Jaime Pinkham President of the Intertribal Timber Council

Mr. Pinkham is a citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, is the Watershed Department Manager for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission which represents the four Columbia River treaty tribes: Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama. From 1990 to 2002, he worked for the Nez Perce Tribe where he was twice elected to the Tribe's governing body and also managed the Tribe's Natural Resources and Fisheries Departments. His other past positions include Tribal Lands Program Director for the Trust for Public Land; Washington Department of Natural Resources; and Bureau of Indian Affairs. He serves on various boards including the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society; the International Advisory Council for the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the University of Arizona; Potlatch Corporation's Citizens Advisory Committee in Idaho; and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. His past national leadership positions include Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society; President of the Intertribal Timber Council; and Chairman of the Tribal Lands Advisory Council for Trust for Public Land. Jaime received a forestry degree from Oregon State University and is also a graduate of the Washington State Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Foundation's leadership program.

The Leadership Role of Tribes in Western Lands Conservation Thursday, February 28 Gardner Auditorium W.A. Franke Business College 5:00 - 7:30 pm