Our people, our power.
Meet the people who make Cascadia awesome.
Cascadia’s mission is to inspire and empower communities everywhere to protect and restore our world.
We take this to heart. Cascadians are not only researchers, planners, and program implementers and evaluators… we’re also singers and cyclists, gamers, climbers, writers, musicians, in-line skaters, pastry chefs, travel bloggers, practical jokers, new and experienced parents, volunteers, board members, voters, and really good neighbors. In and out of work, we devote our intellect, creativity, and passion to improving the equity, sustainability, and resiliency of our communities. Meet our team members below.
Emily Jennings
Associate



Susan Canady-Denham
Associate


Sarah Price-Mitchell
Human Resources Manager

Nikki Ardalan
Project Coordinator

Nicole Saho Okimoto Wentworth
Project Coordinator

Nate Jensen
Field Team


Marie Horan
Field Team

Maarika Rickansrud
Administrative Coordinator

Liam Heng
Project Coordinator


Jenny Ugolino
Senior Associate

Danica Yeh
Project Coordinator

Brady Kerr

Barbara Mendez
Project Coordinator

Amanda Savagian
Project Coordinator

Alexandra Doty
Associate

Abigail Lambert
Project Coordinator


Jenna Decker
Associate

Kenzo Yoshitomi
Project Coordinator

Keith Sibal
Project Coordinator

Nicole Gutierrez
Associate

Emily Jackson
Senior Associate

Celine Fujikawa
Associate

Ben Packard
Board Member
Cascadia Board Member Ben Packard is currently the Executive Director of EarthLab at the University of Washington, where he works to connect environmental policy decision-makers with the incredible resources—faculty, researchers and students—on UW campuses. The EarthLab initiative addresses large-scale environmental challenges by accelerating and focusing UW expertise on the most important environmental issues we face. In this role, Ben focuses on building relationships between UW and public, private, nonprofit and other sectors that deliver impact. Prior to becoming the inaugural Executive Director of EarthLab, Ben served as Global Managing Director of Corporate Engagement at The Nature Conservancy, and as Vice President of Global Responsibility and Director of Environmental Affairs at Starbucks.

Dominique Gómez
Board Member
Cascadia Board member Dominique Gómez is currently the Deputy Director of the Colorado Energy Office, a non-regulatory department within the office of Governor Jared Polis which leads climate programs and policy for the State of Colorado. Dominique has been passionate about environmental and social justice from an early age. In college she led a student group focused on pro environmental behavior, and has spent her entire career touching on different elements of the climate crisis. She recently served on the Denver Climate Action Task Force whose recommendations led to a voter approved sales tax which will generate $40 million a year to combat climate change and economic disparity. In addition to her work with Cascadia, she is a Commissioner for Denver Water and on the Board of Communities Unlimited, which focuses on sustainable economic development in areas with persistent poverty. Dominique lives in Denver with her husband and young daughters.

Rachel Ropp
Senior Contracts Manager
Khori Bjork
Field Team

Sylvia Juarez
HR Manager

Sebastian Espinosa
Project Coordinator

Shirley Ng
Associate

Sarah Schu
Associate

Megan Lee
Associate

May Xie
Associate

Mary Ann Rozance
Senior Associate

Keiko Betcher
Associate

Jay Carhart
Project Coordinator

Hailey Weinberg
Associate

Hannah Wheeler
Business Development Coordinator

Kennidy Stood
Associate

Christy Chow
Associate

Carolina Paez Jimenez
Project Coordinator

Brandy Do
Project Coordinator

Bethany Drahota
Associate

Angela Pan
Senior Associate

Amy Lin
Associate

Alyssa Rodriguez
Associate

Alicia Fennell
Associate

Alexandra Brown-Law
Associate

Alejandro Paredes
Director

Claire Henderson
Office Manager

Mike Chang
Director of Equity

Terry Ng
Associate

Susan Boyer
Senior Accountant

Stephanie Thomas
Co-President, Co-Owner

Shannon Saam
Director

Ruth Bell
Principal, Co-Owner

P.J. Tillmann
Senior Associate

Omkar Aphale
Associate

Michael Acode
Senior Associate

Marie Novak
Consulting Operations Manager

Maddie Seibert
Senior Associate

Lynn Knapp
Director

Kristina Zeynalova
Senior Associate

Kirstin Hervin
Associate

Julie Stein
Director

Jessica Branom-Zwick
Senior Associate

Jasmine Beverly
Senior Associate

Heather Levy
Director of Consulting Operations

Gretchen Muller
Director

Eric Prestbo
Director of Finance

Eric Franzen
Business Development Director

Emily Rhoades
Senior Associate

Dieter Eckels
Director

Clark Mosher
Office Manager

Christy Shelton
Principal, Co-Owner, Director of Quality

Carole Branom
Accountant

Brian Afeltra
Business Development Associate

Brent Edgar
IT Manager

Amity Lumper
Co-President, Co-Owner
