Our Team

Sarah Lindsay

Sarah joined the ONDA team as Stewardship Coordinator in 2024. She spent her early career in the spheres of environmental education, ecological restoration, and environmental compliance before landing at ONDA, […]

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Renee Schiavone

Renee joined ONDA’s team in 2023. As communications manager, she elevates ONDA’s work, connecting people with the public lands found in Oregon’s high desert. She comes with experience in both […]

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Carrie Bowden

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 finance professional at a large investment […]

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Karly Foster

Karly joined ONDA in September 2022, as Campaign Manager. She develops and executes conservation campaign initiatives across millions of acres of Oregon’s high desert public lands at the local, regional […]

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Claire Cekander

Claire joined ONDA in 2022 as the donor relations manager and is based in our Portland office. She works to deepen relationships with ONDA members by sharing ONDA’s work with […]

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Karina Diaz

Karina joined the ONDA team in 2021. As development coordinator, she maintains community engagement and fosters a connection to Oregon’s high desert, coordinates office volunteers and plans events. If you are […]

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Anne White

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. She returned the next three […]

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Mark Salvo

As Conservation Director, Mark Salvo is responsible for supporting Oregon Natural Desert Association’s dedicated conservation staff and empowering our members to advance campaigns to protect, defend and restore wildlands, wildlife […]

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Hana Sant

Hana joined ONDA in 2019. As our development manager, her role is to cultivate further support for ONDA by connecting our community to the importance of Oregon desert conservation while […]

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Ryan Houston

Ryan stepped into ONDA’s executive director role in 2018, with 20 years of experience in the conservation sector under his belt. While serving as the executive director of the Bend-based […]

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