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 more than a decade, 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, and graduated with honors from Lewis and Clark Law School with a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. She is a member of the Oregon Bar.

Bob Hunter, Staff Attorney

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e-mail: bob at waterwatch.org

Bob is probably best known as WaterWatch’s point person in our efforts to remove Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River. Bob has been involved in this effort for over 10 years, and he is a founding member and former president of the WaterWatch Board of Directors. He also handles all southern Oregon streamflow issues out of our branch office in Medford. He represents WaterWatch in negotiations to resolve long-term conflicts over water use and fish and wildlife needs in the Klamath Basin. Before joining the WaterWatch staff in March 1998, Bob practiced law for 20 years in Medford. Bob earned both an undergraduate and a law degree from the University of Michigan.

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 is the water rights “watchdog” of the WaterWatch staff, monitoring all state actions related to the issuance of new water rights on a permit-by-permit basis. Her administrative appeals in opposition to new out-of-stream rights that would dewater streams have resulted in the outright denial of some new rights, and the issuance of other rights with restrictions that will diminish their harmful effects on fish habitat. She attends all meetings of the Oregon Water Resources Commission, and advocates for the establishment of instream water rights to permanently protect streamflows for fish, recreation and water quality. She also coordinates efforts to protect the waters of the Deschutes Basin.  Kimberley received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her law degree and Masters of Law from the University of Washington. Kimberley has been with WaterWatch since 1993.