Who We Are

2018-2019 SORP Board

President Rachel Franchina US Forest Service (720) 883-7045 rfranchina@gmail.com	Vice-President of Operations Annie McVay City of Redmond (541)504-2003 annie.mcvay@ci.redmond.or.us
Vice President of Development Margaret Bailey CHM - Government Services (978) 232-3608 mbailey@chmgov.com	Treasurer Josh Nadas National Park Service (202) 354-6909 josh.nadas@recpro.org
Secretary Jordan Smith Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Utah State University (435) 797-9174 jordan.smith@usu.edu
At-large Board Members
Colmore Christian Alabama A&M University (256)372-4335 colmore.christian@aamu.edu	Kyung Koh Willis U.S. Forest Service kkoh@fs.fed.us
Abraham Medina Colorado State Land Board (303) 866-3454 x 3342 abraham.medina@state.co.us	Ericka Pilcher City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (303) 441-4456 pilchere@bouldercolorado.gov
Aleks Pitt National Park Service (406)314-8862 aleks.pitt@recpro.org
Student Delegate
Emily Porter Northwest Missouri State University emporter@centurylink.net

Laurel Harkness
PO Box 1443
Mount Shasta, CA 96067
(530) 918-8312
Laurel.Harkness@RecPro.org

2019 Conference CHAIR: Abe Medina abraham.medina@state.co.us	The committee plans, organizes and executes the National Outdoor Recreation Conference.
Awards	The committee solicits, reviews and recommends nominees for the Society’s award categories.
Development	The committee is responsible for financial development, policy development, and board development.
Education and Professional Development	The committee is responsible for overseeing the Society’s scholarship programs and coordinating additional education and professional development related projects and opportunities.
Finance	The committee is responsible for developing the annual budget and fiscal policy.
Future Conferences (ad hoc)	The committee researches future conference locations and recommends good candidates to the board.
Membership and Communication	The committee is responsible for developing a strategy and schedule for association communications, as well as for developing strategies to recruit and retain members, and recommending member services and benefits.
SCORP (ad hoc)	The committee supports professionals involved in Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Planning through the development of training opportunities.