Our Team

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As a staff, we are steadfast in our commitment to protect, defend, and restore Oregon’s high desert alongside our members and supporters. Together with the passion and commitment of a community of advocates thousands strong, the skills and experience of our staff make Oregon Natural Desert Association a respected leader in the public lands conversation at the state and federal levels.

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Our Staff

Carrie Bowden

Finance & Operations Director

Carrie joined ONDA in 2023, bringing with her not only a passion for Oregon’s high desert, but over 25 years of experience as a…

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Renee Schiavone

Communications Manager

Renee joined ONDA’s team in 2023. As communications manager, she elevates ONDA’s work, connecting people with the public lands found…

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Claire Cekander

Donor Relations Manager

Claire joined ONDA in 2022 as the donor relations manager and is based in our Portland office. She works to deepen relationships with ONDA…

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Karina Diaz

Development Coordinator

Karina joined the ONDA team in 2021. As development coordinator, she maintains community engagement and fosters a connection to Oregon’s…

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Anne White

Policy Manager

Anne joined ONDA in 2016 as an intern in the first year of our Sage-Grouse Habitat Monitoring Program and fell in love the high desert.…

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Mark Salvo

Program Director, Conservation

As Conservation Director, Mark Salvo is responsible for supporting Oregon Natural Desert Association’s dedicated conservation staff…

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Hana Sant

Development Manager

Hana joined ONDA in 2019. As our development manager, her role is to cultivate further support for ONDA by connecting our community to the…

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Ryan Houston

Executive Director

Ryan stepped into ONDA’s executive director role in 2018, with 20 years of experience in the conservation sector under his belt. While…

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Craig Miller

GIS Specialist

Craig leads ONDA’s mapping, spatial analysis and field inventory work and plays an advisory role in ONDA’s conservation campaigns. While…

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Renee Patrick

Oregon Desert Trail Advisor

Renee joined ONDA in 2015 to help develop and promote the Oregon Desert Trail—a 750-mile route that showcases the wonders, and…

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Jefferson Jacobs

Riparian Restoration Manager

Jefferson joined ONDA in 2008. As our Riparian Restoration Manager, he handles all of our riparian restoration activities. Originally from…

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Gena Goodman-Campbell

Program Director, Stewardship

As ONDA’s Stewardship Director, Gena engages ONDA’s community in hands-on restoration projects that improve desert habitat in…

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Mac Lacy

Senior Attorney

Mac became ONDA’s staff attorney in 2001, after serving as a student law clerk starting in 1999. Mac is a public interest environmental…

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Allison Crotty

Development Director

Allison joined ONDA as development director in 2010. Over the course of a diverse, two-decades-long career working with nonprofits, Allison…

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What defines Oregon’s high desert?

What defines Oregon’s high desert?

Bounded by the Cascade Mountains to the west and the Blue Mountains to the north, Oregon’s high desert covers approximately 24,000 square miles. Annual rainfall in the high desert varies from 5 to 14 inches. The average elevation is 4,000 feet; at 9,733 feet, the summit of Steens Mountain is the highest point in Oregon’s high desert. The terrain of the high desert was mostly formed by a series of lava flows that occurred between 30 and 10 million years ago.

Sources: The Oregon Encyclopedia; Wikipedia  

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Scott Bowler, ONDA member from Portland

Scott Bowler, ONDA member from Portland

“The desert speaks for itself, but very softly. I support ONDA to promote and enable discovery of the amazing beauty and recreational opportunities of the high desert by much broader groups of people; and most especially to protect forever the full and diverse landscape of the Owyhee Canyonlands, a place without parallel or equal in our country.”

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Stewardship Pronghorn Fence

Stewardship Pronghorn Fence

Our Seasonal Staff and Interns

Interns

Our wildlands interns spend the summer in the field with ONDA staff and volunteers. Our development interns help ONDA to reach community members interested in getting involved in ONDA’s work by managing ONDA event and publications logistics and representing ONDA at community events. Our Hillis internships offer students and young professionals opportunities to join us for a variety of important projects.  

Tribal Stewards

The Tribal Stewards Program offers paid positions to indigenous young adults who spend the summer in the field restoring streams, uplands and trails across Oregon’s desert lands while gaining practical restoration and research experience and exploring conservation career pathways.

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Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting, defending and restoring Oregon’s high desert.

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