Amy Martin is joining SCC as the Riparian Grant Program Manager. Amy holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in natural resource management from Washington State University. Her career has focused on monitoring and management of streams, lakes, and wetlands on working lands, including restoration project development. Amy spent seven years with the Okanogan Conservation District as a water quality planner and conservation director. Before the conservation district, Amy worked as a wetland specialist for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

Jenny Coe is joining SCC as the Forest Health & Community Wildfire Manager. Jenny comes to us from DNR, where she was part of the Community Wildfire Resilience Coordinator Team. She’s worked in the wildfire resilience and forest health sphere in WA State for over 20 years and brings a broad range of experience working with diverse partners and communities. Jenny resides in beautiful Bellingham with her awesome partner and 3 crazy teenagers. She enjoys kayaking, traveling, live music, wine tasting, being outdoors, and making people laugh.

Shana Joy joined the State Conservation Commission in 2014. Prior to joining SCC, she worked for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources as the Executive Director of the Natural Resource Conservation and Development Board, a position she held for five years. In this role Shana worked closely with 12 diverse conservation districts statewide as well as state and federal agency leaders to advance conservation districts in Alaska.

In her updated role, Shana will continue to lead the regional managers, and manage the transition of programs into a unified and collaborative unit. SCC will be hiring a new Southeast regional manager to take over Shana’s regional manager duties.