Executive Director
206-382-9555 ext. 21
bcairns@lltk.org

Barbara has been executive director of LLTK since 1997. She serves on the Development Committee of Shared Strategy for Puget Sound, on the Executive Committee of the Snohomish/King/Pierce tri-county salmon recovery effort, and is a member of the board of directors of the Nisqually River Foundation. Prior to returning home to Seattle, Barbara spent 8 years in Washington D.C. In 1995 and 1996, she was deputy director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and was legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman from 1989 through 1994, working on environment, energy, public lands, public works, and transportation policy.

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Director of Community Development
206-382-9555 ext. 26
ndworkin@lltk.org

Prior to joining LLTK in 2005, Natasha directed the external communications programs at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Natasha holds a B.A. in Literature and Creative Writing from the Evergreen State College, and is currently working towards a Master in Public Affairs at the University of Washington.

Facility Manager, Lilliwaup Facility/Hood Canal Projects
360-877-6960
rendicott@lltk.org

A lifelong resident of the Hood Canal region, Rick has been with LLTK since 1993. Before that he was a hatchery manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for more than 15 years. Rick serves on the board of the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.

Director, Finance and Administration
206-382-9555 ext. 22
mewanciw@lltk.org

Mike has more than 12 years of financial management experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors. Prior to joining LLTK's staff in 1998, he worked for the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Seeds of Change, and Whole Foods Markets. He has a master's of business administration from the University of Texas, and a certificate in environmental management from the University of Washington. Mike serves on the board of Seattle Tilth and has been the organization's treasurer for the last four years.

Steelhead Fisheries Biologist, Lilliwaup Facility/Hood Canal Projects
360-376-4773
jlee@lltk.org

Joy has been with LLTK since 2001. Joy attributes her passion for working hands-on with fish and wildlife to her upbringing on her family's working farm near New Haven, Connecticut. Joy holds a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Evergreen State College.

Project Manager
206-382-9555 ext. 24
bmasters@lltk.org

Bill joined LLTK in 2006. He holds a master's degree in Sustainable Development from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and a B.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Washington. Prior to joining LLTK Bill worked as a Research Associate at the Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment in Sydney.

Development Associate & Asst. to the Executive Director
206-382-9555 ext. 21
cmcgrath@lltk.org

Prior to joining LLTK's staff in August 2003, Carol served as assistant to the director of public affairs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and spent seven years in New York as an exhibition coordinator at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the City of New York. Carol grew up in Connecticut, and received her B.A. in history at the University of New Hampshire.

Facility Manager, Glenwood Springs Facility
360-376-4773
moconnell@lltk.org

Mike is a longtime fisheries biologist with experience and training in many areas of natural resource management. Prior to joining LLTK's staff in 2001, he was a district watershed manager for the Middle Deschutes Watershed in central Oregon. He and his wife, Tina, live on Orcas.

Director of Fish Programs
206-382-9555 ext. 27
mschmidt@lltk.org

Michael joined Long Live the Kings (LLTK) in 2001, starting as an assistant to the facilitator of the Puget Sound and Coastal Washington Hatchery Reform Project (2001-2004). In 2004, after receiving his Master of Marine Affairs from the University of Washington, Michael became the Fish Program Coordinator, and in 2007, the Director of Fish Programs. Michael oversees LLTK’s fish enhancement and supplementation projects based out of the organization's two hatcheries and helps coordinate the Hood Canal Steelhead Project, a highly collaborative, one-of-a-kind, sixteen-year, basin-wide supplementation experiment incorporating all steelhead-bearing streams in Hood Canal. Since June of 2006, Michael has also been the facilitator for the US Fish & Wildlife Service Hatchery Review Team, a 15 person team of scientists charged with reviewing all USFWS funded and operated hatchery programs in the Columbia and Lower Snake River Basins and on the Olympic Peninsula.

Chair, Skagit Watershed Council
360-419-9326
solomon@nwlink.com

Shirley joined the organization in 1996. Since 1997 her work has been exclusively with the Skagit Watershed Council, where she serves as chair of the organization. Prior to joining LLTK Shirley worked for the Northwest Renewable Resources Center directing several projects dealing with natural resource management and tribal-county intergovernmental jurisdiction. She has also worked as an environmental consultant throughout the West.