Our Team

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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Craig Miller

Craig leads ONDA’s mapping, spatial analysis and field inventory work and plays an advisory role in ONDA’s conservation campaigns. While he officially joined the staff in 2019, his roots with […]

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Nick Kilby

Nick joined the ONDA team in March 2026 as the Stewardship Coordinator, where he supports the stewardship program and leads volunteers in hands-on efforts to restore and care for high […]

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