Who We Are

Todd Reeve

Todd is CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and has been with BEF for over 20 years. During this time he helped BEF create numerous first-of-a kind programs that rely on the power of partnership and collective impact to solve pressing energy, water, and climate challenges.

Todd’s career has been built upon a vision of leveraging diverse perspectives to harness untapped potential for positive and lasting water, climate, and energy solutions.  His work has included partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, universities, tribes and NGOs to build and support programs and projects that maintain healthy water resources, advance the clean energy movement, and enlist corporations and communities as core leaders in social and environmental solutions. Todd is Co-Founder of BEF’s Business for Water Stewardship (BWS), Change the Course (CtC), and Water Restoration Certificate (WRC) programs.

Felicia Phillips

Felicia joined BEF in 2008. She leads the Finance and Operations team, oversees the CE – Clean Energy. Bright Futures program, engages the Finance Committee and Board of Directors on high level financial matters, and manages BEF’s business operations. She thrives on developing and advancing solid foundations and systems for business sustainability and growth.

Fueled by variety, she has over 20 years of experience in providing senior level leadership in a wide range of functional areas including accounting/finance, IT, human resources, legal services and contract management, product line development, supply chain management, customer service, and data processing. A huge proponent of education, Felicia holds an AA in Accounting, BA in Business Administrative Leadership, JD in Law, and a Masters Certificate in Healthcare Administration.

Hilary Shohoney

Hilary joined BEF in 2022. She is a champion for resilient nonprofit practices that amplify mission impact. Hilary’s role encompasses guiding staff development, program execution and strategic planning. Additionally, Hilary focuses on assuring effective internal communications and development and measurement of performance metrics across the organization. 

Hilary believes that the mission of an organization must start with how it treats its staff, and she brings this framework to shaping organizational culture. Hilary has over a decade of leadership experience, with many of those years committed to nonprofit leadership and impact. Noting that personal experiences are key drivers of mission-based, professional work, Hilary seeks to amplify organizational and community impact through a recognition of people as individuals.  

Heather Schrock

Heather focuses on developing relationships with all types of entities, including corporations, small businesses, universities, and nonprofits to help them understand their impacts in carbon, water and energy.

Heather comes to BEF with a diverse background in sustainability, outreach, marketing and sales. Previously, she was the Portland Regional Manager of the ReDirect Guide, a local green directory, and has served on the boards of Green Drinks PDX and VOIS (Voice for Oregon Innovation and Sustainability). She has also been a professional singer, dancer, public speaker and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. As a Portland native, Heather enjoys the Pacific NW for its many outdoor offerings and an abundance of fantastic food!

Lydia Fraser

Lydia joined BEF in 2024 as the newest member of the Climate Business Group. She is an experienced sales and operations professional with almost a decade of experience in the voluntary REC and carbon markets, with a deep understanding of natural climate solutions and corporate sustainability strategy. 

Lydia’s passion for sustainability and preserving natural resources for future generations comes from her background in regenerative agriculture. She previously worked on small, organic farms in Oregon and freelanced as a permaculture landscape designer with a keen interest in helping homeowners create sustainable, edible landscapes around their homes. 

Parker Mullins

Parker joined BEF in 2015 and manages the CE program and its delivery team, providing strategic direction to its dynamic managers. He works daily with national partners in industry and educational spaces to develop two-way relationships between these spaces that encourage equity-driven energy education that leverages local resources and challenges.

Parker brings over a decade of experience working in varying educational environments, from being a high school classroom teacher to working in dual-diagnosis residential treatment for adolescents. He has also worked and volunteered in watershed restoration, a focus in his own education.

Rosemary Lopez

Rosemary joined the CE team at BEF in 2021 to focus on energy curriculum, educator resources, and teacher training.  She works with educators nationwide to implement programs which meet the needs of local communities and classrooms through professional development.

Rosemary is a former science educator with two decades of classroom experience at the K-12 and college levels, specializing in place-based and interdisciplinary science.  She has also served as a school administrator, curriculum specialist, and volleyball coach.  

Laney Sterry

Laney joined the Clean Energy. Bright Futures team at BEF in 2023 as a STEM Engagement and Training Manager. Their work focuses on connecting with the STEM community, supporting teachers through professional development and collaborating with external partners to develop effective clean energy learning experiences.

Laney is a former science museum educator with over 10 years of experience teaching informal STEM education courses across the Pacific Northwest for learners of all ages. They are also a highly skilled public speaker with a knack for engaging and joyful presentations that inspire and educate audiences everywhere. 

Loridee Wetzel

Loridee joined the Clean Energy. Bright Futures team at BEF in 2024 as the Educator Leadership Coordinator after 2 years of helping the team. They collaborate with the CE team and external partners to provide professional learning experiences for educators and coordinate educator leadership programs.

Loridee is a former youth robotics program manager with over 10 years of experience working with youth STEM education programs in formal and informal education settings. They believe that inspired kids are capable of changing the world. Before working in education, she worked as a fisheries biologist, archivist, and computer programmer.

Sara Hoversten

Sara has been with BEF for over 5 years and currently holds the position of Director of Business for Water Stewardship. In this role she oversees the strategic approach and implementation of the program, engages and maintains corporate partnerships, and helps guide the investment in conservation partners. She’s focused on growth opportunities for the program that continue to drive support for partners and the on-the-ground impact and expand the environmental water stewardship field with an eye on equity and diverse perspectives.

After graduating with an M.B.A. in sustainable business practices, Sara launched her career in sustainability working for a nonprofit in the sports industry. 

Aisha Heredia

Aisha joined the Business for Water Stewardship team in 2021. Her passion for community development and sustainability comes from a background in advocacy and public policy work in Hawai’i, California and Nevada. She manages partnerships with nonprofits and on-the-ground stakeholders and seeks to understand community needs, through the lens of equity, to achieve strategic outcomes.

Prior to joining BEF, Aisha spent fifteen years as a program manager spanning work with large research institutions and start-up nonprofits. She has worked on managing programs across statewide and national sectors.

Scott McCaulou

Scott develops conservation partnerships that improve water stewardship. He offers technical and strategic oversight to ensure that these partnerships are effective and aligned with the funding partners’ goals.

Prior to joining BEF, Scott spent more than two decades working on river restoration throughout the Pacific Northwest. At the Deschutes River Conservancy, he established some of the nation’s first streamflow restoration projects and built a host of collaborative conservation partnerships with cities and irrigators. He later managed regional efforts to restore streamflow throughout the Columbia and Klamath River Basins.

Harold Thomas

Harold joined BEF in 2021. He’s part of the Arizona Business for Water Stewardship team, engaging businesses in water security to ensure continued economic and ecological vitality in the State. In this role he raises the voices and concerns of ranchers, growers, developers, small businesses, and industry leaders.

Prior to joining BEF Harold worked in the US and internationally on climate adaptation planning, watershed restoration, integrating water resources management and land use planning, and community building. Harold is particularly interested in connecting people with nature and each other to find common ground and solutions.

Robert Warren

Since joining BEF in 2008, Robert has collaborated directly with a diverse range of public and private institutions that support watershed restoration efforts as well as with the organizations that work with their communities to advance restoration goals. Robert is particularly interested in helping develop the capacity of local initiatives to ensure they are strategically focused, that partners are able to track progress over time, and that the work is sustainable over the time scales needed to achieve success.

Calling on his own experience as a restoration practitioner, Robert is able to understand the opportunities and challenges that partners face and collaborate with them to explore and test solutions.

Davenia Boothe

Davenia joined BEF in 2024 as a Business for Water Stewardship Program Coordinator.

Prior to BEF, Davenia spent 5 years working toward making high-quality education accessible to students in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Nevada. Through this, she gained experience in the planning and implementation of project plans and adherence to federal grant policies.

Tyler Smith

Tyler joined BEF in 2023 as the Business for Water Stewardship Program Coordinator. He strives to understand watershed conditions by conducting basin research and collaborating with
in-basin partner organizations. He aims to deliver long-term, high-impact and equitable solutions to ecosystems and their communities through strategic project portfolio management.

Prior to joining BEF, Tyler spent years in the public sector analyzing water rights throughout Idaho, gaining a deep understanding of the intersection of water policy and management in the Western US.

Evan Ramsey

Evan has been with BEF since 2014 and leads the organization’s work on renewable energy, demand response, energy efficiency, and electrification.  He brings deep renewable energy experience and has consulted with hundreds of communities, businesses, governments, and utilities to provide technical, financial, development, and management expertise on projects across the country. 

His work at BEF includes pioneering the region’s first low-income benefitting community solar project, supporting dozens of low-impact hydro projects, engaging on multiple levels of energy policy, founding the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance, commissioning cost/benefit studies on vehicle electrification, delivering the first hydrogen fueling station in the Pacific Northwest, and leveraging over $30m in funding to support such projects.

Jessica Carmona

Jessica joined the Renewables Team as a Sr. Program Manager in 2024. She brings 8 years of international experience specializing in project management, partnerships and communication. 

Prior to joining BEF, she worked in different industries such as solar, education, and environmental consulting. She has had two companies of her own: a cricket farm and a sustainable travel agency. Her objective is to contribute to the finding and application of innovative sustainable alternatives for everyday problems in order to have a better quality of life.

Tomas Endicott

Tomas joined the Renewables team at BEF in 2020.  He has honed his skills in business development, grant writing, project planning and management, financial analysis, business operations and policy.  He manages the Zero Emission Vehicle Innovation (ZEVI) grant program and he assists schools, communities and utilities with solar project development and implementation.

Prior to joining BEF, Tomas spent twenty years in the private sector developing renewable energy projects with start-up companies and with engineering firms.  He has worked across different technologies, including biofuels, biogas, woody biomass and solar.  Most recently he worked as an independent solar developer for community solar projects in Southern Oregon.

Cassandra Martin

Cassandra joined BEF in 2023. She works within the Renewable Energy team to support the development of community solar projects and manages the subscribers of ongoing projects. She also supports the Zero Emission Vehicle Innovation (ZEVI) grant program, working with tribes and consumer-owned utilities to fund electric vehicle projects. 

Before joining BEF she had been working in the transportation industry for 5 years, where she gained experience in developing innovative transportation solutions that prioritize the needs of the community.

Clair Scribner

Pronouns: she/her

Clair joined BEF in 2024 as the Program Director within the Renewables team.  Her role is to guide the strategic direction of the Solar for All Program including program startup, development, and project execution.  Her focus is on engagement of a diverse collection of stakeholders across multiple states, ensuring BEF’s efforts are inclusive and benefit all sections of society.  

With experience ranging from software companies in NM and the electric industry in AK to the largest credit union in OR, Clair has experience tackling challenges across diverse industries while leading and mentoring outstanding teams. She thrives when navigating complex scenarios with diverse partners, offering a strategic perspective, ensuring goal clarity, and crafting actionable plans. Clair is eager to increase access to solar energy, particularly those historically marginalized. 

Patrick DePriest

Patrick joined BEF in 2024 to help facilitate community solar projects throughout Oregon’s consumer-owned utility territories as part of the Solar For All program. This involves strategic program design and implementation in coordination with a range of renewable energy stakeholders. He also seeks to support capacity building among diverse Oregon communities to ensure equitable representation and benefits to underrepresented groups.

Prior to working with BEF, Patrick’s work focused on transportation and energy policy with the State of Oregon following completion of a Juris Doctorate degree at the University of Denver. He favors an outcome-oriented approach that centers on principles of sustainability and environmental justice.

Amerra Felsman

Amerra joined BEF in 2024 as the Tribal Liaison within the Renewables team. Her role includes collaborating and building strong partnerships with Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming tribes to ensure BEF’s deployment of Solar for All is culturally sensitive and prioritizes the unique needs of tribes.

Prior to joining BEF, Amerra served in her tribal government–the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes–where she worked on climate and food policy. Amerra also has considerable experience in community-based participatory research and Indigenous-focused research. Amerra is passionate about upholding tribal sovereignty and advancing a clean energy future on tribal lands for the benefit of all the generations yet to come.

Nolan Michel

Pronouns: he/him

My primary task at BEF is to lead a statewide rollout of the Montana Solar for All Program. My focus encompasses detailed project management, staff and operational oversight, and extensive internal and external collaboration, all with the aim of expanding the benefits of solar energy to low-income and disadvantaged communities throughout Montana.

Before joining BEF, I served as the Procurement/Construction Manager for the Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority. In this role, I had the opportunity to oversee organization-wide procurement activities and construction projects, all focused on providing safe and affordable housing to the people of the Flathead Indian reservation.

Sam Voncannon

Pronouns: she/her

Sam has been with BEF since 2024 as the Senior Program Manager for the Solar for All program on the Renewables team. Her role is to lead the state wide roll out of the Solar for All program including program development, implementation and execution. Her focus is on detailed project management, staff and operational oversight, and extensive internal and external stakeholder engagement to ensure BEF’s efforts are beneficial, inclusive, and equitable to the communities she serves.

Sam has expansive and diverse experience in the solar industry spanning 13+ years at various companies at varied stages of growth and scale. She believes the renewable energy industry and industry folx not only has the unique opportunity, but the inherent obligation, to leverage itself as a conduit to benefit individuals, communities, and the environment.

Kathleen “Kas” Guillozet

Kas supports PNW-centered collaboration, fundraising, and monitoring in service to watershed partners. She co-leads the Washington State Floodplains by Design initiative NGO backbone, and manages a dynamic team who build bridges and serve communities through: Collaborative Grow streamlined native plant procurement, knowledge sharing on climate adaptation, Promise the Pod and tree funding, Human Nature, and various Willamette Basin partnerships.   

Kas holds a PhD in Forest Social Science from Oregon State University and a BS in Biology from the Evergreen State College. She has worked in collaborative planning, ecological restoration, and socio-ecological research for 25+ years.

Allan Warren

As the Senior Watersheds Program Manager, Allan supports an integrated floodplain management network and other region-wide watershed restoration fundraising programs and partnerships. He cultivates relationships with a geographically diverse array of floodplain practitioners and co-managers including tribal nations, agencies, nonprofits, and other partners in Washington state.

Allan joined BEF with over 15-years of experience in communications, fund development, and executive leadership in the environmental field. Allan has successfully written and managed over $20 million in grants to support farmland conservation, green stormwater infrastructure, salmon habitat restoration, and urban food access initiatives.

Jean-Paul Zagarola

As a project manager for BEF since 2015, Jean-Paul develops and implements innovative and large-scale ecological restoration projects for small local non-profits. He brings technical expertise, on-the-ground experience, and a socio-ecological lens to environmental problems. Jean-Paul takes pride in supporting community-based organizations carry out their conservation work.

Jean-Paul has worked in the environmental field since 2005, primarily as a project manager throughout western Oregon but also internationally as a research tech in the jungles of Trinidad and as a Fulbright Scholar in southern Chile and Argentina.

Kayla Seaforth

Kayla joined BEF in 2021 as a part time employee, to support the development of the Treeline Newsletter and transitioned to a full time role in 2023.

Kayla supports multiple programs that seek to add capacity, build climate resilience, and promote collaboration among organizations engaged in ecological restoration around the Pacific Northwest. These include BEF’s Carbon Credit Regional Operator Program, Collaborative Grow, Treeline, the Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead and more.

Prior to joining BEF, Kayla worked in on the ground conservation area stewardship where she managed natural areas to promote ecological integrity and provide places for communities to connect with nature.

Chaun MacQueen

As Director of Learning and Development, Chaun guides the strategic direction and execution of talent and career development initiatives. Chaun creates engaging professional learning experiences to enhance BEF’s capacity to retain and recruit talent through scalable onboarding and training programs, particularly for emerging climate leaders. Chaun joined BEF in 2014 and previously led CE – Clean Energy. Bright Futures. program impact nationally.

Chaun brings her nonprofit and natural resource management background and 30 years of experience designing and managing professional training and environmental education programs, career development, stakeholder engagement, coalition building and startup of social and environmental impact initiatives stateside and abroad. (Peace Corps Volunteer, Nepal 1997-1999).

Kristi Buchanan

As a member of the BEF FinOps team, Kristi specializes in the management of workflow through departments within the business, including streamlining processes and procedures for efficiency. Kristi has worked in an operational role for over ten years – from managing a design studio to running large scale live events – Kristi enjoys being a support to the teams she works with and helping them find efficient ways to work through challenges and get projects to the finish line.

Joseph Pugh

Joe joined BEF as its Contracts Manager in 2024. He reviews and revises contracts across programs, conducts contracts trainings, and works on contracts tools and processes.

Joe has a degree in electrical engineering, a law degree, and an MBA. In his law school application essay, he said he wanted to use his education to help others. In 2015, after partnering with his wife to fund their children’s college education, Joe was able to stop working full-time as a patent and business attorney and honor his personal commitment to use his education to help others. Primarily, he used his MBA to help nonprofit organizations with various types of finance work. Those experiences, and his work on contracts as an attorney, accompanied him to BEF.

Katie Paul

Katie is a Certified Public Accountant who joined BEF in 2014. She manages all aspects of accounting for BEF including the general ledger system, preparing monthly financial statements, coordinating the budget process and executing the year end audit.

Prior to joining BEF, Katie worked for over ten years in auditing and governmental accounting focused on non-profit entities. Her expertise includes fund management and reporting, auditing, grant management and budget development.

Jenny Chung

Jenny joined BEF in 2023, where she supports the accounting functions, including Accounts Payable and Receivable invoice processing and vendor management. Prior to joining BEF, Jenny worked for a manufacturing company for over ten years, where she managed their Accounts Payable and Receivable.

Isatou Jallow

Isatou joined BEF in 2024 as a Senior Grant Accountant, supporting the organization’s accounting functions, including grant management and financial reporting. In this role, she ensures compliance with GAAP and other financial regulations while providing accurate and timely financial data to support BEF’s mission. Before joining BEF, Isatou worked with several non-profit organizations as an auditor, where she ensured compliance with funding requirements. She also has extensive experience managing federal grants and adhering to Uniform Guidance.

Rebekah Wong

Rebekah provides administrative support to all BEF staff, which includes a wide range of operations work, coordinating BEF’s Safety Committee, and maintaining governance and compliance documentation.

Prior to BEF, Rebekah worked for a private timber investment management organization as the executive assistant to the CEO, where she collaborated with all levels of the organization and managed board and committee governance and all-staff communications.