OSU Student Biographical Sketch: Hello! I am a non-traditional student at Oregon State University, bringing more than a decade of management and leadership experience. Much of the work I’ve done prior to starting this degree path was people-oriented, and as I have learned from several

Emily Weidner ORTWS Board Member (2024 – 2026) Current Position: Fish & Wildlife Biologist – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Biographical Sketch: Hello ORTWS folks! I’m 7 years deep in my career with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the Bend Field Office. School wasn’t on my radar until my early 30s, so I started

Shalynn Pack Advisor Board Member (2020 – present)  Biographical Sketch: Hi, fellow wildlifers! I am an Oregon State University graduate and Certified Wildlife Biologist who has worked primarily in wildlife field research, international community-based conservation, rural sustainable development, and protected area policy. I spent a decade working and living in Latin America, especially Chilean Patagonia,

Jeremy Thompson ORTWS Vice President (2025 – 2026) Current Position: Energy Program Coordinator with ODFW Biographical Sketch: I have worked for ODFW for the last 25 years, starting my career working on multiple wildlife areas around the state, and then moving to the district office in The Dalles where I served as an assistant and

Alina Blankenship ORTWS Secretary (2024 – 2026) Current Position: Master Falconer at Sky Guardian Falconry Biographical Sketch: Greetings ORTWS!  I have been a falconer for 12 years and a professional abatement falconer for 7 years.  In this capacity, I am able to offer a non-lethal but effective method of redirecting flocks of nuisance avian species

Jenniffer Bakke ORTWS Board Member (2025 – 2027) Current position: Manager of Environmental Services, Manulife Investment Management Biographical Sketch: Hi all – I’m excited to be here again! It’s been about ten years since my previous time serving on the board (board member to VP to President) and I’m looking forward to where this chapter

Nancy Doran ORTWS Board Member (2024 – 2026) Current position: Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Portland General Electric – Pelton Round Butte Hydropower Project Biographical Sketch: I've been lucky enough to have a really varied career and one that has given me incredible opportunities.  I've been working in the natural resources field for my entire career,

Mikal Cline ORTWS Past President (2025-2026) Current position: ODFW Upland Game Bird Coordinator Biographical Sketch: Greetings ORTWS!  I have been a professional game bird biologist for about 22 years, including 6 years with WDFW as a waterfowl specialist, 6 years with the National Wild Turkey Federation, and 3 years and counting with ODFW as the

Katie Moriarty ORTWS President-elect (2025 – 2026) 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,