Board of Directors 2012
Front row: (left to right): Stephen Archer, Margie Robberson, Sue Fountain, Kristee Chick, Margaret Wood
Back row: (left to right): Max Merrill, Julia Kennedy Cochran, Broc Stenman, Karen Poulsen, Kristin Kovalik, Beth Patterson
Inserts lower left: Christine Coffin, Margaret Heater
Executive Committee
Stephen Archer, President
Physician and Surgeon
Bend, Oregon
Margaret Heater, Vice-President
Retired corporate executive
Bend, Oregon
Margaret Wood, Secretary
Family cattle ranch owner, public school arts advocate
Post, Oregon
Karen Poulsen, Treasurer
Owner, Bella Moda retail clothing store
Bend, Oregon
Directors
Kristee Chick
Senior Vice President/Manager of Commercial Banking at Umpqua Bank
Bend, Oregon
Julia Kennedy Cochran
Journalist (retired) and non-fiction writer
Bend, Oregon
Christine Coffin
Communications and Outreach, OSU-Cascades
Bend, Oregon
Sue Fountain
Part-time assistant librarian and retired high school teacher
Bend, Oregon
Kristin Kovalik
Senior Project Manager, Trust for Public Land
Bend, Oregon
Max Merrill
Attorney, Merrill O'Sullivan LLP
Bend, Oregon
Beth Patterson
Operations manager at Central Oregon Council on Aging
Bend, Oregon
Margie Robberson
International Baccalaureate English teacher (retired)
Bend, Oregon
Broc Stenman
California State Parks (retired)
Bend, Oregon
Advisory Committee
Pamela Andrews, CEO, Cascade Publications, Bend, Oregon
Karen Aylward, Coordinator, Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program, COCC Foundation, Bend, Oregon
David Bilyeu, Director, Central Oregon Community College Library (former Board member, The Nature of Words)
Kathy Bowman, Oregon Poetry Association, Joseph, Oregon
Pat Clark, Founder/Director, Atelier 6000 Professional Printmaking Studio and Gallery, Bend, Oregon
Tina Davis, Former Owner, Camalli Book Company, Bend, Oregon
Ginger Dehlinger, Author, Bend, Oregon
Noelle Fredland, Marketing Director, The Old Mill District, Bend, Oregon
Mick Green, Director of Sales at Bend Radio Group, Bend, Oregon
Julie L. Gregory, Charitable Gift Planner, The Oregon Community Foundation, Bend, Oregon
Gail Kinsey HIll, The Oregonian business reporter (retired), Bend, Oregon
Jane Kirkpatrick, Award-winning author, speaker and mental health professional, Bend, Oregon
John Kvapil, Principal architect & partner, DKA Architecture & Design (former Board member, The Nature of Words)
Doug LaPlaca, Executive Director, Visit Bend, Bend, Oregon
Peter Lovering, Residential construction consultant, poet, Bend, Oregon
(former Board member, The Nature of Words)
John Martin, President, John Martin Landscapes, Inc. Bend, Oregon (former Board member, The Nature of Words)
Sandra Miller, Art gallery owner & private art consultant, retired, Bend, Oregon
(former Board member, The Nature of Words)
Renee Mitchell, Vice President and Director of Client Services, tbd Advertising, Bend, Oregon
(former Board member, The Nature of Words)
Chuck Mohler, Manager, Field Services, Pacific Power, Sisters, Oregon
John Mounts, Documentary filmmaker, Bend, Oregon
Mary Heather Noble, Environmentalist, Bend, Oregon
Elizabeth Quinn, Editor, High Desert Journal, Bend, Oregon
Karen Roth, Director, Multicultural Activities, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon
Cassondra Schindler, Cassondra Schindler Consulting, Bend, Oregon
Aaron Switzer, President, Lay It Out, Inc., Bend, Oregon
Diana Tomseth, Corporate Director, Les Schwab Tire Centers, Bend, Oregon
Libby Westlund, National Ski Patrol, Volunteer ski patrol at Mount Bachelor, Bend, Oregon
Valerie Wright, Attorney, Wright Van Handel LLP, Bend, Oregon
Kyle Wuepper, Attorney, Bryant Lovlien & Jarvis PC, Bend, Oregon (former Board member, The Nature of Words )