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Forterra’s 17th Annual Conservation Award Breakfast

Join us at the Washington State Convention and Trade center from 7:30 am – 9:00 am (check in at 7:00 am) for our 17th annual Conservation Awards Breakfast!

The Conservation Awards Breakfast is a non-ticketed fundraising event. Individual guests are always welcome! Register for the event before May 11th to ensure your seat at the breakfast.

Conservation Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award:  W. Ron Allen – Tribal Council Chairman, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

New Directions of Livable Communities Award:  Seattle Center

Community Service Award:  Washington Trails Association

Innovative Conservation Project Award:  South Central WA Resource and Conservation Development Council

John Stanford Educational Achievement Award:  E3 Washington

Thank you to our Breakfast Sponsors!

Sponsors support the event and ensure that money donated to Forterra goes back to creating great communities and conserving great lands. This event is strongly promoted and generates hundreds of thousands of impressions to the region. Contact Lynn Scherer for more information about becoming a sponsor, lscherer@forterra.org or 206.905.8208.   Click here to download the Sponsorship Packet.

~ Allen & Company, LLC ~ The Arbor Group at UBS Financial ~ Bentall Kennedy ~ Cedar River Group ~ Charlie and Courtni Billow ~ Bonney-Watson ~ City of Issaquah ~ City of Seattle Parks and Recreation~ Virginia & George Gunby ~ James & Eileen Kelley ~ Cocker Fennessy Inc. ~ The Commerce Bank of Washington ~ The Communications Group ~ Michelle Connor and Mark Levensky ~ Denny Miller Associates Inc. ~ Gallatin Public Affairs ~ Stone Gossard ~ Green Diamond Resource Company ~ Heartland LLC ~ Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. ~ King County Parks and Recreation Division ~ Martha Kongsgaard & Peter Goldman ~ Konrad J. Liegel, Attorney-At-Law, PLLC ~ Martin Flynn Public Affairs, Inc ~ Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties ~ Merrill & Ring Forest Products LP ~ Medsker Refrigeration ~ Miller Nash, LLP ~ Mithun ~ Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLC ~ Perkins Coie LLC ~ Plum Creek Timber Company ~ Nyhus Communications, LLC ~ Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe ~ PSG Washington, Inc. ~ William D. and Jill Ruckelshaus ~ Schnitzer Steel Industries ~ Seabrook Land Company ~ Seattle City Light ~ Rob Short and Emer Dooley ~ Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. ~ Snohomish Senior Leadership Conference ~ Sound Transit ~Stoel Rives LLP ~ Stream Real Estate LLC ~ The Student Conservation Association, Inc. ~ Thompson Smitch Consulting Group ~ Touchstone Corporation ~  University of Washington College of Built Environments ~ University of Washington College of the Environment ~VanNess Feldman GordonDerr ~ Doug & Maggie Walker ~ Washington Forest Protection Association ~ Washington Realtors® ~

In-Kind Support:

~AVMS ~ BIG TREES ~ NurseryTrees.com of Snohomish, WA ~ NW Art and Design~

Our Table Captains

The success of our Awards Breakfast is due in large part to Table captains. If you are interested in inviting 9 friends and colleagues to join you at your own table, sign up today! Interested in sharing a table? Just let us know and we’ll match you with another co-captain.  Click here to download the Table Captain Packet.

Registered Table Captains can click here to register their guests.

~ Susan Adams, Washington Water Trust ~ Jeff Aken, Forterra ~ J Allen, Allen & Company, LLC ~ Jean Amick, Sun Park  ~ Marc Angelillo, Stream Real Estate LLC ~ Jill Scheffer-Arango, Forterra ~ Jim Armstrong, Howe and Armstrong Consulting ~ Bill Arthur, Sierra Club ~ Thatcher Bailey, Seattle Parks Foundation ~ Ernest Bay, Foothills Rails to Trails ~ Rob Bernard, Microsoft Corporation ~ Emiko Blalock, Washington State Budget & Policy Center ~ Judy Blanco, Forterra ~ David Bowen, American Forest Land Company, LLC ~ David Boyd, Groundswell NW ~ Murray Brackett, Allen Brackett Shedd ~ Nick Bratton, Forterra ~ Weston Brinkley, Forterra ~ joan burlingame ~ Andrea Delgadillo Ostrovsky, GSP Forest Steward ~ Linda Carriveau, The Commerce Bank of Washington ~ Taylor Carroll, Forterra ~ John Caulfield, City of Mountlake Terrace ~ Katie Cava, Forterra ~ Leda Chahim, Forterra ~ Jennifer Chang, Forterra ~ Natalie Cheel, Forterra ~ Lisa Ciecko, Forterra ~ Nick Cilluffo, Forterra ~ Timothy Ceis, Ceis Bayne & East Strategic ~ Shamra Clark, Initiative for Global Development ~ Rick Cocker, Cocker Fennessy Inc. ~ Josh Cohen, Forterra ~ Matthew Cohen, Stoel Rives LLP ~ Christine Cole, Forest Stewards ~ J.J. Collins, Freestone Realty, LLC ~ Michelle Connor, Forterra ~ Dow Constantine, King County Executive ~ Kip Cramer, Acoustical Design Inc. ~ Karen Daubert, Washington Trails Association ~ Adam Draper, Forterra ~ Patrick Drum, The Arbor Group at UBS Financial ~ Michael Dunning, Perkins Coie LLP ~ Steve Dunphy, Communications Consultant ~ Gene Duvernoy, Forterra ~ Drew Ebersole, Greater Metro Parks Foundation ~ Jim Eddy, Politcal Bridges ~ Jessica Emerson, King County Parks ~ Nicole Faghin, WA Sea Grant Coastal Management ~ Jeremy Febus, KPFF Engineering ~ Anne Fennessy, Cocker Fennessy Inc. ~ Mike Flood, Seattle Seahawks ~ Martin Flynn, Martin Flynn Public Affairs, Inc ~ Daniel Friedman, University of Washington College of Built Environments ~ Lindsay Fromme, Evans School of Public Affairs ~ Jodie Galvan, Forterra ~Rob Gelder, Kitsap County Commissioner ~ Anthony Gibbons, Re-Solve Gibbons & Riely, PLLC  ~ Sam Gibboney, ISE Consultants ~ Peter Goldman, Washington Forest Law Center ~ Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands ~ Nathan Gorton, Washington Realtors® ~ Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam ~ Lisa Graumlich, College of the Environment, University of  Washington ~ Duncan Greene, VanNess Feldman GordonDerr ~ Andy Gregory, Coastal Tourism Research ~ Bert Gregory, Mithun ~Joanna Grist, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition ~ John Gustafson, Seattle City Light ~ Ann Gygi, Forterra ~ Charlie Hafenbrack, GLY Construction ~ Jane Hague, King County Council ~ Bob Harrison, City of Issaquah ~ Tim Heimerle, People for Puget Sound ~ John Hempelmann, Cairncross & Hempelmann ~ Mark Hinshaw, LMN Architects ~ Carolyn Hope, City of Redmond ~ John Howell, Cedar River Group ~ Justin Howell, Applied Ecology LLC ~ A-P Hurd, Touchstone Corporation ~ Deborah Jensen, Woodland Park Zoo ~ Bob Jirsa, Plum Creek Timber Co. ~ Mark Johnsen, Karr Tuttle Campell ~ Gerry Johnson, Pacifica Law Group ~ Liz Johnston, Forterra ~ Norah Kates, Forterra ~ Kim Kerr, Pacific Portfolio ~ Martha Kongsgaard, Puget Sound Partnership ~ Kristen Kosidowski, Forterra ~ Kory Kramer, Forterra ~ George Kresovich, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S. ~ Anne Kroeker, Wildlife Forever Fund ~ Craig Krueger, ESM Consulting Engineers LLC ~ Matt Kuharic, King County ~ Amy LaBarge, Seattle Public Utilities ~ Melissa Laird, Forterra ~ Ryan Latham, Seattle Mariners ~ Paul Leavitt, Forterra ~ Richard Leeds, Wildlife Forever Fund ~ M.A. Leonard, Enterprise Community Partners ~ Mark Levensky, Open Space Advocate ~ Mire Levy, HSBC ~ Sarah Rick Lewontin, Bellwether Housing ~ Konrad Liegel, Konrad J. Liegel, Attorney-At Law, PLLC ~ Teresa Loo, Port Blakely Tree Companies ~ Tom Luce, Denny Miller Associates Inc. ~ Teresa Macaluso, Forterra ~ Lindsay Malone  ~ Bill Marre, Hancock Timber Resource Group ~ Chris Martin, CleanScapes ~ Karen and Paul Martin ~ Tyler McCoy, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. ~ Marc Manzo, The Student Conservation Association, Inc. ~ Michael McGinn, Mayor of Seattle ~ Dan McGrady, Vulcan Inc. ~ Kristen McIvor, Forterra ~ Ryan Mello, Pierce County Conservation District ~ Denny Miller, Denny Miller Associates Inc. ~ Andrea Mojzak, Forterra ~ Chris Murphy, Seabrook Land Company ~ Terry Mutter, The Boeing Company ~ Ken Myer, Yapta ~ Robert Nellams, Seattle Center ~ Joanna Nelson de Flores, Forterra ~ Greg Nickels, Former Mayor of Seattle ~ Dan Nordstrom, Outdoor Research ~ Roger Nyhus, Nyhus Communications, LLC ~ Dan O'Neal, WA Utilities and Transportation Commission ~ Peter Orser, Weyerhauser Real Estate (WRECO) & Quadrant ~ Tim Parham, Puget Sound Regional Council ~ Brett Phillips, UNICO ~ Bryce Phillips, evo ~ Larry Phillips, Metropolitan King County Council ~ Sandra Pinto de Bader, Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment ~ Joe Polito, Touchstone Corporation ~ Dixie Jo Porter, Sun Park ~ Jessica Powers, The Spring District/Wright Runstad & Company ~ Frank Pritchard, Open Space Advocate ~  Mike Pruett, Green Diamond Resource Company ~ Natalie Quick, Natalie Quick Consulting ~ Charles Raines, Forterra ~ Jordan Rash, Forterra ~ Carol Ready, South Central Washington Resource and Conservation Development ~ Jim Reinhardsen, Heartland LLC ~ Floyd Rogers, Open Space Advocate ~ Brian Ross, Yarrow Bay Holdings ~ Jon Rose, Pope Resources ~ Abby Ruskey, E3 Washington ~ Dave Russell, Futurewise ~ Mickey Sagdahl, Plum Creek Timber Co. ~ Judy & Joe Sambataro, Labor Ready Inc. ~ Elsa Sargent, Forterra ~ Jay Satz, The Student Conservation Association, Inc. ~ Norm Schaaf, Merrill & Ring Forest Products LP ~ Skye Schell, Forterra ~ Lynn Scherer, Forterra ~ Andrew Shifflette, Forterra ~ DeLee Shoemaker, Microsoft Corporation ~ Jill Simmons, City of Seattle Sustainability and Environment ~ Broderick Smith, Urban Visions Inc. ~ Rachel Smith, Sound Transit ~ Cameron Smock, Bonney-Watson ~ Julie Stein, The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture ~ Dan Stonington, Northwest Natural Resource Group ~ Skip Swenson, Forterra ~ Hayes Swinney, Forterra ~ Bonnie Tabb, Forterra ~ John Tabb, Keeney’s Office Supply ~ Erin Tam, EnviroIssues ~ Bill Taylor, Taylor Shellfish Farms ~ Tim Thompson, Thompson Smitch Consulting Group ~ Robert Thorpe, R.W. Thorpe & Associates, Inc. ~ Aaron Toso, Gallatin Group ~ David Towne, Towne Planning Services ~ Ruth True, NuBe Green LLC ~ Frank Van Dusen, Miller Nash, LLP ~ Alison Van Gorp, Forterra ~ Tom von Schrader, SvR Design Co. ~ Doug & Maggie Walker ~ Andy Wappler, Puget Sound Energy ~ Debbie Wege, BECU ~ Kathy Wigginton, Bentall Kennedy ~ Bruce Williams, HomeStreet Bank ~ Christopher Williams, City of Seattle Parks and Recreation ~ Robert Yerkes, McClellan Building Operating Company ~ Gary Young, Polygon Northwest