Gloria Goñi grew up between northern Spain and the western United States, fishing and hunting from an early age. She holds a B.S. in Biology-Mathematics, with research focused on biosecurity and invasive species in coldwater fisheries. Her work in conservation spans research, non-profits, citizen science programs, and editorial storytelling.

As a photographer, writer, and fly fishing guide, Gloria blends storytelling with advocacy for public lands and waterways. Though she has lived across Montana and even lived on the road full-time, she always finds her way back to Missoula and the Clark Fork watershed—her true home—where she explores and enjoys the region’s incredible landscapes alongside her two trusty pups.

Jennifer is a daughter, niece, sister, cousin, and mother. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Jennifer grew up on Missoula’s Northside, spending most of her life in and around the Missoula valley, attending school at Whittier, Hellgate, and the University of Montana. She is the Director of the Native American Natural Resource Program in the Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana. She is a member of the Missoula County Water Quality Advisory Council, All Nations Health Center Board of Directors, Missoula Youth Homes Culture Council, and the Frenchtown Community Advisory Group. Jen knows the Clark Fork River as a relative and would like to work toward protective policy that will give the river the same legal rights as the humans who depend upon her.

Cody is the co-founder and lead instructor of the Whitewater Rescue Institute, which provides training in swiftwater rescue and outdoor technical rescue throughout the United States and internationally. Cody also manages Montana River Guides, a whitewater rafting company based out of Missoula, and has worked as a wilderness EMT and a professional ski patroller. Cody began his life on rivers kayaking in Durango, Colorado. For the past two decades, he has worked and played on as many different rivers as possible. He is a past member of the U.S. Canoe and Kayak Olympic Development Team and has paddled and rowed on three continents. When not on the water professionally, Cody is busy getting his three kids out on the river and in the mountains as much as possible.

Katelyn spent six years as an attorney in private practice for a Missoula-based law firm specializing in water and natural resource disputes. She now works for a multinational computer software company. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest where she developed a love for recreating in the mountains, along the coast, and on the rivers in between. She studied environmental science and sustainability in Southern Oregon and spent her summers guiding river trips in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and California. She graduated from University of Montana School of Law with a certificate in environmental law. Katelyn also serves on the advisory board of the Freeflow Institute, a place-based outdoor education collaborative in Missoula. When not at the office, she can be found floating rivers, running trails, or skiing slopes with her husband, their two daughters, and their border collie.

Daniel is a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch in Missoula. Daniel is a graduate of DePauw University. After trading commodities at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 1997 to 2000, he joined Merrill in 2000. Daniel has volunteered for CFC since 2006, including leading the floating entourage during annual river cleanups, raising funds for program work, recruiting members, and serving on the CFC board. He wants to do everything he can to preserve, enhance, and protect the places where his Montana experiences have been the most rewarding. He lives in Missoula with his wife and two children.

Dustin grew up in the mountains of western Montana and among the redwoods of the Pacific Northwest. His passion for the outdoors inspired his academic path into policy and law, graduating from the University of Montana School of Law. Dustin is currently a partner at McGarvey Law in Kalispell. He spends his summer weekends enjoying the rivers of the Flathead.

John is a family physician at Western Montana Clinic in Missoula. John grew up in Moab, Utah and Wallace, Idaho where he spent time splashing in streams and floating on rivers. Growing up in mining towns, he is aware of the health impact of environmental degradation. His mother was a social worker, legislator, and project manager on Superfund restoration projects in the Silver Valley in northern Idaho. In college, John studied sociology and completed a master’s in public health. He and his wife moved to Missoula to help start the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana sponsored by the University of Montana. John is an avid rafter and has completed at least one multi-day rafting trip every year for the past twenty years on rivers throughout the West.

Wendy is a practicing anesthesiologist in Missoula, Montana. She is also a rancher and co-owns Oxbow Cattle Company with her husband. Having grown up on a ranch and now ranching in Miller Creek, Wendy has a deep appreciation of the value of water resources for agriculture. As a fly-fisherman with a sincere respect for nature and ecosystems, she also understands the need to balance the multiple values and uses of our water. In her free time, Wendy enjoys fresh and saltwater fly-fishing, riding horses, roping, packing, reading, and bird hunting.

Katrina is an environmental economist at the University of Montana. She teaches and conducts research on how environmental quality and access to natural amenities affect human health, agricultural productivity, and rural residential land development. She supports CFC’s efforts in policy advocacy and community engagement by helping to demonstrate how the values of clean water, adequate stream flows and habitat integrity for Western Montanans compare with the values of economic activities such as agriculture, mining, or housing development, which may otherwise be prioritized in water policy and land use planning decisions.

Perk retired as CEO of The Orvis Company in 2018 after 25 years in the post and 41 years working various roles in the family business. There he institutionalized the company’s longstanding support of conservation by committing 5%+ of their pre-tax profits to funding worthy conservation organizations and projects, the Clark Fork Coalition being one. He coined a rallying cry that has followed him into retirement: “If we are to benefit from the use of our natural resources, we must be willing to act to preserve them.”  Recruited by his close friend Paul Roos, he had a previous stint on the board of Clark fork Coalition and has served on number of other non-profit boards in Montana (Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Montana Nature Conservancy, Sun River Watershed).  In 1990, Perk bought some land in Lincoln Montana from a rancher who had no use for the beaver swamp and carefully restored it into a jewel of a Spring Creek abounding with Westslope Cutthroat. Working with biologists and excavators across Montana and Wyoming, he has had a hand in restoring 15 miles of Spring Creeks and found that even more rewarding than coaxing their inhabitants to slurp a fly. He, and his wife, Laurie Andrews, live in Jackson Wyoming where she has run the Jackson Hole Land Trust and the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. Be they in Montana or Wyoming, they are seldom seen without a couple of their 4 hunting dogs, binoculars, flyrods.

Originally from Philadelphia, Joellen was raised in a big family that loved being outside. Joellen left the east coast to earn her undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame and went on to obtain a master’s in environmental studies from the University of Montana in 2004. Joellen has dedicated her entire career to social impact work, helping mission-driven organizations develop capacity and messaging for broad impact. Her career has spanned work in affordable housing, community agriculture, education, and economic development. Joellen enjoys mountain biking, skiing, running, and paddleboarding in the great wilds of Montana with her husband and two sons.

Kim Snodgrass is a middle school math and science teacher in Ramsay, Montana. Kim earned a chemical engineering degree from The University of Michigan and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Montana Tech. Kim serves on the CFC board as an educator and engineer from the Upper Clark Fork watershed. She loves southwest Montana and wants to protect the land and water for future generations.

Bruce is a fourth generation rancher and managing partner of the family’s purebred seedstock operation, “Thomas Herefords”. The ranch has been in the family for nearly 100 years. The fifth and sixth generations enjoy and participate in this way of life also. Bruce has served as an international Beef Ambassador for the USLGE (United States Livestock Genetic Export Committee) and the Montana Department of Agriculture. The ranch has the pleasure of hosting international Dignitaries and fellow international Hereford breeders periodically.

Bruce has a passion for sustainable agriculture, a healthy watershed and can often be heard saying, “That’s a win-win”!  Over the past 18 years, the Environmental Studies Graduate Students “Ethics” class from the University of Montana have been doing field trips and projects on the ranch. Bruce has a working relationship with a multitude of agencies and non-profits. He has served on a number of local, regional, and national Board positions. He currently is Vice-Chair of the Upper Clark Fork Watershed Restoration Committee and is a member of the UCF Streamflow Group.

“Every day is a blessing with this way of life, with the pinnacle being the time enjoyed with my wife and all of our family in this beautiful setting”!