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Dave Kvamme, director of communications, grew up in Wisconsin and has lived in Oregon since 1979. Before joining OFRI in 2007, he worked for several years doing media relations and public affairs for PacifiCorp, a Portland-based company with business interests in several western states. He has passion for finding reasoned compromise and sustainable outcomes on complex natural resource issues. Dave is a graduate of Montana State University, where he studied mass communications, journalism and filmmaking. Dave and his wife love traveling, cooking and entertaining. He also reads history, skis, hikes and plays bad golf. 

Executive Director Paul Barnum has an extensive background in communications and public affairs for both public and private sectors. For 15 years, he worked at Weyerhaeuser as a director of communications. Prior to joining OFRI in August 2008, he was with Russell Investments, an international financial services company based in Seattle. He has also worked in higher education and for a Eugene public relations firm. Paul holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. He is a member of Portland City Club, a past president of SOLVE, and a former chair of OFRI. He enjoys outdoor pursuits, including jogging, hiking and climbing Cascade peaks.

Jordan Benner, OFRI’s public outreach program manager, came to OFRI from the advertising world where he wrote and designed for many well-known local, regional and national clients. Jordan’s varied work portfolio includes serving as OFRI’s “webmaster,” overseeing the agency’s Internet presence. Born in North Dakota, raised in Oregon, Jordan grew up in the forests of this state spending weekends camping, fishing, boating and other outdoor pursuits. When not in the office, he’s in the forest for both work and play. A seasoned fly fisherman and woodworker, there’s hardly a corner of Jordan’s life not touched by Oregon’s forests. Jordan is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism. 

Mike Cloughesy is the director of forestry, responsible for the development and implementation of OFRI’s forestry education programs for landowners and the general public. He also serves as a liaison with the forestry and forest science communities. Prior to joining OFRI in 2003, Mike was the director of outreach education at the Oregon State University College of Forestry and the assistant leader of the Forestry Extension Program and Professor of Forest Resources.  Mike also spent 11 years as an extension forester for OSU in Douglas and Lane Counties. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Forestry from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in Forest Science from OSU.

Norie Dimeo-Ediger has worked in education for more than 20 years and is a licensed teacher in Oregon. As director of K-12 education programs, Norie leads and coordinates K-12 teacher professional development for OFRI. Her accomplishments include working with natural resource institutions such as the Oregon Zoo and Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, where she provided professional development to teachers in science education. She has master’s degrees in both science education and adult education. In 2011, she was recognized nationally for her work with Project Learning Tree, a program of the American Forest Foundation and the Council for Environmental Education. Also in 2011, she received the Oregon State Forester’s award for excellence in forestry education.

Kathy Storm is manager of business operations, which makes her responsible for OFRI’s day-to-day operations including financial management, human resources and procurement. Her efforts have earned OFRI the state’s Gold Star Certificate for accurate and timely fiscal information every year. Before joining OFRI in 2003, she worked for the Oregon Department of Forestry. Kathy and her husband are small woodland owners, so keeping Oregon’s forests healthy is important to her. When not planting trees or caring for the family woodlands, Kathy enjoys running, camping and hiking, as well as attending Duck football games and track meets.

As forest education program manager, Julie Woodward provides OFRI education programs for K-12 students, teachers, family forestland owners and the general public. She manages the Rediscovery Forest, the working educational forest at the Oregon Garden in Silverton. Julie’s background includes forestry work in both the public and private sectors, starting with her family’s forestry business and tree farm. In 2009, she received the “Forester of the Year” award from the Oregon Society of American Foresters. Julie holds a master’s degree from Oregon State University in Natural Resources Education and Extension, and bachelor’s degrees in forest management and business administration, also from OSU. She is the fourth generation of her family to be involved with the forest sector and recently added the fifth generation of native Oregonians to her family with the arrival of twins.