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Board of Supervisors

Board of Supervisors

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The Cascadia Conservation District Board of Supervisors holds regularly scheduled meetings on the third Friday of every month at 1:30 PM. Meetings are open to the public. 

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Junell Wentz Chair
Junell Wentz
Chair
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Dillon Miller Vice Chair
Dillon Miller
Vice Chair
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Amy Bridges Auditor
Amy Bridges
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Russ
Russ Truman
Member
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Pete Teigen Member
Pete Teigen
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Lance Brender
Associate 
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

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Junell Wentz

Chair
Junell was born and raised in Wenatchee. She spent a lot of time in an orchard growing up because her parents picked both cherries and apples to supplement their income. An apple bin was her playpen as a baby while they picked. Junell’s Mom was the ultimate gleaner, forager, and preserver of anything we could find from the foothills of Wenatchee to Quincy. Junell also picked cherries starting when around 12 for several summers to earn money and in her teens worked for one season sorting cherries at Stemilt Growers.
 
After graduating from Wenatchee High, Junell attended Wenatchee Valley College and earned a AAA degree in Auto Body repair.
She grew up camping, hiking and fishing with family and harvesting firewood with her Dad. She was taught by her parents to appreciate, love and respect our natural wild areas. When out in our natural areas Junell was taught to leave it in better condition than she found it.
 
She later worked in the medical field as a EMT-IV tech for Lifeline Ambulance, Completed the Paramedic program at CWU, as well as several years at Chelan County Juvenile Center as a shift supervisor / medical organizer and several years at Wenatchee Valley Clinic as an medical assistant for several different Doctors.
 
Junell and her husband are currently transitioning their cherry farm into a Regenerative Christmas Tree Farm.
 
Junell has been a Ski Instructor for 16 years and Snow Shoe Guide at Mission Ridge for around 20 years.
 
She has served on the board for Cascadia starting as an Associate and currently as Board Chair for several years.
She enjoys as much camping, fishing and hiking, paddle boarding, skiing, snowshoeing as she can with her husband and son’s family. She has a son and a daughter plus 4 beautiful Grand kids. Junell hopes to pass on her love and respect for outdoor recreation, agriculture, wildlife areas, gardening, and foraging to them.
Junell Wentz Chair

Dillon Miller

Vice Chair

Dillon was born and raised in Cashmere and is a 4th generation local farmer in the Cashmere/Dryden area. 

Dillon Miller Vice Chair

Amy Bridges

Auditor

Amy Bridges is a lifelong resident of the Wenatchee Valley coming from a long line of orchardists and growing up playing in apple bins and climbing trees. Graduating in 2020 with a degree from the University of Washington in Integrated Social Sciences with a focus on environmental activism, local conservation efforts became a natural next step. Amy joined the Cascadia Board of Supervisors in April of 2020. Passionate about keeping our waterways clean, her primary goal is lowering our communities dependence on single use plastics. Amy enjoys yoga and growing a variety of plants and spending time with her daughter.

Amy Bridges Auditor

Russ Truman

Member

Russ started his career with the Forest Service as an Engine Crewmember in 1975.  He worked on the Wenatchee National Forest in various positions until 1995 when he moved to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.  While there, Russ supervised the forest heli-rappel program, then became one of the Assistant Fire Management Officer’s for fuels on the Wallowa Fire Zone before becoming the Acting Fire Management Officer.  Russ moved to the Burns Interagency Fire Zone in June of 2000 as the Zone Assistant Fire Management Officer for Fuels and Fire Planning.  He moved to Arizona in 2002 as the Fire Management Officer for the North Kaibab Ranger District in Northern Arizona and then became a forest Assistant Fire Management in 2006.  Russ was a qualified Operations Section Chief, Prescribed Fire Manager, and Fire Use Manager.  Russ graduated from Technical Fire Management in 1996.  After retiring from the Forest Service he has worked for the Oregon department of Forestry and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources in fire management. He has also had a career as an Alpine Ski Racing Coach and was an Associate Coach with the US Ski Team.  Russ likes to hike, garden, spend time with friends and his Great Dane Bernadette.

Pete Teigen

Member
Pete was born in Idaho with family roots in agriculture. His maternal grandparents were wheat farmers and his paternal grandparents were ranchers in Montana. He has lived in Leavenworth with his wife and kids since 2014. Pete has a master’s degree in public administration from University of Washington and brings several years of natural resource work experience to the Board. His work experience includes facilitating a forest health collaborative and running a salmon restoration grant program. He has long appreciated voluntary conservation programs aimed at supporting local landowners and agricultural producers. He is interested in supporting forest treatments with private landowners and communities.
Pete Teigen Member

Lance Brender

Associate

Lance Brender is a second generation orchardist and descendant of AB Brender, first permanent settler of Cashmere.

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