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Chris joined the Estuary Partnership in 1998 and now serves as Community Programs Director. Chris manages our community programs, including classroom and field programs with students, community volunteer plantings, and the Lower Columbia River Water Trail stewardship and advocacy. He also manages and implements stormwater and land use projects, including work with schools and communities who are retrofitting large expanses of impervious surface area. He plays a major role building and maintaining partnerships to ensure we are including and working with multiple sectors throughout our study

Shauna Hanisch-Kirkbride is the Vancouver Field Office Manager for the Washington State Department of Ecology. Prior to joining Ecology in 2023, she was the Managing Director of Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group. Other positions include teaching environmental science at a small college in Michigan and nearly a decade with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Arlington, Virginia working on management of double-crested cormorants. As an avid animal lover, she and her husband have fostered many dogs for local rescues and currently volunteer monthly for The Pongo Fund pet food bank in

John serves as the Southwest Regional Representative for Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, a position he held in Governor Jay Inslee’s administration beginning in August of 2022. He has more than eight years of experience in community outreach, government relations, grassroots political organizing, and volunteer management. Most recently before his time in state service, John was the Political Director at Clark County Forward, where he recruited, trained, and organized volunteers to contact local voters and educate them on candidates, county charter amendments, and other ballot measures. Prior