President
Van Hunsaker
President for our first three years. He is a former Mayor of Philomath (10 years) and City Councilor (4 years). He was instrumental in the formation and development of the Philomath Youth Activities Club. He presided over the building of a new library, city hall, and public works office and funding for a new police facility all within general fund budgets. He was successful in representing Philomath in bringing highway funds to build a bridge over Newton Creek and to make highway improvements through Philomath.

Vice President
Conservation and Stewardship
Anton Grube
A graduate of Philomath High School and was a member of the first class who performed field studies on the site. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon.

Treasurer/Secretary
Bardon McGinnis
A retired Certified Public Accountant earning his bachelors degree in Accounting at the University of Southern California. He has been a CPA for nearly 50 years. His specialty while an auditor with a national CPA firm was SEC work. His work since leaving the national firm was mostly in taxation, including being an expert witness in US District court, California Superior courts, and Oregon Circuit courts.

Community Involvement & Educational Program Support
Annabelle Jaramillo
A Benton County Commissioner.  Her professional background as a Biologist includes 13 years as a Research Botanist with the Pacific Northwest Research Station – USFS.  She holds Masters and Bachelors Degrees in Science from Portland State University.  Her personal interests in wetlands ecology include managing a wetlands conservation easement on property she and her husband own.

Joseph Postman
Public Relations / Science Education
Plant Pathologist and  Curator at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Clonal Germplasm  Repository in Corvallis. He received his Bachelors degree in Botany from the University of Maryland.  He earned a Masters Degree in Plant Pathology at Oregon State University, and has worked at the USDA fruit crop genebank since 1981 where he runs the virus indexing program, curates the pear collection, and supervises the greenhouse and computer database activities.

Site Planning
Mike Van Laere