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The Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) is a platform for inspiring change, facilitating action, and promoting collaboration related to sustainability and social justice within the region's higher education institutions. As a regional conference, WOHESC promotes a local focus, with dialogue specifically addressing issues in the Cascadia region. Solutions will be tailored for implementation and action in our unique political, social, economic, and environmental climate.
Briar Schoon | Sustainability Manager, Portland Community College (PCC)
Makerusa Porotesano | Director of Multicultural Services, Portland Community College (PCC)
Lindsey MacDonald | Associate Director, Sustainability Engagement Institute, Western Washington University
Grace Wang | Director, Sustainability Engagement Institute, Western Washington University
Jeff Bousson | Sustainability Officer, Central Washington University
Dr. Taylor McHolm | Director for the Student Sustainability Center, University of Oregon
Daryl Pierson | Director of the Planning and Sustainability Office, Portland State University
Susan Rivera | Senior Lecturer, Central Washington University
Sarah Stoeckl, PhD | Director, Office of Sustainability, University of Oregon
Brandon Trelstad | Sustainability Officer, Oregon State University
Sophia Agtarap | Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
"The event amplifies sustainability in our region by bringing together all the pieces of the sustainability puzzle-students, staff, faculty, and community-and allowing them to work and think collaboratively in a way that fosters real and lasting change upon returning to our home institutions."
- Jim Simon | Director of Sustainability, Gonzaga University