Jane Van Dyke, Executive Director
jane.vandyke@columbiaslough.org
Jane became executive director of the Columbia Slough Watershed Council in September 2006.  She has over ten years experience working for non-profit organizations, including the Clark County Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyers Program and Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center. Jane is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in environmental studies and Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law.   She is a member of the Washington Bar Association.

Sheilagh Diez, Education Director
sheilagh.diez@columbiaslough.org
Sheilagh joined the Columbia Slough Watershed Council staff in September 2008.  She has over ten years experience as an outdoor educator having worked with such organizations as Multnomah County Outdoor School, Audubon Society of Portland, and the Friends of Tryon Creek State Park.  Sheilagh has an undergraduate degree in Geology from Whitman College and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Portland State University.  Sheilagh is thrilled to be working with students and other community members from across the Slough.

Melissa Sandoz, Outreach Director
melissa.sandoz@columbiaslough.org
Melissa Sandoz is thrilled to be working with the Council again.  After spending a year as the Council’s AmeriCorps member, Melissa moved to Hood River in 2007 to hone her environmental education skills.  A short year later, she gladly jumped in to help with outreach & event planning for the Council.  Melissa has a degree in Environmental Studies from Linfield College, and when she’s not in the office she secretly longs for a life on the stage as an actress (or at least a costume designer).

Nathaniel Talbot, Community Stewardship Coordinator nathaniel.talbot@columbiaslough.org
Nathaniel is the Columbia Slough Watershed Council’s new AmeriCorps member for the '08/09 season. He earned a degree in Biology with a minor in music from the University of Oregon in 2006. Since college, Nathaniel has hopped up and down the Pacific Northwest as an environmental educator, working in areas such as Homer, Alaska, Oregon’s Opal Creek Wilderness and Portland’s Tryon Creek State Park. He is an avid naturalist and is passionate about the restoration of Oregon’s native ecosystems.

Haley Dillon, Community Outreach Specialist
events@columbiaslough.org
Haley has a degree in Regional Development and GIS from the University of Arizona. After studying abroad in Argentina, Haley moved to Portland in early 2009. Haley is assisting with the Council's busy summer events calendar, including Explorando and Regatta.