Mamie is a founding Board member of the Foundation. Her environmental activism began in 1993 when residents of the Hillside Neighborhood organized as Friends of McAleer Creek to preserve an important wetland in that community (now a portion of the Cole Nature Preserve). She served six years on the Lake Forest Park Parks and Recreation Commission and has a long history of volunteerism including PTA at all levels, President of the UW Faculty Auxiliary, UW Faculty Housing Service, and community and youth oriented activities. She has completed programs leading to Wetland, Land and Water, and Native Plant Stewardship. Mamie and Chuck have three grown children and six grandchildren, and have lived in their home since 1961. Their home has been in LFP since 1994.
Libby Fiene
Libby has lived in Lake Forest Park for 30 years. A graduate of Smith
College, she currently works at Shoreline Community College. Her 10 years in
Aspen CO and Jackson WY gave her a strong interest in preserving the
environment. For the past seven years she has been converting her family’s
secluded yard on Lyon Creek to native plants, and has it registered as a
Backyard Wildlife Habitat with both the National Wildlife Federation and the WA
Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. One of her goals on the Board has been the
certification of Lake Forest Park as a Community Wildlife Habitat. This was
fulfilled in April 2007. Her husband, Don, is a member of the Lake Forest Park
City Council. They have 2 grown daughters.
Jim Halliday
Jim has resided in Lake Forest Park since 1975. His involvement in
the local community and region has focused on healthy stream habitat including:,
Co-chair LFP Environmental Quality Commission (EQC), Co-chair LFP
StreamKeepers, LFP Legacy Task Force member, member of PERK (People for an
Environmentally Responsible Kenmore), LFP ICLEI Committee – carbon/energy
reduction program, LFP Crime Watch program, and Sno-King Watershed Council
member. Semi-retired, Jim serves as Communications Director for Ambient Insight,
a research & analysis firm specializing in mobile technology. His company,
Halliday Readability, reviews content for its understandability to target
audiences. Jim had an interesting and varied career from Canadian uranium mines
to the Seattle docks, and even starting up a gallery that showcased contemporary
Native American artists. A “born” sales professional, he also worked as District
Sales Manager for Frito Lay Inc. for the Seattle area and at Nordstrom. Jim has
three sons: Jeff, James, and John. He and his wife, Tyson Greer, reside in
Sheridan Beach.
Doug Hennick
Doug’s first career was that of an oceanographer in the NOAA Corps.
Following retirement from NOAA he became a stream ecologist for King County, and
then a fish and wildlife biologist for the State of Washington. He still works
for the Department of Fish and Wildlife as the Watershed Steward for the
Stillaguamish and Snohomish River basins. His graduate school work was in
freshwater ecology, so he feels like a salmon that started in freshwater, then
went to sea, and finally has returned to where he belongs, in the freshwater
environment again. He has lived in Lake Forest Park since 1999.
Kim Josund
Kim moved to the Puget Sound for college from Eastern Washington, she attended the University of Washington where she earned a degree in zoology. Kim's connection to nature began as a child camping and hiking with her family. She has worked in many areas of science, from genetics research to forest ecology, wildlife rehabilitation, environmental policy and lobbying. Past employers include the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Wilderness Society and the Washington Environmental Council. Preserving and restoring the natural features of our small town on the edge of the big city is important to her. She recently completed a Certificate in Natural Science Illustration at the UW; she wrote the grant and helped paint the salmon mural in the entryway of Brookside Elementary.
Doug Mitchell
Doug was one of the
founders of the Stewardship Foundation and served as its President for its first
four years. He's lived in Lake Forest Park since 1994. Doug is employed by an
out-of-state company as a Software Engineer, and also enjoys playing jazz guitar
and spending time with his son, Raymond.
Steve Plusch
Steve moved to Lake Forest Park in 1989 when he assumed his Coast Guard
duties as Chief of Operations for the Pacific Northwest; he served on active
duty for 30 years and retired in 1994. He got involved with City Government when
the “Keyhole” property, near his home in Horizon View, was about to be
developed. He founded a citizens group to ensure that the zoning was restored to
protect properties surrounding the “Keyhole.” He served on the Planning
Commission for 9 years. He started the LFP Telecommunications Committee and
helped lay the groundwork for the City’s Web site. He has also participated in
Crime Watch for 10 years. He served on the City Council for 1 year beginning in
November 2006. Steve serves on the Lake Forest Park Urban Forest Task Force
formed to improve the City’s tree ordinance. He became president of the Lake
Forest Park Stewardship Foundation in early 2008. Steve and Karen have two grown
children. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and a
Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering.
Rick comes to the Stewardship Foundation as an activist and educator. While living in the Portland, Oregon vicinity, he became actively involved in leading students to outdoor camp for one week each year. Ecological studies involved investigations in soil, water, plants and animals. After moving to Sunriver, Oregon, Rick continued his involvement with outdoor education. Students extensively studied plant and animals of the high desert as they worked in cooperation with the Sunriver Nature Center and High Desert Museum in Central Oregon. Rick also helped the Museum get started by teaching a class called “Patterns in Nature” based on the Fibonacci number pattern. Since moving to Lake Forest Park, Rick has involved his 3rd grade students in various environmental learning projects, including helping to save the Lyon Creek property before it became a park. Rick is currently on leave of absence.
Jean is a practicing Family Physician who has lived in Lake Forest Park since 1994. She was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. After receiving her undergraduate degree from MIT, she lived and traveled in Scotland, New Zealand and California before attending Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Jean completed her residency training at the University of Washington. In her spare time Jean enjoys theater, the outdoors (restoring wetlands, of course) and is thrilled to have made her home in the beautiful Northwest.
Yuichi Shoda, Ph.D.
Yuichi is a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. He was born and raised in Japan. After studying physics and geophysics at Hokkaido University, he studied psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Stanford University, and Columbia University, where he received his degree in 1990. Yuichi has been at the University of Washington since 1996 and has lived in Lake Forest Park since 1997. He serves on grant review panels at the National Institute of Health, and is on the editorial boards of two scientific journals. He confesses to not knowing which stream the rain falling on his roof went into until joining the LFPSF. He feels this is a good start for knowing and respecting how our lives and our long-term future depend on, and affect, the rest of the world.
Advisory Board Member Roster
The
Foundation also has an Advisory Board, which consists of distinguished members
of the community who have specific areas of expertise related to the mission and
strategies of the Foundation. They are:
Julian Andersen, former member of the Lake Forest Park Environmental Quality Commission.
Tony Angell, a longtime resident of Lake Forest Park who is an internationally recognized sculptor, artist and author, and recently retired Washington State Supervisor of Environmental Education.
Bill Bennett, founder and chair of StreamKeepers, former member of the LFP Environmental Quality Commission and educator.
Carol Dahl, former president, LFPSF, co-chair LFP Legacy TF, KC Conservation Futures CAB
Darlene Fairley, State Senator from 32nd District, owner of Antique store in Pioneer SquareDavid Hutchinson, Mayor of Lake Forest Park
Roger Loschen, Former Mayor of Lake Forest Park and Councilmember
Gordon Orions, Professor emeritus of Ecology, University of Washington, Board member of World Wildlife Foundation.
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