Recreation and Conservation Funding Board (RCFB)
Member
Profiles
Val Ogden Chair, RCFB
Ms. Ogden was appointed by Gov. Locke to the Board in September
2003. A former State Representative, Ms. Ogden served on the
Capital Budget Committee for twelve years and was instrumental
in the ongoing funding of the agency. A Washington state native,
she is a graduate of Washington State University, and currently
resides in Vancouver, Washington where she is involved in
many local activities. A current interest is serving on the
Board of the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center
Foundation. The facility is 100 acres of urban green space
situated around the historic Vancouver Trout hatchery and
is being developed as an environmental education resource
for the Clark County schools.
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Steven Drew
Mr. Drew is a resident of Olympia, where he works as an independent insurance adjuster in his own firm. He has been active with the Issaquah Alps Trail Club and several environmental nonprofit organizations. In support of these organizations, he has written or carried out a number of grants aimed at trail construction, riparian and salmon habitat restoration, and environmental education. He and his wife, Kathleen recently moved to Olympia from Issaquah and enjoy hiking, camping, boating, bird watching, and fishing.
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Bill Chapman
Mr. Chapman was appointed to the Board by Gov. Locke in September 2004. A long-time Mercer Island resident, Chapman is a partner with the Seattle law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, where he handles land use and environmental compliance issues. Chapman currently serves as chairman of the Mercer Island Planning Commission and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. He is a founder and the current president of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, a nonprofit organization created in 1990 by a group of concerned citizens to save the forested landscape along Interstate 90 from Cle Elum through Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle. He also is a founding board member and past president of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for grants to local communities to acquire land for outdoor recreation and wildlife habitat protection. He enjoys the outdoors by hiking and climbing. Chapman graduated from Harvard University in environmental engineering sciences and received his law degree from the University of Virginia.
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Karen Daubert
Ms. Daubert, of Seattle, has over fifteen years experience in
parks policy, advocacy, and funding issues. She was hired as
the first Executive Director of the Seattle Parks Foundation
in August 2001, where she works currently. Besides the recent
appointment to the RCFB, Ms. Daubert has been appointed to several
boards and commissions including the Planning Commission, the
Seattle Board of Parks Commissioners, the Pro Parks 2000 Committee,
and the Pro Parks Oversight Committee. She received a Bachelor
of Science degree from the University of Washington and a law
degree from Seattle University.
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Jeff Parsons
Mr. Parsons is a resident of Leavenworth, where he serves as
the Director of the Barn Beach Reserve. The Reserve is a multi-purpose
non-profit facility, including a museum, environmental learning
center, and arts facility housed in a historic home on 5 acres
in downtown Leavenworth. Appropriately, the Reserve is next
to a Leavenworth city park, Blackbird Island, which was funded
with RCFB-issued LWCF grants in the 1960s.
Mr. Parsons, a Washington native, spent his childhood in
Eastern Washington. He attended WSU and then graduated from
Evergreen State College. He served in various capacities on
the staff of Washington's House of Representatives for eleven
years, and worked for the Marine Safety Office and People
for Puget Sound. For almost seven years, he was Executive
Director for Audubon Washington, supporting the 26 local chapters
of the Audubon Society in Washington. He and his wife Chris
have been Leavenworth residents since 2003.
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