Inge Wells
Inge grew up in the Willamette Valley and fell in love with Oregon’s high desert while hiking and camping in the Owyhee Canyonlands, Steens Mountain, and the John Day River […]
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Natasha Bellis
Natasha joined ONDA’s board of directors in 2020 and then stepped in to serve as acting co-executive director in September 2026. Growing up in Wyoming and Utah, Natasha gained an […]
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Steve Kallick
Steve fell in love with the Oregon Desert while earning his J.D. at Lewis and Clark Law School and working for the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission. After moving to Alaska, […]
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Jim Stratton
Jim Stratton grew up in Oregon, but his career unfolded in Alaska. At the National Parks Conservation Association, he served as the Deputy Vice-President for Regional Operations and ran the […]
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Elisa Cheng
Elisa Cheng grew up in California and Hawaii. She launched her web design career in 2002 spending a few years at an eCommerce company before realizing that her passion was […]
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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’s held a number of […]
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Chad Brown
Chad is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, Navy veteran, conservationist, and social entrepreneur with a passion for storytelling and protecting wild spaces. His career has been defined by a unique fusion […]
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Mark Salvo
Mark Salvo spent six years as Conservation Director for Oregon Natural Desert Association, guiding the organization and empowering our members to advance campaigns to protect, defend and restore wildlands, wildlife […]
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Hana Sant
As engagement director, Hana leads Oregon Natural Desert Association’s engagement team and cultivates support for ONDA by connecting our community to the importance of Oregon desert conservation and inviting them […]
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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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