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Dan Edge
Oregon State University
Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
104 Nash Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2910
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Congressional District 5
Term Expires: 4/14/12
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Dan Edge is Department Head of the Oregon State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. He received a B.S. in Wildlife Biology, a B.S. in Forestry, a M.S. in Wildlife Biology and a Ph.D. in Forestry, all from the University of Montana. Dan has conducted research on large mammals including goats and sheep in Pakistan; elephants in Malaysia; elk, deer and grizzly bears in Montana; and bighorn sheep and elk in Oregon. He served as the Extension Wildlife Specialist at OSU for 10 years and was appointed as the first Chair of the Bob and Phyllis Mace Watchable Wildlife Program. The majority of his research since coming to Oregon has focused on small mammals and songbirds in forest and agricultural habitats. Dan is a national award winning teacher and an early pioneer of distance education courses at OSU. Dan was born and raised in Memphis Tennessee, and talks a little funny. Dan and his wife, Sally, have two adopted children. |
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Skip Klarquist
Zalutsky & Klarquist, PC
215 SW Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Portland, OR 97204
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Congressional District 3
Term Expires: 4/14/12 |
| Skip (Kenneth) Klarquist and his wife, Linda, live in Portland, where they raised their three sons. Except for three years of service with the U.S. Government, Skip has been a resident of Oregon since 1951. Skip is a shareholder in the law firm of Zalutsky & Klarquist, P.C. and an active member of the Oregon and Washington bars. He graduated from Princeton University (A.B. 1970), and the University of Oregon School of Law (J.D. 1973). He has served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation since 1982 (President 1993-1995, and Chairman (1995-1997). He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Oregon since 1999 (President 2001-2003). He is a member of the Flyfisher’s Club of Oregon (President 1984-85), and the Rotary Club of Portland. |
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Jon Englund
Englund Marine Supply Co. Inc.
PO Box 296
Astoria, OR 97103
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Congressional District 1
Term Expires: 4/14/12 |
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and raised in Astoria, Jon is
President and CEO of Englund
Marine Supply, a business begun
by his father nearly 60 years
ago. He is a graduate of University
of Oregon Business School, Class
of 1959, and remains an active
supporter of the school. Jon
has served on many local boards
in addition to being active
around the State. He enjoyed
years as an adviser to the Board
of Agriculture, Oregon State
Sea Grant, and Oregon Marine
Extension. Having raised three
children, two of whom work with
him in the business, he is now
enjoying his eight grandchildren
when they have time for him.
He and his wife, Mary Jean,
live on Jon's grandparents'
farm just outside Astoria and
when time permits, he is on
his horse teamroping around
the State. |
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Bobby Levy
PO Box 69
Echo, OR 97826
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Congressional
District 2
Term
Expires: 11/30/14 |
Barbara (Bobby) Levy was born in La Grande and has lived her entire life in Oregon. She and her husband Bob have four children, and today live on their farm near Echo. An educator by profession, Bobby has been an adjunct instructor in the Business Technology Department at Blue Mountain Community College, and continues to stay involved in education by substitute teaching. She received an (MBA) Master of Business Administration from Portland State University and a Masters in Teacher Education from Eastern Oregon University. She has served on numerous boards and committees and is a past board member of the Umatilla County Housing Authority. She has extended family members who are all avid sportsmen. Throughout her life, she and her family have enjoyed hunting, fishing and outdoor activitiesin Northeast Oregon. |
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Bob Webber
PO Box 257
Port Orford, OR 97465
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Congressional District 4
Term Expires: 3/1/2014 |
Bob Webber grew up in Tigard. He attended Linfield College and Willamette University Law School. Bob, and his wife Suzanne live on the Elk River outside of Port Orford. They have three daughters and five grandchildren. Bob is a partner in the law firm of Black, Chapman, Webber and Stevens in Medford,and works part time on the south coast. For the past 16 years, he has been a board member and past chairman of the 11,000-member Oregon Hunters Association. He is as an avid hunter and angler, and he also volunteers as a special prosecutor handling wildlife-related cases for the Curry County District Attorney's Office. |
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Holly Akenson
PO Box 53
Joseph, OR 97846
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Eastern Oregon
Term Expires: 6/30/15 |
Holly Akenson is the Director of Wallowa Mountain Institute, the education and outreach arm of Wallowa Resources. Akenson oversees applied research, and education and outreach programs related to the stewardship of the forests and rangelands in Wallowa County. Her background as a wildlife biologist has afforded her many opportunities to remain connected to nature and the land. She is an avid hunter, angler, and wildlife photographer and regularly takes her mule teams on treks into the mountains. |
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Michael Finley
1521 Nottingham Circle
Medford, OR 97504
odfw.commission@state.or.us
Western Oregon
Term Expires: 6/30/15 |
Michael Finley is President of the Turner Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports hundreds of grassroots, national and international organizations. Before joining the Turner Foundation, he spent 32 years with the National Park Service. During his career, Finley was Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park for 6.5 years and also served as Superintendent of Yosemite and Everglades National Parks and Assateague Island National Seashore. He directly managed hunting and fishing activities on National Park Service lands and waters in Alaska, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, California, Montana and Wyoming. He was also a commissioned law enforcement ranger and investigator for 10 years. Finley hunts and fishes, and is passionate about public recreation. |
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