WACD Board of Directors
Our governing board is sometimes also called the WACD Officers and Directors.
OfficersDirectorsMeetings and MinutesPast Presidents
Officers
| Name | Title | Conservation District |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Bailey | WACD Secretary | Underwood CD |
| Mark Craven | WACD Treasurer | Snohomish CD |
| Mike Mumford | WACD Immediate Past President | Pend Oreille CD |
| Jeff Schibel | WACD Vice President | Lincoln County CD |
| Amy McKay | WACD President | Whitman CD |
| Doug Rushton | WACD National Director | Thurston CD |
Directors
| Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| John McLean | NC Area Director | Foster Creek CD |
| John Preston | NC Area Director | Grant CD |
| John W. Floyd | NE Area Director | Pend Oreille CD |
| Sara Schlake | NE Area Director | Spokane CD |
| Alan Chapman | NW Area Director | Whatcom CD |
| David Vliet | NW Area Director | Kitsap CD |
| vacant | SC Area Director | |
| Cindy Reed | SC Area Director | North Yakima CD |
| Mary Collins | SE Area Director | Palouse CD |
| Bruce McDonald | SW Area Director | Lewis CD |
| Heather Smith | SW Area Director | Grays Harbor CD |
| Chevelle Yeckel | WADE President | WADE |
Meetings and Minutes
We keep announcements of WACD Board of Directors meeting, and minutes of past meetings, on our main website so that it is easier for the general public to find. Find that content at https://www.wadistricts.org/board-meetings.
Anyone interested in viewing our Board meeting material from previous meetings can view WACD’s online Box.com account.
Past Presidents
| WACD President | Term | Conservation District |
|---|---|---|
| Amy McKay | 2024- | Whitman Conservation District |
| Mike Mumford | 2021-2024 | Pend Oreille Conservation District |
| Jeanette Dorner | 2019-2021 | Pierce Conservation District |
| Tom Miller | 2017-2018 | Spokane County Conservation District |
| Mark Craven | 2016 | Snohomish Conservation District |
| Alan Stromberger * | 2013-2015 | Lincoln County Conservation District |
| David Guenther | 2011-2013 | Central Klickitat Conservation District |
| Chris Herron | 2009-2011 | Franklin Conservation District |
| Dean Longrie | 2007-2008 | Clark Conservation District |
| Fred Colvin | 2006-2007 | Thurston Conservation District |
| Paul Stoker | 2004-2006 | Othello Conservation District (now Grant CD) |
| Wade Troutman | 2001-2003 | Foster Creek Conservation District |
| Colleen Bennett | 2000-2002 | Central Klickitat Conservation District |
| Larry Cochran | 1997-1999 | Palouse Conservation District |
| Linda Arcuri | 1995-1997 | Pierce Conservation District |
| Bob Haberman | 1993-1995 | Kittitas County Conservation District |
| Ronald Juris | 1991-1993 | Eastern Klickitat Conservation District |
| J. Read Smith | 1989-1991 | Palouse - Rock Lake Conservation District |
| Howard Jaeger * | 1987-1989 | Cowlitz Conservation District |
| Gus Bremer | 1985-1987 | |
| Merrill Camp | 1983-1985 | Walla Walla County Conservation District |
| Gerald B. Digerness | 1981-1983 | Whatcom Conservation District |
| R. E. Cornelius, Sr. * | 1979-1981 | North Yakima Conservation District |
| Charles W. O'Neill, Jr. | 1977-1979 | |
| George Carstens | 1975-1977 | Lincoln County Conservation District (?) |
| John Snider, Jr. | 1973-1975 | Hi-Land Soil Conservation District (now North Yakima CD) |
| Wayne Reid * | 1971-1973 | Palouse Conservation District |
| Francis "Bud" Clerf | 1969-1971 | Kittitas County Conservation District |
| Conrad Hougen | 1967-1969 | Whatcom Conservation District |
| H. Scott Barr | 1965-1967 | Stevens County Conservation District |
| Robert Whitmore | 1963-1965 | South Palouse Conservation District |
| Robert F. Wiley | 1961-1963 | Ahtanum-Moxee Conservation District (now North Yakima CD) |
| James R. Setters | 1959-1961 | Palouse-Rock Lake Conservation District |
| Gay C. Digerness * | 1957-1959 | Whatcom Conservation District |
| Lyle Groundwater | 1957 | Thurston Conservation District |
| Oscar A. Camp | 1955-1956 | Whitman Conservation District |
| T. R. Hedges | 1953-1954 | Douglas Conservation District |
| Dave J. Doneen, Jr. | 1951-1952 | Whitman County (which district?) |
| Frank Carothers | 1950 | South Palouse Conservation District |
| Robert B. Webb | 1948-1949 | Wahkiakum Conservation District |
| J. W. Cornwall * | 1946-1947 | Latah-Rock Creek Conservation District (now Spokane) |
| R. L. Rutter, Jr. | 1944-1945 | Kittitas Conservation District |
| Henry J. Copeland | 1942-1943 | Walla Walla Conservation District |
* Entries marked with an asterisk are memorialized by the Washington Conservation Society in their Leaving a Legacy Book, an effort worthy of your support.