Who We Are

2019-2020 SORP Board

President Rachel Franchina US Forest Service (720) 883-7045 [email protected]	Vice-President of Operations Chad Schneckenburger Bureau of Land Management (303)239-3738 [email protected]
Vice President of Development Margaret Bailey CHM - Government Services (978) 232-3608 [email protected]	Treasurer Josh Nadas National Park Service (703) 343-5822 [email protected]
Secretary Jordan Smith Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Utah State University (435) 797-9174 [email protected]
At-large Board Members
Colmore Christian Alabama A&M University (256)372-4335 [email protected]	Jamie Fields Bureau of Land Management (775)861-6522 [email protected]
Abraham Medina Colorado State Land Board (303) 866-3454 x 3342 [email protected]	Aleks Pitt National Park Service (406)314-8862 aleks.pitt@recpro.org
Ryan Sharp Kansas State University (785)532-1665 [email protected]	Kyung Koh Willis U.S. Forest Service kkoh@fs.fed.us
Student Delegate
Michael Brunson Kansas State University [email protected]

Laurel Harkness
PO Box 1443
Mount Shasta, CA 96067
(530) 918-8312
[email protected]

2020 Conference CHAIR: Colmore Christian [email protected]	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.