John DeVoe, Executive Director

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e-mail: john at waterwatch.org

John joined the WaterWatch staff in 2003 after practicing law for 13 years in Portland, most recently as a partner in a larger Portland law firm. John’s practice focused on environmental and natural resource issues as well as condemnation and civil litigation. He earned his law degree with honors from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1990, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia College in New York in 1985. John is a member of numerous conservation organizations and enjoys birding and backcountry skiing. He is thrilled to work on behalf of Oregon’s rivers (and their inhabitants).

Lisa Brown, Staff Attorney

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e-mail: lisa at waterwatch.org

Lisa joined WaterWatch as a Staff Attorney in 2004. She has worked with Northwest conservation groups on watershed and aquatic habitat protection projects for many years, as well as for an aquatic research group at the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis. Lisa earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from Oregon State University with honors, and graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School, cum laude, with a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. She is a member of the Oregon Bar.

David Moskowitz, Director of Development

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e-mail: david at waterwatch.org

David began working for WaterWatch as a government relations consultant in the halls of Salem for the 2007 legislative session. An attorney, he has worked for public agencies and several prominent fish conservation groups, including the Wild Salmon Center, Native Fish Society and the Association of Northwest Steelheaders, shaping salmon and steelhead conservation and recovery policies in the northwest. Dave earned his law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School and is a member of the Oregon Bar.

Kimberley Priestley, Senior Policy Analyst

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e-mail: kjp at waterwatch.org

Kimberley Priestley is the Senior Policy Analyst with WaterWatch of Oregon. Kimberley advocates for legal and policy reforms to protect and restore Oregon rivers statewide, with a particular emphasis on ensuring protection of Oregon’s rivers in the state legislature and safeguarding the waters of the Deschutes Basin. Kimberley has been with WW since 1993. She earned her J.D. from the University of Washington, where she also earned an L.L.M. in International Environmental Law. She earned her B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley.