Who We Are

Our water, climate, and energy challenges are urgent.
And solvable.

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That’s why we bring together partners across all sectors of society to co-create entrepreneurial solutions that address climate challenges by restoring freshwater ecosystems and catalyzing a renewable energy future for all.

Whether you are just beginning your sustainability journey, or pushing for bigger, bolder climate goals across the globe, we can accelerate positive, more equitable and more inclusive impact.

Our Core Values
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Team

Kristi Buchanan Headshot
Operations Generalist

Kristi Buchanan

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Staff Accountant

Jenny Chung

Tomas Endicott headshot
Senior Program Manager, Renewables

Tomas Endicott

Kathleen "Kas" Guillozet headshot
Senior Director, BEF Watersheds

Kathleen “Kas” Guillozet

Aisha Heredia headshot
Senior Program Manager, Business for Water Stewardship

Aisha Heredia

Sara Hoversten headshot
Director, Business for Water Stewardship

Sara Hoversten

Rosemary Lopez headshot
Curriculum Design and Training Manager

Rosemary Lopez

Chaun MacQueen headshot
Senior Director, CE - Clean Energy. Bright Futures.

Chaun MacQueen

Cassandra Martin Headshot, Project Manager, Renewables
Project Manager, Renewables

Cassandra Martin

Scott McCaulou headshot
Director, Water Stewardship Project Portfolio

Scott McCaulou

Parker Mullins headshot
Program Director, CE - Clean Energy, Bright Futures

Parker Mullins

Katie Paul headshot
Accounting Manager

Katie Paul

Felicia Phillips headshot
Chief Financial Officer & VP of Operations

Felicia Phillips

Evan Ramsey headshot
Sr. Director, BEF Renewables

Evan Ramsey

Todd Reeve headshot
Chief Executive Officer

Todd Reeve

Heather Schrock headshot
Director, Environmental Partnerships

Heather Schrock

Kayla Seaforth headshot
Watersheds Program Technician

Kayla Seaforth

Hilary Shohoney headshot
Chief of Staff

Hilary Shohoney

Tyler Smith Headshot, Program Coordinator - Business for Water Stewardship
Program Coordinator, Business for Water Stewardship

Tyler Smith

Iain Sterry Headshot, STEM Engagement & Training Manager
STEM Engagement and Training Manager

Iain Sterry

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Senior Program Manager

Harold Thomas

Allan Warren headshot
Sr. Program Manager, Watersheds

Allan Warren

Robert Warren Headshot
Program Director, Watersheds

Robert Warren

Rebekah Wong headshot
Office Administrator

Rebekah Wong

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Sr. Project Manager, BEF Watersheds

Jean-Paul Zagarola

Operations Generalist

Kristi Buchanan

As a member of the BEF FinOps team, Kristi specializes in the management of workflow through departments within the business, including streamlining processes and procedures for efficiency. Kristi has worked in an operational role for over ten years – from managing a design studio to running large scale live events – Kristi enjoys being a support to the teams she works with and helping them find efficient ways to work through challenges and get projects to the finish line.

Area of Focus:Internal Operations

Fun Fact:When not working, Kristi can be found with her kids at softball and soccer games, gymnastics and exploring the beach. And she loves spending time in Eastern Oregon camping with her family.

Staff Accountant

Jenny Chung

Jenny joined BEF in 2023, where she supports the accounting functions, including Accounts Payable and Receivable invoice processing and vendor management. Prior to joining BEF, Jenny worked for a manufacturing company for over ten years, where she managed their Accounts Payable and Receivable.

Area of Focus:Finance and Accounting

Fun Fact:Outside of work, Jenny enjoys hiking and exploring various trails and National Parks with her friends. She also finds solace in practicing calligraphy during her free time.

Senior Program Manager, Renewables

Tomas Endicott

Tomas joined the Renewables team at BEF in 2020.  He has honed his skills in business development, grant writing, project planning and management, financial analysis, business operations and policy.  He manages the Zero Emission Vehicle Innovation (ZEVI) grant program and he assists schools, communities and utilities with solar project development and implementation.

Prior to joining BEF, Tomas spent twenty years in the private sector developing renewable energy projects with start-up companies and with engineering firms.  He has worked across different technologies, including biofuels, biogas, woody biomass and solar.  Most recently he worked as an independent solar developer for community solar projects in Southern Oregon.

Area of Focus:Solar Schools, Community Solar and Transportation Electrification

Fun Fact:Outside of work, Tomas enjoys spending time with his wife and two children--gardening, biking and traveling throughout the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Senior Director, BEF Watersheds

Kathleen “Kas” Guillozet

Kas supports PNW-centered collaboration, fundraising, and monitoring in service to watershed partners. She co-leads the Washington State Floodplains by Design initiative NGO backbone, and manages a dynamic team who build bridges and serve communities through: Collaborative Grow streamlined native plant procurement, knowledge sharing on climate adaptation, Promise the Pod and tree funding, Human Nature, and various Willamette Basin partnerships.   

Kas holds a PhD in Forest Social Science from Oregon State University and a BS in Biology from the Evergreen State College. She has worked in collaborative planning, ecological restoration, and socio-ecological research for 25+ years.

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Watersheds

Fun Fact:Some of Kas' favorite things include nature poetry, shortbread, talking to strangers, sitting around fires.

Senior Program Manager, Business for Water Stewardship

Aisha Heredia

Aisha joined the Business for Water Stewardship team in 2021. Her passion for community development and sustainability comes from a background in advocacy and public policy work in Hawai’i, California and Nevada. She manages partnerships with nonprofits and on-the-ground stakeholders and seeks to understand community needs, through the lens of equity, to achieve strategic outcomes.

Prior to joining BEF, Aisha spent fifteen years as a program manager spanning work with large research institutions and start-up nonprofits. She has worked on managing programs across statewide and national sectors.

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Program Impact, community needs assessment, tribal, philanthropic & nonprofit partnerships

Fun Fact:Water stewardship is a way of life. Aisha enjoys permaculture and has lived and worked on small farms. She spends her time enjoying the mountains and the sea, being the best aunty for four littles, and trying to learn about native plants wherever she goes.

Director, Business for Water Stewardship

Sara Hoversten

Sara has been with BEF for over 5 years and currently holds the position of Director of Business for Water Stewardship. In this role she oversees the strategic approach and implementation of the program, engages and maintains corporate partnerships, and helps guide the investment in conservation partners. She’s focused on growth opportunities for the program that continue to drive support for partners and the on-the-ground impact and expand the environmental water stewardship field with an eye on equity and diverse perspectives.

After graduating with an M.B.A. in sustainable business practices, Sara launched her career in sustainability working for a nonprofit in the sports industry. 

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Corporate, philanthropic & nonprofit partnerships

Fun Fact:Once found on long runs and hikes in nature, Sara spends her time these days walking in the forest much more slowly, and quite distractedly, with two small boys and her partner.

Curriculum Design and Training Manager

Rosemary Lopez

Rosemary joined the CE team at BEF in 2021 to focus on energy curriculum, educator resources, and teacher training.  She works with educators nationwide to implement programs which meet the needs of local communities and classrooms through professional development.

Rosemary is a former science educator with two decades of classroom experience at the K-12 and college levels, specializing in place-based and interdisciplinary science.  She has also served as a school administrator, curriculum specialist, and volleyball coach.  

Pronouns:she/her/they/them

Focus Area:Energy Curriculum Development and Teacher Training, STEM Education and Educator

Fun Fact:A Southern California native, Rosemary spends her free time gardening, cooking vegan meals with her family, and walking their rescue dog by the beach.

Senior Director, CE - Clean Energy. Bright Futures.

Chaun MacQueen

Chaun joined BEF in 2014 and oversees CE – Clean Energy. Bright Futures. program impact nationally. She offers innovation and creative thinking to scale CE’s efforts to advance an equitable clean energy, low-carbon future.

Chaun brings a technical natural resource background and over 25 years of experience designing and managing environmental education programs, stakeholder engagement, coalition building and startup of social and environmental impact initiatives stateside and abroad. (Peace Corps Volunteer, Nepal 1997-1999).

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Equitable Clean Energy Education, Strategic Partnership Development, Program Impact & Communications

Fun Fact:If she’s not in the woods or garden, Chaun is reading (and slowly writing) sci fi/speculative fiction where she can experience and hopefully create new worlds of possibility.

Project Manager, Renewables

Cassandra Martin

Cassandra joined BEF in 2023. She works within the Renewable Energy team to support the development of community solar projects and manages the subscribers of ongoing projects. She also supports the Zero Emission Vehicle Innovation (ZEVI) grant program, working with tribes and consumer-owned utilities to fund electric vehicle projects. 


Before joining BEF she had been working in the transportation industry for 5 years, where she gained experience in developing innovative transportation solutions that prioritize the needs of the community.

Pronouns:she/her

Areas of Focus:Community Solar and Transportation Electrification

Fun Fact:Cassandra enjoys spending time outside snowboarding, hiking, and biking. When indoors she enjoys reading and puzzles.

Director, Water Stewardship Project Portfolio

Scott McCaulou

Scott develops conservation partnerships that improve water stewardship. He offers technical and strategic oversight to ensure that these partnerships are effective and aligned with the funding partners’ goals.

Prior to joining BEF, Scott spent more than two decades working on river restoration throughout the Pacific Northwest. At the Deschutes River Conservancy, he established some of the nation’s first streamflow restoration projects and built a host of collaborative conservation partnerships with cities and irrigators. He later managed regional efforts to restore streamflow throughout the Columbia and Klamath River Basins.

Area of Focus:Corporate Water Stewardship, Watershed Restoration

Fun Fact:When he’s not working, Scott is either recreating on the region’s rivers—or the snowpack that sustains them. He is based in Bend, Ore., and enjoys skiing, fishing, camping and boating with his family.

Program Director, CE - Clean Energy, Bright Futures

Parker Mullins

Parker joined BEF in 2015 and manages the CE program and its delivery team, providing strategic direction to its dynamic managers. He works daily with national partners in industry and educational spaces to develop two-way relationships between these spaces that encourage equity-driven energy education that leverages local resources and challenges.

Parker brings over a decade of experience working in varying educational environments, from being a high school classroom teacher to working in dual-diagnosis residential treatment for adolescents. He has also worked and volunteered in watershed restoration, a focus in his own education.

Pronouns:he/him

Area of Focus:Place-based Energy Education, Teacher Leadership Development, Education and Industry Partnerships, Program Design and Evaluation

Fun Fact:Born in Oklahoma, Parker celebrates the PNW whenever possible, whether it is running through favorite Portland neighborhoods and trails, fishing regional rivers, or investing time into its rich music history.

Accounting Manager

Katie Paul

Katie is a Certified Public Accountant who joined BEF in 2014. She manages all aspects of accounting for BEF including the general ledger system, preparing monthly financial statements, coordinating the budget process and executing the year end audit.

Prior to joining BEF, Katie worked for over ten years in auditing and governmental accounting focused on non-profit entities. Her expertise includes fund management and reporting, auditing, grant management and budget development.

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Finance and accounting

Fun Fact:Outside of work, Katie can be found enjoying the sun while traveling or at the ballpark with her husband and three children.

Chief Financial Officer & VP of Operations

Felicia Phillips

Felicia joined BEF in 2008. She leads the Finance and Operations team, oversees the CE – Clean Energy. Bright Futures program, engages the Finance Committee and Board of Directors on high level financial matters, and manages BEF’s business operations. She thrives on developing and advancing solid foundations and systems for business sustainability and growth.

Fueled by variety, she has over 20 years of experience in providing senior level leadership in a wide range of functional areas including accounting/finance, IT, human resources, legal services and contract management, product line development, supply chain management, customer service, and data processing. A huge proponent of education, Felicia holds an AA in Accounting, BA in Business Administrative Leadership, JD in Law, and a Masters Certificate in Healthcare Administration.

Area of Focus:Finance & Business Operations

Fun Fact:When she isn't working, Felicia enjoys playing tennis, reading, camping, exploring natural and wild areas, and hanging out with her two Labrador Retrievers, Eva and Ponte.

Sr. Director, BEF Renewables

Evan Ramsey

Evan has been with BEF since 2014 and leads the organization’s work on renewable energy, demand response, energy efficiency, and electrification.  He brings deep renewable energy experience and has consulted with hundreds of communities, businesses, governments, and utilities to provide technical, financial, development, and management expertise on projects across the country. 

His work at BEF includes pioneering the region’s first low-income benefitting community solar project, supporting dozens of low-impact hydro projects, engaging on multiple levels of energy policy, founding the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance, commissioning cost/benefit studies on vehicle electrification, delivering the first hydrogen fueling station in the Pacific Northwest, and leveraging over $30m in funding to support such projects.

Area of Focus:Community Solar, electric vehicles, renewable hydrogen

Fun Fact:Evan is the proud father of two and when not playing with Legos or Play Doh enjoys sports and the outdoors.

Chief Executive Officer

Todd Reeve

Todd is CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and has been with BEF for over 20 years. During this time he helped BEF create numerous first-of-a kind programs that rely on the power of partnership and collective impact to solve pressing energy, water, and climate challenges.

Todd’s career has been built upon a vision of leveraging diverse perspectives to harness untapped potential for positive and lasting water, climate, and energy solutions.  His work has included partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, universities, tribes and NGOs to build and support programs and projects that maintain healthy water resources, advance the clean energy movement, and enlist corporations and communities as core leaders in social and environmental solutions. Todd is Co-Founder of BEF’s Business for Water Stewardship (BWS), Change the Course (CtC), and Water Restoration Certificate (WRC) programs.

Area of Focus:Executive Leadership, Corporate Water Stewardship, Renewable Energy, Watershed Restoration

Fun Fact:Todd lives for outdoor adventures with his family. He spends every free minute away from BEF planning trips (many imagined, some real) into the mountains, rivers, and lakes of the West.

Director, Environmental Partnerships

Heather Schrock

Heather focuses on developing relationships with all types of entities, including corporations, small businesses, universities, and nonprofits to help them understand their impacts in carbon, water and energy.

Heather comes to BEF with a diverse background in sustainability, outreach, marketing and sales. Previously, she was the Portland Regional Manager of the ReDirect Guide, a local green directory, and has served on the boards of Green Drinks PDX and VOIS (Voice for Oregon Innovation and Sustainability). She has also been a professional singer, dancer, public speaker and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. As a Portland native, Heather enjoys the Pacific NW for its many outdoor offerings and an abundance of fantastic food!

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Corporate, philanthropic, & nonprofit partnerships

Fun Fact:Heather is a musician in her spare time and is the lead singer and back up guitar/ukulele player in a local Portland band called Hushfire.

Watersheds Program Technician

Kayla Seaforth

Kayla joined BEF in 2021 as a part time technician. She supports the work of the Treeline program through newsletter generation and engagement with project partners.

In addition to her work with BEF, Kayla works as a steward of conservation lands in the San Juan Islands where she works to enhance and restore forests, grasslands and riparian habitat while also providing opportunities for public interaction with the landscape. Kayla is especially interested in the intersection of thriving, functional ecosystems and the communities they support.

Area of Focus:Watersheds

Fun Fact:In her off time, Kayla enjoys soaking in the beauty of the Cascade mountains on foot and kayaking in the Salish Sea with friends and family.

Chief of Staff

Hilary Shohoney

Hilary joined BEF in 2022. She is a champion for resilient nonprofit practices that amplify mission impact. Hilary’s role encompasses guiding staff development, program execution and strategic planning. Additionally, Hilary focuses on assuring effective internal communications and development and measurement of performance metrics across the organization. 

Hilary believes that the mission of an organization must start with how it treats its staff, and she brings this framework to shaping organizational culture. Hilary has over a decade of leadership experience, with many of those years committed to nonprofit leadership and impact. Noting that personal experiences are key drivers of mission-based, professional work, Hilary seeks to amplify organizational and community impact through a recognition of people as individuals.  

Pronouns:she/her

Area of Focus:Culture, Strategy & Communications

Fun Fact:Hilary is a committed life-long learner and when she isn’t at work you can find her reading, listening to podcasts and involved in discussions that help her to make sense of the world.

Program Coordinator, Business for Water Stewardship

Tyler Smith

Tyler joined BEF in 2023 as the Business for Water Stewardship Program Coordinator. He strives to understand watershed conditions by conducting basin research and collaborating with
in-basin partner organizations. He aims to deliver long-term, high-impact and equitable solutions to ecosystems and their communities through strategic project portfolio management.

Prior to joining BEF, Tyler spent years in the public sector analyzing water rights throughout Idaho, gaining a deep understanding of the intersection of water policy and management in the Western US.

Pronouns:he/him

Area of Focus:Corporate Water Stewardship, Basin Research

Fun Fact:Outside of work, Tyler is always looking for somewhere new to explore and can be found in remote locations enjoying the beauty and solitude of nature.

STEM Engagement and Training Manager

Iain Sterry

Iain joined the Clean Energy. Bright Futures team at BEF in 2023 as a STEM Engagement and Training Manager. Their work focuses on connecting with the STEM community, supporting teachers through professional development and collaborating with external partners to develop effective clean energy learning experiences.

Iain is a former science museum educator with over 10 years of experience teaching informal STEM education courses across the Pacific Northwest for learners of all ages. They are also a highly skilled public speaker with a knack for engaging and joyful presentations that inspire and educate audiences everywhere. 

Pronouns:they/them

Area of Focus:Science Communication, Teacher Training, Community Engagement

Fun Fact:When Iain isn’t working you can find them out walking slowly through the forest, riding their bike, drinking lots of tea or learning how to play the drums

Senior Program Manager

Harold Thomas

Harold joined BEF in 2021. He’s part of the Arizona Business for Water Stewardship team, engaging businesses in water security to ensure continued economic and ecological vitality in the State. In this role he raises the voices and concerns of ranchers, growers, developers, small businesses, and industry leaders.

Prior to joining BEF Harold worked in the US and internationally on climate adaptation planning, watershed restoration, integrating water resources management and land use planning, and community building. Harold is particularly interested in connecting people with nature and each other to find common ground and solutions.

Area of Focus:Business Engagement and Sustainability

Fun Fact:Outside of work Harold enjoys Arizona sunsets and stargazing with family and friends. He’s based in Tucson, Arizona where he climbs the Lemmon and hikes to the many springs and waterfalls in the Santa Cruz Watershed.

Sr. Program Manager, Watersheds

Allan Warren

As the Senior Watersheds Program Manager, Allan supports an integrated floodplain management network and other region-wide watershed restoration fundraising programs and partnerships. He cultivates relationships with a geographically diverse array of floodplain practitioners and co-managers including tribal nations, agencies, nonprofits, and other partners in Washington state.

Allan joined BEF with over 15-years of experience in communications, fund development, and executive leadership in the environmental field. Allan has successfully written and managed over $20 million in grants to support farmland conservation, green stormwater infrastructure, salmon habitat restoration, and urban food access initiatives.

Area of Focus:Floodplains by Design

Fun Fact:In his personal time, Allan can be found skiing, rafting rivers, or retreating to his remote cabin in Alaska with his wife and two young children.

Program Director, Watersheds

Robert Warren

Since joining BEF in 2008, Robert has collaborated directly with a diverse range of public and private institutions that support watershed restoration efforts as well as with the organizations that work with their communities to advance restoration goals. Robert is particularly interested in helping develop the capacity of local initiatives to ensure they are strategically focused, that partners are able to track progress over time, and that the work is sustainable over the time scales needed to achieve success.

Calling on his own experience as a restoration practitioner, Robert is able to understand the opportunities and challenges that partners face and collaborate with them to explore and test solutions.

Area of Focus:Watershed stewardship planning and implementation

Fun Fact:Robert steps into nature to personally connect with the environment, usually carrying a camera and sometimes a fly rod.

Office Administrator

Rebekah Wong

Rebekah provides administrative support to all BEF staff, which includes a wide range of operations work, coordinating BEF’s Safety Committee, and maintaining governance and compliance documentation.

Prior to BEF, Rebekah worked for a private timber investment management organization as the executive assistant to the CEO, where she collaborated with all levels of the organization and managed board and committee governance and all-staff communications.

Area of Focus:Operational support and administration

Fun Fact:Rebekah steps into nature by walking with her family and friends in the beautiful nature parks surrounding the Portland area.

Sr. Project Manager, BEF Watersheds

Jean-Paul Zagarola

As a project manager for BEF since 2015, Jean-Paul develops and implements innovative and large-scale ecological restoration projects for small local non-profits. He brings technical expertise, on-the-ground experience, and a socio-ecological lens to environmental problems. Jean-Paul takes pride in supporting community-based organizations carry out their conservation work.

Jean-Paul has worked in the environmental field since 2005, primarily as a project manager throughout western Oregon but also internationally as a research tech in the jungles of Trinidad and as a Fulbright Scholar in southern Chile and Argentina.

Area of Focus:Watershed Restoration and Enhancement

Fun Fact:Jean-Paul regularly enjoys the bounty the Willamette River basin has to offer whether through a serene paddle or foraging ingredients for the next wild-crafted meal.

Board of Directors

Andy Macklin, Managing Director, WSP

Board Chair

Emily Leach, Commercial Banking Team Leader at Heritage Bank

Board Vice Chair, Finance Committee Member

Felice Belfiore, Sr. Advisor at Agriculture Capital

Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair

Rebecca O’Neil, Advisor at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Secretary

Angela Becker-Dippmann, Director, Program Development Office for Energy and Environment at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Director

Ralph Cavanagh, Former Energy Co-Director, NRDC Climate & Clean Energy

Director

Wendy Gerlitz, State and Regional Regulatory Policy at Puget Sound Energy

Finance Committee Member

Vickei Hrdina, Executive Director, Career Connect Southwest Network ESD 112

Finance Committee Member

Dan James, Chief Workforce and Strategy Officer, Bonneville Power Administration

Ex Officio Member

Kurt Lynam, Tribal Relationship Management and Policy Advisor

Director

Paul Norman, retired SVP at BPA

Director

Rudy Salakory, Conservation Director, Friends of the Columbia Gorge

Director

Annie Terracciano, General Manager at Northern Lights

Director

Brett Wilcox, CEO CVictus

Finance Committee Member