Raindrops to Refuge Board Emily McBride, Executive Director Emily was born and raised in Billings, Montana. She is a graduate from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Emily has spent time living abroad in both Colombia, South America and Oviedo, Spain. Emily and her husband, Kevin, have been residents of Sherwood for five years. All three of their children attend the Sherwood Public schools where Emily is a frequent volunteer. Most recently the McBride family has been a recipient of an OWEB grant offered through the Tualatin River Watershed Council; with help from the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District, they are enhancing part of Chicken Creek that runs through their property. Alfred Dinsdale, President Alfred Dinsdale has lived just outside Sherwood with his wife Julie and three boys for the past ten years. He owns and operates Dinsdale Landscape Contractors Inc. and Dinsdale Nursery. He has been a landscape contractor for twenty years and specializes in private gardens with an emphasis on native and woodland plants. He also operates Dinsdale Nursery which supplies a wide range of plant material to landscape contractors and designers, as well as regional bioswale and wetland mitigation projects. As someone who makes his living from the land, he is acutely aware of the importance of water quality and availability going into the future. He is very excited to be participating in the activities of R2R and hopes to add value to their ongoing mission. Tracie Wickham, Vice President Tracie graduated from Oregon State University 1996 with a B.S. in Natural Resources and Wildlife Science. After college, she worked as a Wetland Biologist for an environmental consulting firm until taking time off to raise three children here in Sherwood. Tracie has lived in Sherwood since 1997 and has enjoyed participating in various local environmental activities in the community, such as tree plantings, park restoration, school programs, and volunteering for R2R. She looks forward to sharing her enthusiasm for our natural resources with other community members through her work with R2R. Janet Bechtold, Secretary Janet Bechtold lives and works in Sherwood. She has been a resident since 1978 and has worked for the school district as a Talented and Gifted Specialist since 1989. Environmental education has been her avocation for many years. She has served as co-president of the Friends of the Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge and as the education liaison to the Board. She is the advisor for an after school middle school Refuge Club and has worked closely with Refuge staff. Her grant work has resulted in a student produced field guide to the Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge and an Oregon Native Plant Profile book. She served on the Sherwood Sustainability Roundtable. She supports service learning in the district through grant awards that enable teachers and students to give back to their community through authentic learning experiences. She is a founder of Raindrops to Refuge. Lisa Jo Frech, Treasurer Lisa Jo is the past Executive Director of R2R. She is an independent consultant providing board and organizational development, facilitation, and mediation services to public and private clients in the fields of natural resources and the environment. Lisa Jo also teaches several environmental courses at Marylhurst University in West Linn, Oregon. She is working on a book of essays about her annual forays into the wilderness areas of Oregon and Washington. Her love for her work, for Sherwood, and for this board prevents her from leaving the organization. This is a good thing. Emily Schultz Emily was raised in Bozeman, Montana. She graduated from Humboldt State University with a Degree in Child Development. She has taught preschool and early childhood for the past 12 years, and currently serves as the Director for the YMCA Child Development Center. Emily loves working for a non-profit that gives scholarships out to those families that would otherwise be unable to afford quality child care. Emily has been a resident of Sherwood for three years and is committed to the community. She works regularly with the Rotary Club of Sherwood. Emily’s passion is sharing the outdoors with children and hopes to inspire each and every family she serves to fall in love with nature.