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The Board

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Do you like the horizontal or larger vertical images better?  

If you decide horizontal, I will need large horizontal images for:
Tom, Teri and Steve (preferably the original).  The images on the current website are too small and look grainy.

If you decide on vertical (like Micki’s image and Elizabeth’s on the staff page), then I will need a large vertical image of Tom, Teri and Steve, and Julie.

Julie Williams
(President and CEO)

Julie Is a retired High School Teacher and coach.(1987-2020)  In 2012, students in her Sustainability and Society course challenged her to create a project that would have real and lasting climate impact. Seeds for the Sol is the result of that challenge. She has a certificate of completion for Climate Masters and Climate Reality Leadership Training. She participated in the Fulbright-Japan Exchange for Educators for Sustainable Development in 2009. Julie is also on the Leadership Team for Electrify Oregon. She serves on the Renewable Energy Advisory Council for Energy Trust of Oregon and is a member of the Energy Action Team with the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

Micki Reaman
Secretary

Micki is editorial, design, and production manager at Oregon State University Press, publisher of books exploring the region’s people and landscapes, flora and fauna, and history and cultural heritage. She was previously managing editor at the nonprofit literary publisher CALYX and marketer and educational program coordinator at The Arts Center (Corvallis). She has served on the OSU Women’s Center Advisory Board, on the core team guiding Jubilate! The Women’s Choir of Corvallis, and on the Benton County Cultural Coalition and planning committee. A resident of Corvallis since 1992, her ongoing commitment to local and global justice–social and environmental–has deepened with the rising climate crisis.

Tery Williams
Member at Large

Tery Williams has been a practicing attorney for over 20 years with experience in corporate governance and international employment and equity issues. Tery is a Corvallis native who returned to the city recently after 30 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Julie Williams
(President and CEO)

Julie Is a retired High School Teacher and coach.(1987-2020)  In 2012, students in her Sustainability and Society course challenged her to create a project that would have real and lasting climate impact. Seeds for the Sol is the result of that challenge. She has a certificate of completion for Climate Masters and Climate Reality Leadership Training. She participated in the Fulbright-Japan Exchange for Educators for Sustainable Development in 2009. Julie is also on the Leadership Team for Electrify Oregon. She serves on the Renewable Energy Advisory Council for Energy Trust of Oregon and is a member of the Energy Action Team with the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

Micki Reaman
Secretary

Micki is editorial, design, and production manager at Oregon State University Press, publisher of books exploring the region’s people and landscapes, flora and fauna, and history and cultural heritage. She was previously managing editor at the nonprofit literary publisher CALYX and marketer and educational program coordinator at The Arts Center (Corvallis). She has served on the OSU Women’s Center Advisory Board, on the core team guiding Jubilate! The Women’s Choir of Corvallis, and on the Benton County Cultural Coalition and planning committee. A resident of Corvallis since 1992, her ongoing commitment to local and global justice–social and environmental–has deepened with the rising climate crisis.

Tery Williams
Member at Large

Tery Williams has been a practicing attorney for over 20 years with experience in corporate governance and international employment and equity issues. Tery is a Corvallis native who returned to the city recently after 30 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Tom Ekstedt
Vice President

Tom has been active in sustainability efforts for several years. He has been involved with the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition since 2009, where he currently leads the Energy Action Team. In 2013, he joined the board of directors of the Corvallis Environmental Center. A 20-year Corvallis resident, Tom recently retired from Hewlett-Packard, where he served as an IT professional in a variety of systems development, project management and technical leadership roles. He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis (BSEE) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSEE). His Master’s thesis work involved characterization of concentrating silicon solar cells.

Steve Starcevich
Member at Large

Steve has been a fish biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for two decades, and has conducted research and monitoring projects across Oregon on species such as bull trout, redband trout, and Pacific lamprey. Climate change is a central concern to him as a biologist, citizen, and father. With the assistance of Seeds for the Sol he had a rooftop solar power system installed on his home in November 2014. The system was an amazing investment: It has provided all the residential electricity his family uses (and a small surplus), it has reduced their electricity bill to the basic fee, increased their home equity, and lowered their carbon footprint. He volunteers with Seeds for the Sol because it provides an effective and scalable funding model for a rapid transition to residential solar energy through community support, renewable energy incentives, and tax credits.