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Events Calendar | Become an AmeriCorps
Member | Volunteer
with PCEI
(Scroll down page for complete staff list and Program
areas)
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Thomas C. Lamar, Executive Director
PCEI's Executive Director since 1990. His twenty-eight years of
experience in the public interest sector has helped PCEI increase
citizen involvement in environmental issues. Tom has also taught
Conservation Leadership at the University of Idaho, Conservation Social
Sciences Department for the past six years. In 2007 he was elected to
the Moscow City
Council. Tom holds an MS degree in Environmental Science from
Washington State University (1985). He received his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Biology and Anthropology at the University of Delaware in
1982. While at Delaware and WSU, Tom studied the medicinal use of
Plants by the Shipibo Indians of
the Peruvian rainforest. Tom's background includes Central American
peace organizing in the 1980's. He also worked with the Northwest Coalition for
Alternatives to Pesticides for two years as an advocate for
pesticide exposure victims. Tom enjoys swimming, running, bicycling,
triathlons, and gardening. Email
Tom
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Greg Fizzell, Education Program Director
Greg earned a MS in Forest Resources from the University of Idaho, a BS
in Forestry from the University of Illinois, and has been working in
the field of environment and education for fourteen years. In 2001, he
co-founded the University of Idaho McCall
Outdoor Science School (MOSS) along with Dr. Steve Hollenhorst.
Greg now manages PCEI
environmental education efforts and is Program Director for MOSS.
In addition to environmental education, Greg's interests include dogs,
guitars, college football, and being outdoors with friends and
family.Email Greg
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Tracy Brown, Watersheds Program Director
Tracy joined PCEI's Watershed Program in August of 2004. Tracy completed
her Masters in Natural Resources (MNR) at the University of Idaho. At
UI, Tracy focused her energies and coursework on understanding the
ecological, social, political and economic issues surrounding natural
resource management. Her final master's project reflects her interest
in freshwater management and restoration and involved the development
of a monitoring plan for PCEI restoration sites. Prior to living in
Moscow, Tracy and her husband, Alan, were enjoying the mountains of
Colorado where she completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental,
Population and Organismic Biology at the University of Colorado at
Boulder. This degree and her love for wildlife led to numerous jobs in
the wildlife research field. One of her most exciting experiences was
working with The Peregrine Fund releasing Harpy eagles into the
rainforrest of Panama. In May of 2007, Tracy and Alan welcomed their
first baby boy into the world. Kobe Finch Stubbs Brown is an amazing
new addition to the Brown Family. They hope to include him on all (or
most) of their outdoor adventures! Email Tracy
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Erin Rishling, AmeriCorps Placement Director
After graduating high school in McLean, Virginia, Erin moved back out
west to attend the University of Idaho. She graduated in 2000 with a
degree in English Literature and her secondary teaching certificate.
For the past four years, she has been teaching Language Arts at
Kendrick High School. Erin is now extremely excited to be part of the
PCEI team working as an Outreach Program Assistant. The opportunity to
travel throughout Idaho, visiting our AmeriCorps members and seeing
firsthand their contributions, dedication, and hard work in our Idaho
communities is one she greatly appreciates.
In her free time, Erin loves traveling the world, reading good books,
attempting to write a publishable children’s book, hot springing, and
being with friends and family.
Email Erin
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Karla Bradley, MOSS Director of Education
Karla teaches CSS565 - Instructional
Methods for Environmental Educators. She is a Doctoral student in
Conservation Social Science in the College of Natural Resources at the
University of Idaho. She has been working with the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) program
since 2002.
Karla has worked as a crew leader for the Student Conservation
Association, a field instructor at Teton Science School in Grand Teton
National Park, Wyoming, and led conservation service projects with the
OutDoor School Alternative High School, part of Northwest Youth Corps.
She loves playing music, biking and skiing.
Email Karla
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Laurie Gardes, Financial Manager
Originally from San Diego, Laurie has been a Moscow resident since 1990.
She holds an MBA from California State University, Sacramento. Her BA
is in Diplomacy and World Affairs with an emphasis in economics from
Occidental College in LA. She volunteers with numerous community
organizations and enjoys running, gardening reading, and biking around
town in nice weather.
Laurie and Henry Gardes (see staff picture below) have commuted on foot
to PCEI since 1997. Actually, Henry's only been on staff since 2002,
but before that Winston Gardes was the PCEI guard dog. With 2 grown
children off in college in New Zealand and Hawai'i, Laurie and husband
Kevin are spending as much time as possible traveling to see friends
and family, and in Sonora, Mexico at La Mariposa Azul, their rental
house on the beautiful Sea of Cortez. Laurie appreciates being able to
do much of her PCEI work telecommuting from home and from fun places.
She might want to be a snowbird once the college tuition bills are
paid. Email Laurie
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Jen Hiebert, Office Manager
Jen was born and raised in northern Manitoba, Canada, where she
developed a love for the outdoors and a passion for environmental
issues. A convoluted career path has led her to her current position
at PCEI. She has been a field assistant working with everything from
fish eggs to seal pups, has taught self-defense for women, and most
recently was Front End Manager at a natural foods co-op in southern
Illinois.
Jen also has a B.Sc. in Ecology and a Master’s in Watershed Ecosystems.
She has enjoyed living in many places (including France and New
Zealand) but thinks Moscow just might be the perfect picnic spot. Jen
loves cold weather, photography, music, spending time with her husband
and family, and spoiling her dog, AJ. Email Jen
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Sara Robson Cucksey, Watersheds Project Manager
Sara is no stranger to PCEI, she worked with PCEI as a watershed
restoration technician during the 2003 field seasons. A recent
graduate of the University of Idaho with an M.S. in Rangeland Ecology
and Managment with an emphasis in restoration ecology, Robson re-joined
the PCEI watershed team in April 2006. Robson has a diversity of
experience including serving in the Peace Corps in Nepal from 2000-2002
and working with the Whitman County Noxious Weed Control Board
Assistant Coordinator from 1999-2000.
At home in Moscow, Robson’s allies include Ellis,and Jaeger, Henna,
and G.G. (one husband, two dogs and a cat). Like any good ecological
restoration specialist, Sara enjoys growing and planting native plants,
and getting really dirty. In her spare time she enjoys reading,
learning new plants and birds, knitting, and baking. Email Sara
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Jenica Wood-Beauchamp, Education Program Manager
Jenica’s roots lie in upstate New York, where she grew up playing
outside and spending long hours exploring her family’s garden, pond,
and stream. After earning her B.S. in Natural Resources Planning and
Interpretation at Humboldt State University, Jenica taught at several
non-formal education settings: two residential outdoor schools,
Yellowstone National Park, Mount St. Helens, the Santa Barbara Zoo, and
the Pacific Science Center. In 2005 Jenica returned to school for her
M.Ed. in Environmental Education through Western Washington University.
This program included a year-long professional residency at the North
Cascades Institute’s Environmental Learning Center in which she lived,
worked, learned, and played within sight of glaciers. Jenica joined
the PCEI community in August 2007. When she’s not working in the
office, you might catch her hiking, plunking away on her guitar,
knitting Christmas presents, or practicing her cake decorating skills
through Jenica's
Caketastic Creations.
email Jenica!
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Laura Milewski, Volunteer Coordinator
Laura's roots lie in the beautiful and lively city of Chicago. It was
as an undergrad at Lawrence University in northern Wisconsin that she
fully developed her passion for environmental work, social activism and
educational event planning! During her last year at LU, she worked in
the Volunteer & Community Service Center as a coordinator of
environmental and social justice programs. This experience, along with
her work as a quasi-environmental educator through Jane Goodall’s Roots
and Shoots program, fueled her passions and Laura now strongly believes
that she really can begin to change the world. She worked as an
AmeriCorps member in the role of Community Outreach Specialist at PCEI
for 1 1/2 years before transitioning to Volunteer Coordinator.
Overall, Laura enjoys rocking out on her flute, keeping in contact with
her little brother and sister back home, playing with her beautiful and
oh-so intelligent dog Mya, spending time with her wonderful fiancé, and
stargazing. Most of all, she hopes to someday do service work in
Africa. "Be the change you wish to see in the world." ~ Gandhi Email Laura
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Aly Lamar, Membership Coordinator
Aly is a proud Colorado native. Studying in Durango, Colorado (where
Aly received her BA in Political Science) increased her passion for the
outdoors, leading her to work in wilderness areas throughout the
Northwest, Southwest and Alaska. She has served as a Youth Corps Leader for 3
years, guiding outdoor work projects in trail construction and
watershed and habitat restoration. Aly is an accomplished backpacking
and mountain biking instructor having treked extensively on the Colorado Trail
and in Copper
Canyon, Mexico. Aly is also the founder our Women's Mountain Biking
Clinic. Aly has served as an Environmental Educator at PCEI for 2
years, our first Volunteer Coordinator and now as our first Membership
Coordinator. Aly Lamar spends her free time triathloning and running,
mountain biking, swimming , playing hockey, teleing, and
snowshoeing. She is an active member of the Moscow community, serving
on the boards of the League of Women Voters of Idaho, the
and the
League of Women Voters of Moscow. Aly is a proud member of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental
Institute, the Moscow Food Co-op, the Moscow Giving
Circle, the Latah County
Historical Society. Friends of the
Clearwater, Radio Free
Moscow and the Moscow Area Mountain Biking
Association . Email Aly aly@pcei.org.
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Sandi Billings, Grants Coordinator
Sandi Billings has been a non-profit fund developer and manager for more
than 14 years. Other than that, she’s never concentrated on one area for
too long—there’s too much more to do. She’s part space cadet, with a
masters’ degree in planetary science and undergraduate in space
science; part river rat, having worked as a guide on the Salmon River;
and part earth mother, with a love for animals, seasons, and places
with few humans per acre. From KRFP Moscow, Sandi produces and hosts
Yin Radio, a syndicated community talk show featuring women’s voices,
stories, and concerns. She lives in Moscow with her partner of 14
years—Albert the dawg—in a household of three women, four cats, and
three dogs. Email Sandi
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Rachael Goetzelman, AmeriCorps Placement Coordinator
Originally from Chicago, Rachael’s love for wildlife, beautiful
landscapes, and environmental education brought her to Idaho in the
summer of 2005 for a seasonal internship at the Wolf Education and
Research Center. She loved the area and people so much she hasn’t left
and now calls Idaho home. A graduate of the University of Dayton, Ohio,
with a B.S. in Environmental Biology and Environmental Geology, Rachael
shared her passion for science and the environment with students
throughout Idaho while participating as an AmeriCorps member in the
Mobile Environmental Education Corps in 2005-2006. Rachael is now
excited about the opportunity to support and visit AmeriCorps members
while they serve communities throughout Idaho. When not at work,
Rachael can most often be found outside, playing with her pup, and
enjoying a good laugh with good company. Email Rachael
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Colleen McColl, AmeriCorps Placement Coordinator
Colleen grew up in Southern California where she learned the value of
water at an early age. Water resource quality and quantity continue to
be major points of interest for her. She has received a Master’s in
Soil, Water, and Environmental Science from the University of Arizona
and a Bachelor’s in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from
Ball State University. In her free time, Colleen enjoys spending time
outdoors, dancing, and singing karaoke in the comfort of her own
home.
Email Colleen
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Adrienne Boland - MOSS Program Coordinator
Adrienne is a Moscow, Idaho native that started out as an art major and
turned to science. After a tour of many colleges in the west she came
back to Moscow to finish her degree. She came to McCall to participate
in the Graduate Residency in Environmental Education program at MOSS.
She has completed two AmeriCorps positions through Friends of the
Clearwater and PCEI, both of Moscow, Idaho. The last two summers have
been spent monitoring Coeur d’Alene Salamanders in the Clearwater
National Forest. She has a passion for learning and research and
passes this along to all that she meets. Adrienne enjoys hiking,
biking, rock climbing, mountaineering, snowboarding, skiing, knitting
and art. One day she would like to guide women’s adventures. She
hopes to continue her schooling and study salamanders or alpine
ecology. Email Adrienne
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James Blakely, Community Outreach Specialist
AmeriCorps Member
James Blakely is originally from Graham, WA but now calls Moscow home.
He graduated from the University of Idaho in 2008 with a B.S. in
Environmental Science. While attending UI James became interested in
sustainability and environmental activism. He served as President of
the Environmental Club for almost two years before taking a job at the
UI Sustainability
Center as their Event Planner/Volunteer Coordinator. James
currently sits on the Board of Director's for UISC. After graduating
from UI, James spent the summer working as a crew leader for the American
Conservation Corps in Grand Lake, CO. In September James headed for
Maine for a month where he spent several weeks hiking and biking Acadia
National Park and Baxter State Park. James enjoys spending time
outdoors hiking, biking, backpacking and snowshoeing. James hopes to
land a job with Greenpeace after his term of service with AmeriCorps.
James is pictured here at the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Acadia
National Park, Maine. Email
James
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Rosalie Bienek, Watershed Restoration Technician
Americorps
Member
Rosalie Bienek grew up and went to school in Michigan, where she learned
to appreciate wetlands and lakes like the one in the back of her
parent's house where she went canoeing early on. While she was earning
her B.S. in Biology at the University of Michigan, she spent a semester
at the University of Michigan Biological Station where she got to do
some research on the aquatic ecosystems and participate in scientific
fieldwork for the first time. After graduating, she got a Student
Conservation Association (SCA) internship working at Yosemite National
Park, in California. Monitoring alpine meadows and visitor impact on
rivers in the park got her interested in restoration. At Yosemite she
also gained an appreciation for mountain ecosystems and took up rock
climbing. Rosalie also loves to play her violin, run, backpack, and
learn about interesting plants and animals. "We must learn to reawaken
and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but with infinite
expectation of the dawn...I know of no more encouraging fact than the
unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious
endeavor."—Thoreau, Walden. Email
Rosalie
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Bethany Anderson, Watershed Restoration Techinician
AmeriCorps
Member
Bethany was born and raised on Burley, Idaho. Growing up, she was very
involved in school and extra curricular activities; among these were
service clubs, various sports, ballet, and playing the saxophone. She
has always loved to work hard, stay busy, and help others. She
graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in Psychology and
to help pay for school fought fires in the summer. This background in
fire fighting has provided her with outdoor experience and, because of
this, she has become passionate about about conserving the land and
restoring it to its’ natural habitat. She has volunteered for organic
gardens, worked at a natural food store, and participated in many
restoration projects. She completed an AmeriCorps service term after
receiving her degree and enjoyed her experience so much she decided to
fulfill another term. Bethany loves the outdoors and enjoys rock
climbing, running, swimming, biking, and hiking. She also likes taking
part in sprint triathlons and is training to run a half marathon. Email Bethany
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Stephen Mead, Watershed Restoration Technician
AmeriCorps Member
Stephen grew up in Boston, and was raised on hockey, and the four major
sports in the Boston area. Like most Bostonians the Red Sox hold a
special place in his heart. He graduated with a B.S. from the School
of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, majoring in Outdoor
Recreation Management and minoring in Forestry. Since graduating, he
has bounced around the west looking for more snow and bigger mountains
and found shangri la in Silverton, Colorado. There he became an avid
backcountry skier, finding great satisfaction in trying to find the
right line for the right day. During his time in Silverton he spent
his summers fighting fire out of Durango and doing odd jobs in the
winter. In the fall of 2008 he moved to Moscow with his fiancé who is
working towards her masters in Conservation Social Sciences. He is
excited to be working for PCEI and looks forward to a year of service
as an AmeriCorps Member. Email
Stephen
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Will Troxler, Watershed Restoration Technician
AmeriCorps
Member
Will is a transplant from the far away lands of North Carolina. Having
grown up in Salisbury, NC he spent a great deal of time outside in the
woods. In 1999, Will attended the Outdoor Academy in Brevard, NC and
developed interests in the environment and outdoor recreation. He
later returned to the Appalachian Mountains to pursue a B.S. in
Environmental Studies with a concentration in Earth Sciences from the
University of North Carolina at Asheville. During this time, Will
assisted with hard mast production research at Bent Creek Experimental
Forest, helped bring together the first intercollegiate disc golf club
in Western North Carolina, and spent his time in between traveling when
he could. After a stretch of meaningless jobs, Will realized his idea
of a successful career was to somehow improve and conserve nature,
which brought him to PCEI. Striving to live simply, Will enjoys live
music, playing disc golf, hiking, skiing, and enjoys long walks with
his dog, Luna May Gladys. Email
Will
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Caroline Pechuzal, Environmental Educator
AmeriCorps Member
Caroline is a child of the sun, born and raised in the Sonoran desert of
southern Arizona. She completed a B.S. degree in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Between her
studious moments in Tucson, Caroline became passionate about wild and
natural areas as an avid hiker, backpacker, and rock climber. Her love
of languages and travel led her to complete a semester abroad in
Ecuador. After college she honed her outdoor leadership skills working
as a trail crew leader. She has led trail crews for the Student
Conservation Association in Alaska, the Olympic Peninsula, Lake
Michigan, and the Appalachian Mountains, as well as leading for the
Southwest Conservation Corps in southern Arizona. Caroline just
completed her first year of AmeriCorps service as an environmental
educator at PCEI and is now serving a second, 6 month term of service.
In her spare in Moscow she enjoys crocheting, experimental cooking,
sledding, doing yoga, reading spirituality books, and being a DJ for Radio Free Moscow Wednesdays from
7:30-9:00p.m. on 92.5 fm. Email
Caroline
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Jacob Dolence, Environmental Educator
AmeriCorps Member
Jacob Dolence hails from Laramie, Wyoming. Most of his life has been
spent playing in the outdoors. His passion for outdoor recreation has
driven him to devote much time to the preservation of wild areas. Jacob
attended University of Idaho earning a B.S. in Conservation Social
Sciences and completed a graduate residency at the McCall Outdoor
Science School in Environmental Education. Jacob believes that
education will play a humungous role in solving the world’s problems.
His past few jobs include being a field instructor at MOSS, a rock climbing guide, a conservation intern at a
nonprofit, and an interpreter at a state park. Jacobs’s current
goals include trying to save the world, being a positive influence on
children, and getting out rock climbing as much as possible. Other
interests are sustainable living/design, mountain biking, and eating
cookies. Email Jacob
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Elizabeth Schulz, Environmental Educator
Americorps Member
Born and raised in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Elizabeth is a true
Midwestern girl at heart. She grew up swimming competitively and spent
most of her summers exploring the waterways of Minnesota and out to the
far reaches of the arctic Canadian territories by canoe. In college,
she began to guide canoe trips and also took up cycling when she rode
for charity from coast to coast across the country. By spring of 2008,
Elizabeth graduated with a degree in Language, Literature & Writing,
accompanied by minors in both Biology and Chemistry. With interests
spread across the spectrum, Elizabeth came to PCEI in 2009 as an
AmeriCorps member to pursue her love for the environment and to fuel
the next generation of children with their own passions for the world
they live in. When not teaching environmental education, Elizabeth
loves being a book nerd, being active outdoors, traveling, sleeping on
the ground, and finding ways to make use of her many useless kitchen
gadgets!
Email Elizabeth
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Mama Cat, Director of Purring
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Henry Gardes, Director of Chewing
Henry has his work cut out for him at PCEI, he chews. Currently he is
working on a large chunk of rawhide expected to last for about a week
or two. |
Jaeger Robson, Director of Fetching
Jager chases sticks. Life is good. |
Ukaya Fizzell, Director of Listening
He's all ears and waiting for instructions. |
(Scroll up page for staff photos and bios)
(*AC)=AmeriCorps Members |
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