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Consider Joining PCEI's Board
If you think you would like to volunteer some of your time to better
your community and your environment then consider joining the PCEI
Board of Directors. You can download the PCEI Board job description and
the application form below. Please fill out the form and mail it to
PCEI, PO Box 8596, Moscow ID 83843.
PCEI Board Member Job Description
(pdf 188k)
PCEI Board Member Nomination
Form.pdf (pdf 88k)
The Board makes nominations from submitted applications, and the PCEI
membership votes on the candidates at our Annual Membership Meeting in
December. See our calendar of events for details on these gatherings
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Carole Wells, President
Carole supervises a clinic at the law school’s Legal Aid Clinic. She has
lived in Moscow since 2000 and is grateful to be able to continue to
live in such a vibrant, close-knit community. She can be found riding
her bike around town – even in inclement weather- when it is a real
challenge. Carole is also a “curler” (it’s a Canadian thing), sings in
the Idaho Washington Concert Chorale and is interested in co-housing.
Carole has been married to Steve for 30 years and they have 4 great
kids who are scattered around the northwest. Email Carole
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Jim Ekins, Vice President
Jim Ekins started his service career early, volunteering with his
parents doing trail construction and maintenance with the Florida Trail
Association. He later earned a bachelor’s in Natural Resource Management
from Western Carolina U. He became a park ranger at Canyonlands in Utah,
a ski bum in Colorado, trekked to K2 in Pakistan, and worked two seasons
at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and finally earned a Masters in
Community and Regional (Environmental) Planning from UOregon. Jim's
Master's Thesis took a sociological view of volunteering and of
nonprofits. He asked why substantive volunteers quit their active
participation with Oregon Watershed Councils. He then worked in the
ecological restoration field as a technician and a project coordinator
with a number of voluntary organizations and state agencies. He also
lived in Worcester, MA, for a couple of years and worked as the Clark
University Arboretum Steward. His involvement with the nonprofit world
here in Idaho began with volunteering in PCEI’s Native Plant Nursery in
2006, and the next year as PCEI’s Community Outreach Specialist
AmeriCorps Member. Currently, Jim is in his fourth year as
Service-Learning and Internship Coordinator, and is increasingly making
the connection between human poverty and ecological poverty. Email Jim
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Josh Boyce, Secretary
Josh has a PhD in Biology from the UI and studied reproductive
development of post-spawn steelhead in the Columbia River basin as a
postdoctoral student. He and his wife Rosy own the Little River Bed and
Breakfast. Email Josh
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Alexa Makhani, Treasurer
Alexa is a Fiscal Specialist at WSU and has served on the PCEI finance
committee for over a year. She is the secretary of the local
Toastmasters. Email
Alexa
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Richard Huggins
Richard was planner on 22 park & recreation projects from Alaska to
Wyoming, 15 to 15,000 acres. And was the director of planning and
program development for a multi-county, rural non profit growing from 3
to 33 grants for transportation, arts & recreation, housing, seniors,
economic development, energy, VISTA, etc. His recent emphasis is
Emergency Management in a rural Oregon county, Stanford University
programs, and Bay Area businesses. He's served on many local, state, &
regional boards/committees for energy, food co-op, hazardous materials,
League of Women Voters, solid waste, disaster, and search & rescue.
Richard's great-grand parents homesteaded north of Colton in the
1880's. He lives in Pullman and enjoys sailing, hiking, and camping.
Email Richard
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Jack Sullivan
Jack is native of Vermont and has been a biology professor at the
University of Idaho since 1997. His research focuses on evolution,
phylogenetics and conservation genetics. He has published studies on
genetic responses to climatic fluctuations of endemic members of the of
the Pacific Northwest mesic-forest ecosystem, including several
amphibians (e.g., tailed frogs, Coeur d’Alene salamanders and Idaho
giant salamanders), mammals (e.g., water voles, red-tailed chipmunks)
and plants (e.g., Constance’s bittercress). He teaches Mammalogy and
Principles of Systematic Biology, and has served as the major professor
for several MS and PhD students. He has recently served as
Editor-in-Chief of a leading scientific journal, Systematic Biology,
and has just been elected President of the Society of Systematic
Biologists. In addition, he, along with his wife Brandy, is a co-owner
of a coffee shop in downtown Moscow. He enjoys coaching his two
children’s (Connor and Terra) sports teams, hiking, camping,
fly-fishing, rafting, running, enology, and picking mushrooms. Email Jack |
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Lynn Wells
Lynn works in the College of Natural Resources at the University of
Idaho as a manager for the FRAMES Program (Fire Research and Management
Exchange System). Prior to this, Lynn spent a number of years with the
National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Youth
Conservation Corps. She has worked as a biological technician, natural
resource specialist, park ranger, trail crew leader, wildland fire
manager, and prescribed fire specialist. She even worked at PCEI for a
time. Lynn has previously served on the board of directors of the
Palouse Land Trust, the Land Trust of East Alabama, and the Moscow
Civic Association. She’s called Moscow home for over 20 years now,
and she and her son, Ian, can often be seen around town involved in the
community they love. Email Lynn |
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Jerry Long
Jerry is a professor at the University of Idaho’s College of Law, where
he teaches land-use and environmental law. He is also affiliated with
the University’s interdisciplinary Water Resources and Bioregional
Planning and Community Design programs. In his academic life, Jerry
tries to understand what factors motivate individuals and communities
to adopt socially and ecologically sustainable behavior. Jerry is an
Idaho native and returned to the state in 2007 after a decade exploring
other parts of the country. He is an avid cyclist and skier, and enjoys
wandering around the West with his wife and two sons. Email Jerry |
Gail DeSantis
Gail is a very active retiree and PCEI neighbor. She serves on the PCEI
facilities committee and is a dedicated PCEI office volunteer. Working
with PCEI’s watershed program personnel, Gail oversaw the enhancement
of wetland areas along the natural drainage on her nearby Rabbit Hills
Preserve, an ongoing endeavor in restoring farm land to habitat for
wildlife. She often may be seen planting, mowing trails and tending
her orchard on the preserve. Gail has had a lifelong fascination with
insects and other creepy crawlies, and has been collecting insects
since she was “knee high to a grasshopper”. As an undergraduate at
UCLA, Gail combined studies in biology and art into a degree in
scientific illustration. After earning a Master’s degree in
entomology, she worked in research on the reproductive and
developmental biology of mosquitoes and taught the labs for the Insect
Biology course at the UI for 18 years. Nowadays she is out with her
nets and vials checking out the insects on Rabbit Hills Preserve and
the PCEI Nature Center. Gail also enjoys weaving, and is a member of
the Palouse Hills Weavers Guild. Email Gail
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Jennifer Wik
Jennifer is a Clarkston resident with previous experience as a non-game
biologist in Coeur d’Alene for the Idaho Department for Fish and Game.
Jennifer is a dedicated PCEI volunteer for events like our annual
Animals of the Night and other education projects. Email Jennifer
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Randy Stevens
Randy spent his formidable years growing up in Spokane, WA. While
attending Washington State University he earned a Bachelors degree in
Architecture. After school he remained in the gorgeous Palouse area.
In October of 2004 he became an AmeriCorps member with the
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute. Randy worked with the
Watersheds program,the community garden and our Sustainable Living
program. When Randy is not working at the Palouse Conservation
District he can usually be found out on the water with his sailboat, in
the mountains hiking or skiing depending on the weather, or chilling at
home reading, sculpting, or cooking for friends. And remember: Go
Cougs!! Email Randy
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Countless volunteers help with PCEI programs. If you would like to help
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