Outreach & Events Committee

Annika is a hydrologist, geomorphologist, and the president of Fain Environmental LLC. She is a Certified Floodplain Manager and PE who has broad-based experience in ecosystem restoration, coastal geomorphology, watershed hydrology, floodplain management, and environmental outreach. She has over 17 years of experience managing and performing analysis of physical and geological processes throughout the watershed. For the past nine years, she has lead restoration events along the Duwamish River as a Puget Sound Steward with EarthCorps. She has participated in restoration events throughout the watershed for the past 30 years.

Annika teaches students about oceanography through the Ocean Inquiry Program. She also participates in the Girls on the Run program as a running buddy for elementary school girls and is an avid runner, cyclist, swimmer, triathlete, and hiker.

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Grant Review Committee

April is originally from Arizona but has lived in Washington state since 2009. She graduated with a BS in Environmental Science and will begin working toward her MS at Western Washington University (WWU) in fall 2022. She is a complete science nerd, but also loves video games, rock climbing, camping, traveling, and making new friends.

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Finance Committee

Bio to come soon.

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Grants Review Committee

I taught at Western Washington University for 38 years, retiring in 2023. Volunteering is important to me and I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the mission of Wild Whatcom.

Governance Committee

Courtney loves nature and stories-a combo that led her to get a doctoral degree in fisheries anthropology. Feel free to ask her about rural Alaska, fishing politics, and the time she ruined a scene they were filming for the Deadliest Catch.

These days she spends most of her time working from home, but Wild Whatcom programs provide an easy way to sneak back into nature.

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Grant Review Committee

Miah grew up in southern California, went to school in northern California, and became a Bellinghamster in 2019. She loves being outdoors!

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Finance, Governance, Grant Review, and Outreach & Events Committees

I'm inspired by and enjoy Wild Whatcom programs and all the nature Washington has to offer. I have a background in law enforcement, social services, and have been in the non-profit sector for decades. I believe together we can make a positive impact in the community. You can find me enjoying nature and spending time with my dogs.

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Outreach & Events Committee

Sarah came to Whatcom County for graduate school in 2005 and never left! After 10 years in Bellingham and a couple of kids, she bought 10 acres and retreated to the county life in Custer, WA. Here, she runs a small glamping operation along with her husband, Jake and her four young kids. Two of them are in Explorers Club! You can rent her cozy, wooded spaces in the spring/summer/fall to connect with nature and unplug from the busy-ness of daily life.

Sarah loves to practice Pilates, meditation, and Zumba! She also loves to travel and has taken her family to Mexico, Costa Rica, and Portugal for extended trips. But the main thing that truly lights her up is...CONNECTION. She creates it in everything she does. Sarah is also driven by the pursuit of joy and simplicity, meaningful relationships, PNW summers, epic dance parties, and music from the Beatles.

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Governance Committee

Sarah was drawn to volunteer with Wild Whatcom because she believe that our exposure to, and love for, nature will be our salvation as individuals and collectively as humans. That, and the incredible folks at Wild Whatcom, of course!

From Baba Dioum, Senegalese forester and activist:

“ In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we’re taught.”

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