Staff Changes

MAZAMA STAFF CHANGES

KATHERINE ROSE

VOLUNTEER & COMMITTEE COORDINATOR

Katherine Rose joined our team as our Volunteer & Committee Coordinator on August 9. Her first few weeks were spent getting to know volunteers, meeting with committee chairs, and learning about the inner workings of the Mazamas. Katherine is excited to get to work and is especially looking forward to planning our next Volunteer Appreciation Night!

Katherine comes to the Mazamas with eight years of experience in conservation and outdoor recreation. Originally from a rural setting on the Oregon coast, Katherine feels at home spending time outside observing the landscape around her.

Katherine has built backcountry hiking trails in the Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains, implemented farming education in Colorado, and coordinated education for a watershed council in Eastern Oregon. More recently, Katherine has called Portland home, working with Portland Parks & Recreation performing natural area restoration, trail work projects, engaging volunteers in stewardship programing, and teens in workforce development.

As an environmental and urban studies major with a concentration in anthropology, Katherine focused her studies at Bard College on sustainable outdoor recreation. She strives to support opportunities for connection between people and the outdoors, while removing barriers which have historically limited folks from recreationally having access to the outdoors. Katherine is excited to bring a passion for equity and inclusion into her work with Mazamas and share in her love for the mountains.

During her free time, Katherine can be found gardening, dancing, playing music, canoeing, skateboarding, playing with her dog, skiing, and hiking!