As we’ve celebrated our 50th anniversary this year, I’ve been reminded how many staff, board members, volunteers, donors, partner organizations, and dedicated activists it has taken to achieve the major conservation victories we have accomplished in the last half-century.
There has always been a massive community of people who care about the future of Oregon’s wildlands and wildlife willing to step in and do their part to protect the wild in our state.
It is in this spirit that I am writing today with some big Oregon Wild news. After 17 years on staff, including the last 12 years as executive director, I am stepping down – excited to see a new leader take the mantle at this organization that means so much to all of us.
Oregon Wild is indispensable in the fight to protect the unique natural beauty of our state and we are primed for more amazing accomplishments across the years and decades ahead.
Thanks to the support of so many of you, we are financially healthy with solid reserves. We have a staff with unrivaled talent and dedication who are doing amazing things protecting Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters. We have a strong board with incredible leadership that is aligned with our mission and vision and highly motivated to lead a successful search for Oregon Wild’s next executive director.
I want to thank you all for supporting me and Oregon Wild over the years. This is a movement that only succeeds through the dedication of thousands of people and your collective actions add up to an impact that we couldn’t achieve alone. What an absolute privilege it has been to share this work with you.
For the next few months, I will be dedicated to supporting the transition by: leading our team in finalizing our next four-year strategic plan traveling the state to celebrate our 50th anniversary with you in the many communities impacted by our work supporting the board and our next executive director in any way I can.
Read the note below from Lisa Billings, our board president, to find out more about the search for the next Oregon Wild executive director.
There are very few things in my life more important to me than Oregon Wild and I will always be here to help the organization in any way I can.
Onward,
Sean Stevens
Executive Director
| Message from Board President, Lisa Billings On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Sean for an incredible legacy of leadership, conservation achievements, staff and board development progress, and overall friendship to all of us. I’m especially grateful for his efforts to support a thoughtful transition for Oregon Wild as he looks to his new chapter and we look into our next 50 years.There may never be enough words to express our gratitude to Sean for the legacy he will leave behind, and he will be deeply missed by all of us. But I am also so excited for the future of Oregon Wild and know that our best days are ahead.With that in mind, we are officially launching the search for the next executive director of Oregon Wild. We are partnering with the team at Motus Recruiting to find a dynamic new leader. You can find the full job description and instructions for applying on the Oregon Wild website. Please share far and wide to help us identify a large and diverse candidate pool. Thanks to you and other Oregon Wild supporters, we enter this transition firing on all cylinders and ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Lisa Billings Board President |
