New Hire – Executive Director

We are pleased to announce the hiring of Lizanne Saunders as the World Salmon Council’s Executive Director. Lizanne was the original founder of the award-winning Salmon Watch environmental education program when she served as Oregon Trout’s Director of Education years ago. As the founding President of World Salmon Council’s Board of Directors, Lizanne has spearheaded the revitalization of Salmon Watch in the Portland metro and mid-Columbia Gorge communities over the past year. We are delighted that, as our new Executive Director, Lizanne will continue to lend her considerable talent, vision, and passion to the cause of promoting wild salmon sustainability wherever wild salmon still swim.