Member Spotlight

ORTWS Board Member  (2022-2024) Current position: Retired (formerly Chief of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program – USFWS) Biographical Sketch: My youth was filled with wildlife adventures along the Columbia River, Mt. Hood forests, and Oregon’s high desert.  Following a B.S. degree in Wildlife Science from Oregon State University I enjoyed a very fulfilling […]

Sharon Stuart Glaeser, Ph.D. ORTWS Board Member (2022 – 2024) Current position: Conservation Program Assistant, Oregon Zoo Biographical Sketch: Dr. Sharon Stuart Glaeser is a conservation program assistant with the Oregon Zoo, coordinating the zoo’s global efforts to protect Asian elephants in their range countries. Currently, she represents the zoo in a collaborative partnership with

Justin Dion ORTWS Board Member (2022 – 2024) Current position: Assistant Wildlife Biologist for the Game Program, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biographical Sketch: I am so happy to be serving on the Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society Board (ORTWS) as the Communications Committee Chair.  My wildlife career has taken me, quite literally from

Quentin Hays ORTWS Past-President (2021-2022) Education: B.S. Wildlife Biology – University of Montana; M.Sc. Biology – University of Western OntarioPresent Position/Employment: Senior Wildlife Ecologist – GeoSystems Analysis, Inc. (GSA), Corvallis, OR Adjunct Faculty – Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology Dept., New Mexico State University. Resource Faculty – Science and Natural Resources Dept., Eastern New Mexico

David Keiter ORTWS Board Member (2022-2024) Current position: Research Biologist, Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Biographical Sketch: Hello, everyone! I recently moved back to Oregon and am very excited about the possibility of getting involved in our state’s chapter of The Wildlife Society. I work as a research biologist for the Oregon Department of

Michael O’Casey ORTWS Board Member (2021-2023) Current position: Oregon Field Representative, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership History with ORTWS: Board member 2019-present; Conservation Committee Chair Biographical Sketch: I grew up just a stones throw from the mouth of the Columbia, a great place to learn about a future career in natural resources . I’ve had a

Jade Keehn ORTWS Board Member (2021-2023) Current position: Regional Wildlife Conservation Biologist, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biographical Sketch: I moved to Oregon in 2017 to work with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on habitat conservation and management. I’m currently a regional wildlife conservation biologist, working to implement the Oregon Conservation Strategy in

Christian Hagen ORTWS Board Member (2021-2023) Current position: Associate Professor, Oregon State University History with ORTWS: Treasurer from 2007-2011 Biographical Sketch: I served two terms as Treasurer to ORTWS in the early 2000’s, and enjoyed fostering our chapter and increasing opportunities for students. I would look forward to serving the Chapter in capacity as a

Terrah Owens ORTWS Treasurer (2021-2023) Current position: PhD Student at Oregon State University Biographical Sketch: Hello! I am currently a PhD student at Oregon State University in the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences. My research focuses on how wildfire affects predator-prey dynamics in the sagebrush ecosystem of eastern Oregon. I received my Bachelor’s degree

We are pleased to announce that the Lakeview BLM Wildlife Program is the recipient of the 2021 Civic Recognition Conservation Award! We acknowledge, Todd Forbes, Jami Ludwig, Kate Yates, John Owens (now USFWS), and Glenn Lorton (retired) for their dedication to science based approaches to conservation, and their collaborative approach to land use management.  The