STAFF
Cameron La Follette, Executive Director
Cameron La Follette has a law degree from Columbia University School of Law. She has worked on coastal issues advocacy for ten years, including managing the Coastal Futures Project for 1000 Friends of Oregon. In earlier environmental work she focused on protecting ancient forests on federal lands in Oregon to ensure clean drinking water, salmon habitat and ecosystem protection. She also served on the Salem Planning Commission for three years.
Sean Malone, Partnership for the Coast Attorney
Sean Malone received his J.D. from the Gonzaga University School of Law and an LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources from the University of Oregon School of Law. Sean’s legal work has primarily focused on public interest environmental law issues, and he has represented local, regional, and national environmental organizations. Sean enjoys spending his free time with his wife and son, preferably on the Oregon coast.
BOARD
Michael Manzulli — President
Michael Manzulli lives on the North Oregon Coast where he advises nonprofit organizations for a living. He is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College’s environmental law program. He sits on the Lower Nehalem Community Trust’s Lands Committee, and is an active member of the North Coast Basin Coalition that is looking to remedy the effects Oregon’s forest practices have on coastal drinking water and fish habitat. When not trying to protect local wetlands, streams, and riparian areas, you are likely to find Mike in the ocean or on an empty beach with his son and dog.
John Harland — Treasurer
John Harland has been engaged in a number of efforts to protect the Oregon coast. He has a graduate degree in environmental engineering from the California Institute of Technology and has spent his career working with companies to help manage environmental compliance and reduce the impact of their operations. He is currently the president of the Pollution Prevention Resource Center, a non-profit organization that is the Northwest’s leading source of high quality, unbiased pollution prevention information. John has a house in Cape Meares, where he and his family have enjoyed the coast for more than thirty years.
Cameron La Follette — Secretary
Cameron La Follette has a law degree from Columbia University School of Law. She has worked on coastal issues advocacy for ten years, including managing the Coastal Futures Project for 1000 Friends of Oregon. In earlier environmental work she focused on protecting ancient forests on federal lands in Oregon to ensure clean drinking water, salmon habitat and ecosystem protection. She also served on the Salem Planning Commission for three years.
Jeff Harrison
Jeff Harrison is a Business/Information Technology professional who splits his time between Portland and Cannon Beach. He received a BA in Business Administration from Drury University, and a MBA from the University of Kansas. He and his wife moved from Missouri to Oregon in 1998 and have developed strong ties to the Oregon Coast. He has been engaged in various issues to preserve Cannon Beach’s beauty and livability for both residents and visitors. In addition to the beauty of our coast, Jeff enjoys the outdoors activities it offers such as fishing, clamming and crabbing.
Robin Risley
Robin Risley has lived in Cannon Beach for more than forty-five years. She works as a real estate broker in the area. Robin served two four-year terms on the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission, and also has served on the Clatsop County Planning Commission, Cannon Beach Planning Commission and Cannon Beach City Council. Robin feels strongly the importance of being good stewards of our resources, especially our beaches and coastline.
Jan Mitchell
Jan Mitchell moved to Oregon from California where she had a 25 year career as a long range planner with a large city, specializing in citizen participation, transportation, and land use planning for communities of 35-50,000 people, as well as 10 year comprehensive plans. She attended social work graduate school at the University of Chicago for one year, then completed graduate work in Urban Planning at CSU-Fresno. She has lived in Astoria for 29 years.
Jan organized and served on a two state, two tribal group body creating a national 5 day Lewis and Clark Bicentennial event. Jan was at CASA for 18 years. She has served on several non-profit boards and on planning commissions at Clatsop County and Astoria. She was on the Oregon Heritage Commission for 8 years, two as chair. She is a local activist, mother of 2 grown children and 2 dogs, and Roger Rocka’s wife.