EcoWB Mission & GoalsEcologists Without BordersEcoWB_08b7a8c8-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Lawrence DominguezLawrence Dominguez is Founder and a consulting fish and aquatic ecologist with over 25 years of professional experience in salmon and trout conservation, landscape planning, and environmental regulation. He holds a Masters degree from the Evergreen State College Graduate School of the Environment where he has served as faculty adjunct. He is former president of the Washington-British Columbia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and was the General Chair for the American Fisheries Society’s 2011 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Mr. Dominguez is a former Washington Department of Natural Resources, USFWS, and National Marine Fisheries Service employee and served in Liberia, West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1980s. His consulting experience includes Endangered Species Act, large-scale energy projects, and freshwater and marine fish and aquatic resources assessments. Mr. Dominguez has traveled to many parts of the world including desperately impoverished urban and rural regions -- experiences that nourished his passion for helping people’s welfare and spirit and recover from chronic or disaster-related environmental conditions. The idea of providing volunteer technical assistance and securing financial support for solving environmental problems seemed timely and much-needed. Mr. Dominguez contributes to program, project, and partnership development across various committee areas.Dr. Eric KnudsenDr. Eric Knudsen, EcoWB Co-Founder, has concentrated on marine, estuarine, and freshwater fisheries science throughout his academic and professional career. He earned his B.S. degree in Fisheries Science from the University of Massachusetts and an M.S. in Fisheries Science and a Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries science from Louisiana State University. He has 37 years post-baccalaureate experience in fisheries and wildlife science and management. His work has ranged from research on estuarine-dependent Gulf of Mexico fisheries, to many years focused on Pacific salmonids in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. During his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, and later as an independent consultant, Dr. Knudsen has been involved with salmonid population ecology, population status and trends, habitat interactions, and discerning the strengths and weaknesses of salmon monitoring and assessment techniques. Dr. Knudsen is often called upon to provide expert independent peer review of fisheries management and science documents and processes. Dr. Knudsen is a Past President of the Washington–British Columbia Chapter and the Western Division, American Fisheries Society. He currently chairs the Board of Directors of the Prince William Sound Science Center and is the Conservation Program Director for the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation. His EcoWB areas of interests are: developing the EcoWB organization, fundraising, and the transfer of technology and knowledge to fisheries and aquaculture programs in the developing world. Dr. Knudsen serves as President of EcoWB.Cleveland R. StewardCleveland R. Steward, EcoWB Co-founder, is a senior fisheries scientist and conservation biologist with over 30 years experience and education in salmon and trout ecology and management. After a stint with NOAA Fisheries, Mr. Steward started his own consulting company, Steward and Associates, which was acquired in 2008 by AMEC Earth and Infrastructure, Inc. He is currently a Principal and Fisheries Scientist in Hart Crowser’s Portland, OR office. Mr. Steward has served in a variety of leadership positions, providing technical analysis, policy guidance and management direction on salmon recovery, watershed planning, water and land use, fish passage and habitat protection, mitigation, and restoration. Most recently was elected vice president of the western division of the American Fisheries Society. Over the next four years, Steward will serve sequentially as vice president, president-elect, president and past president for the division. As former President of the Washington Section of the American Water Resources Association, current President and Executive Director of the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation, board member of Washington Water Trust, General Chair for the American Fisheries Society’s 2011 Annual General Meeting, and co-recipient of AFS' 1997 President’s Conservation Award, Mr. Steward is widely recognized for his contributions to his profession and his efforts to conserve aquatic resources. Mr. Steward serves as Vice-President of EcoWB.EcoWB Governing BoardThe Governing Board manages the affairs of EcoWB in accordance with the organization’s mission, bylaws, and strategic plan. The board currently consists of co-founders Eric Knudsen (President), Cleve Steward (Vice President), Norma Jean Sands (Treasurer), Roger Palm (Secretary), and David Fornander (Member-at-Large). Members generally serve 3-year terms.Dr. Norma Jean SandsDr. Norma Jean Sands has studied oceanic and fishery ecosystems throughout her professional career. She earned her B.S. degree in biological oceanography and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in quantitative science in fisheries, all from the University of Washington. Between degrees she worked in Norway at the universities of Bergen and Tromsø on zooplankton dynamics and community analysis. After her Ph.D. she worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for 13 years on salmon fisheries management and status and conservation of the salmon stocks. She was active in joint work between the U.S. and Canada under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between those two nations. She is now employed by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, working on Pacific Salmon conservation, especially with salmon recovery efforts in Puget Sound. She has been an active member of the American Fisheries Society for many years, most recently she served as the Budget and Financial chair for the American Fisheries Society’s 2011 highly successful Annual General Meeting in Seattle.The Governing Board manages the affairs of EcoWB in accordance with the organization’s mission, bylaws, and strategic plan.Dr. Roger PalmDr. Roger Palm is a fisheries scientist with over 37 years of experience in the public sector, academia, and the private sector since graduating from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in natural resources. He also earned an M.S. degree in fisheries from Auburn University with emphases in water quality and aquaculture, as well as a Ph.D. in fisheries from the University of Washington which focused on fish immunology. Dr. Palm served as a Peace Corps fisheries volunteer in Zaire and Rwanda which solidified his interest in fisheries, wildlife conservation, languages, and development work. Since that time he has served as the head of Peace Corps’ fisheries programming and training efforts based in Washington D.C., as an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, and as a research scientist at Alpharma, Inc. in Bellevue, Washington. In 1999, he co-founded ProFishent, Inc. with two colleagues, and has served as President and CEO ever since. ProFishent is committed to fish health research and consulting, as well as utilizing appropriate technology to solve fisheries problems worldwide. Dr. Palm has published articles in multiple professional journals and has worked and/or traveled in 77 countries. In the last several years, he has continued his commitment to international fisheries development efforts with consulting assignments in Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Recently, he gave a talk at the Ecologists without Borders session at the World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the importance of farmer selection and experiential training in the promotion of small-scale aquaculture. Dr. Palm sees EcoWB as a badly needed entity for providing timely ecological expertise to critical development efforts and is determined to help ensure that the organization successfully fulfills that obligation.Dr. David FornanderDr. Fornander's initial engagement with EcoWB came as an invited Advisory Member. He is experienced in the physical, biological and social components specific to ecosystem function and his work spans the disciplines of political ecology, conservation and biogeography. Most of his work incorporates a large-scale ecosystem management theoretic, assessing impact to the watershed in its entirety (a whitewater to blue water approach). This includes analysis of the spatial and temporal effects of various forms of land use on ecosystem processes, species of concern and associative environmental policy. Dr. Fornander has worked across a wide variety of ecosystems throughout the Americas, South Pacific and Caribbean, with specific focus on fisheries, coral reefs, mangrove communities, coastal flats, estuaries, rivers and riparian corridors. He has worked at all levels of governance and is experienced in conducting biological inventories, habitat/watershed assessments, field surveys, technical writing, environmental compliance, mitigation and restoration. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, and holds a M.A. and B.S. from Boise State University and Washington State University, respectively. Dr. Forander’s adventurous spirit, genuine concern for global environmental issues, and wherewithal and knowledge to do something about those issues, is a great example of the heart that drives EcoWB.EcoWB PartnersEcologists Without Borders would like to thank the many corporations, foundations, government agencies, and affiliates who support our mission: promote environmental sustainability and improve societal welfare in at-risk areas of the world.AMEC Environment and InfrastructureCorporate PartnerCH2MHillCorporate PartnerEcoAssets, IncCorporate PartnerGreen Advocates - West AfricaCorporate PartnerNorthwest Marine TechnologiesCorporate PartnerPACLANDCorporate PartnerAmerican Fisheries SocietyInstitutional PartnerAmerican Fisheries Society Washington-British Columbia ChapterInstitutional PartnerThe Evergreen State CollegeInstitutional PartnerUniversité de La RochelleInstitutional PartnerUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoInstitutional PartnerUniversity of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery ScienceInstitutional PartnerSustainable Fisheries FoundationOrganization Partner Global Social Business PartnersOrganization PartnerMeacham FoundationOrganization PartnerEcoWB Volunteer StaffSylvia Rivera, MBABusiness Development Coordinator -- Sylvia is an independent business consultant, Costa Rican who resides in La Rochelle, France with her German husband Hans Hartman, professor of Marine Biology at the University of La Rochelle and they both share a passion about global conservation and environmental stewardship. While maintaining her business that focuses on helping start-up businesses, Sylvia is engaging EcoWB Board members to facilitate the development of long-term financial planning. She is also assisting in the development of our Program and Project Development guidelinesRachel Hovel, PhDCommunications Manager -- Rachel is donating her time to the early development of EcoWB’s communication system. She works with database developers and our various e-mail correspondents to ensure our partners and ESPs are kept up to date with organizational developments. Rachel is completing her doctorate at the University of Washington where she maintains a broad interest in the processes of community ecology for freshwater fishes and the ways that biological systems respond to large scale disturbances.Renata SobolSocial Media Strategist -- Renata is EcoWB's Marketing and Social Media expert. EcoWB benefits from her extensive experience in graphic design, marketing, web development, e-commerce and advertising, client relations and business development, and proficiency with ad campaigns. Renata has worked in the environmental consulting industry for many years and her understanding of complex environmental problems and the inherent need to connect multi-disciplinary professionals helps effectively communicate the EcoWB mission to partners.Dawn Pucci-SpilsburyDatabase Developer -- Dawn is the owner of Spilsbury Data Services and is donating her effort to develop EcoWB's behind-the-scenes database environment in conjunction with Rachel, John and Bryan. She is an independent database management consultant who started as a forest and fish biologist for many years working in BC Canada, Florida and Washington. She now designs databases for researchers and provides data entry, organization and QA services, as well as final editing for journal formats, with the goal to help increase research efficiency between field data collection and publication. She can be reached at spilsburyds@comcast.net or (360)620-0735. Assisting Dawn, University of Vancouver Island Information Technology and Applied Systems professor John Loewen is providing expert oversight in software and programming evaluation and input on short and long-term organizational needs.Jordan ZanmillerIntern -- Jordan is volunteering with EcoWB during her last term at Western Washington University. She is working to build a database of organizations that are involved in fisheries technology transfers to the developing; the database will be able to evolve with the growth of EcoWB. Jordan is graduating in June 2012 with a BS in Environmental Science, Marine Ecology and has focused her studies on fisheries and algal biodiversity.Jennifer StorvickAdministration Intern Partner Development and Business Development -- A recent graduate of Western Washington University, Jennifer brings an incredible set of skills in administration, web development, MS office suite expertise, and of course she loves biology and ecology. Her background in study and research is in organic chemistry and she has taken a keen interest in environmental issues. Jennifer will be contributing her efforts in developing relationships with other partner organizations and administration._08b7aa6c-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42To promote environmental sustainability and improve societal welfare in at-risk areas of the world through the transfer and application of ecological knowledge and technology, and to financially support projects and activities that further these goals._08b7ac88-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Healthy EnvironmentWe believe that a healthy environment is key to reducing poverty and strife, ensuring food security, enhancing livelihoods, and improving the quality of life of the earth's inhabitantsFood SecurityQuality of LifeExpertiseConservationEconomic ViabilityCommunity WelfareInformed Decision-MakingEnvironmental StewardshipEconomic SustainabilitySocial SustainabilityEnvironmental SustainabilityAwarenessIncrease awareness of ecological integrity, or harmony, as essential for economic, social, and environmental sustainability_08b7ad82-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc421_08b7ae86-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Expert ServicesProvide expert ecological services to areas of the world that face environmental problems stemming from natural or human causes_08b7b728-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc422_08b7b7f0-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Volunteer NetworkCreate an international network of volunteer Ecological Service Providers_08b7b7f1-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc423Ecological Service Providersecologists able to provide technical assistance, training, and hands-on support when and where it will do the most good_08b7b976-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Conservation & SustainabilityPromote the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources to ensure the sustenance, economic viability, and welfare of the community over the long-term_08b7b977-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc424_08b7b978-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Educational OpportunitiesProvide educational opportunities that foster environmental stewardship and informed, ecologically sensitive decisions_08b7b979-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc425_08b7b97a-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc42Engagement & CollaborationEngage and collaborate with scientists, resource managers, community leaders, social workers, conservationists, other organizations, governments, NGOs, and local communities to achieve economic, social, and environmental sustainability_08b7b9d0-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc426ScientistsResource ManagersCommunity LeadersSocial WorkersConservationistsGovernmentsNGOsLocal Communities_08b7bbe2-c2da-11e4-b765-bfcccf60cc422015-03-04http://ecowb.org/about-us/mission/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net