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Staff

Short biographies and contact information for all Sightline staff.

	Alan Durning, executive director, founded Northwest Environment Watch in 1993, which became Sightline Institute in 2006. Durning has written or contributed to nine Sightline books, including most recently, Sightline's Cascadia Scorecard 2007. Past books include Tax Shift (1998), Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (1997), and the award-winning This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence (1996). Current topics of focus for Alan include walkability, bike friendliness, and climate fairness. Prior to founding Sightline, Durning was a senior researcher at Worldwatch Institute where he studied the human dimensions of sustainability, and wrote the award-winning book How Much Is Enough?, along with chapters in seven State of the World reports and articles in hundreds of other publications. A sought-after speaker, he has lectured at the White House, major universities, and conferences on five continents. Click here for a full bio. Email: alan (at) sightline.org. Read Alan's latest blog posts here.
	Eric de Place, senior researcher, contributes research and writing for the Cascadia Scorecard, especially on sprawl, economic security, wildlife, and other topics. He also writes for the Daily Score blog and contributes to a number of other Sightline projects, including climate policy in the western states. In 2006, Eric’s work helped defeat ballot initiatives in several Western states that would have severely eroded community and environmental protections. Before coming to Sightline, he worked with the Northwest Area Foundation, helping communities develop strategies to alleviate poverty. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. After the world gets fixed, Eric plans to spend much more time reading good books beside remote mountain lakes. Email: eric (at) sightline.org. Read Eric's latest blog posts here.
	Peter Drury, development director, brings to Sightline a passion for sustainability and economics, together with a rich background in ethics, leadership, management, development, communications and strategy. A graduate of Yale, the University of Washington, and the University of Illinois, Peter is presently an MBA candidate at Seattle University. In his spare time, Peter serves on the Institutional Review Board (Ethics Committee) of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and is Past President of MultifaithWorks, an interfaith AIDS and MS services agency. He is the proud father of inspirational daughters, and may occasionally be found stomping around the living room in yellow boots. Email: peter(at) sightline.org.
	Anna Fahey, communications strategist, oversees opinion research, develops and distills best practices in messaging, and builds collaborations with allied organizations. Growing up, Anna spent her days working on her family’s commercial fishing boats and poking around the rocky beaches of the San Juans. She was the art critic for the Seattle Weekly, and, for half a dozen years, headed up communications for the Henry Art Gallery. After heading back to grad school and receiving an MA in political communication from the University of Washington, Anna has earned her share of campaign-trail battle scars as a political strategist in central Washington. Email: anna (at) sightline.org. Read Anna's latest blog posts here.
	Eric Hess, communications associate, works on Sightline's marketing, advertising, and other communications efforts. After graduating from Whitman College with a degree in Environmental Studies: Sociology, Eric moved up to Seattle from Portland. A former Sightline communications intern, he was brought on board in June, 2008. Outside of Sightline he enjoys many outdoor activities, including backpacking, hiking, snowshoeing, and kayaking. He also has a not-so-secret passion for cooking. Email: erich (at) sightline (dot) org.
	Ketty Loeb, development associate, is Sightline’s grant writer and foundations contact. A native of Portland, Ketty grew up orienteering in Eastern Oregon, exploring the Cascades, and sailing the San Juan Islands. She completed a BA at University of Puget Sound, and then attained Ph.D. candidacy in Political Science at University of Washington where she studied environmental politics and social movements. After living in China and studying the impact of non-governmental organizations on the implementation of environmental regulations there, she decided it was time to return to the Pacific Northwest (the best place on earth!) and go to work promoting sustainability in her own back yard. Ketty is also President of the Seattle Chapter of Wokai, a microfinance organization that helps China’s poor. Email: ketty (at) sightline.org
	Doug MacDonald, a Sightline fellow, works with Sightline on transportation issues. Doug was the head of the Washington Department of Transportation from 2001 through mid 2007. He has a law degree from Harvard, and spent two years in Africa with the Peace Corps. Doug worked as chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Port Authority and, in 1992, became head of the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority. He has two sons, one who lives in Vermont and the other in Seattle.
	Pam MacRae, finance manager, ensures that Sightline’s sustainability extends to its finances. With a degree in Peace Studies from Colgate University, she has worked since 1990 at nonprofits focused on disarmament, death penalty abolition, community economic development, and immigrant rights. She started bookkeeping in 1995. Pam is excited to work at an organization that embraces car-lessness. She spends much of her free time maintaining hiking trails and playing in a circus band.
	Mieko Moody, office administrator and executive assistant, helps keep the Sightline office running smoothly. Before joining Sightline, she spent five years exploring the administrative and development side of the non-profit social service field. Mieko grew up in California and received her B.S. from the University of California Riverside, but has enjoyed getting to know the Cascadia bioregion. She lives with her husband and two furry four-leggeds in Everett.
	Elisa Murray, communications director, coordinates media and outreach for Sightline. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University and has worked as an editor at Eastsideweek newspaper and Q. Magazine in Ecuador. She has also served as a public information specialist for the University of Washington. Outside of Sightline she likes to travel, run, ski, play Scrabble, and write about odd bits of Northwestiana. She is vice-chair of Homewaters Project, a watershed education nonprofit in greater Seattle that, among other projects, leads the best urban hikes in the city. Email: elisa (at) sightline.org.
	Kim Pannell manages Sightline’s donor membership program. Want to join? Give her a call! Kim grew up in the Northwest and attended Western Washington University where she recently graduated with a BA in Planning and Environmental Policy. In her free time, Kim enjoys running with her dog, curling up with a good book and long walks on the beach at sunset. Email: kim (at) sightline.org.
	Clark Williams-Derry, research director, directs research for the Cascadia Scorecard project, Sightline's index of regional progress for the Northwest, and many other Sightline research projects, including climate policy and our 2004 PBDE study. Previously, Williams-Derry served as a senior analyst with the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in Washington DC, where he coauthored more than a dozen reports and led the development of EWG's farm subsidies database. He has also spoken widely on environmental and economic issues. Williams-Derry graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1989 with a joint degree in mathematics and philosophy. He lives in the Seattle neighborhood of Ravenna with his wife Amy and daughters Madeline and Eliza. Click here for a full bio. Email: clark (at) sightline.org. Read Clark's latest blog posts here.
	Christine Winckler, production assistant, keeps Sightline’s online outreach products on track. Originally from Minnesota, Christine was lured to Washington by its lush forests and striking landscapes. Currently, she has just finished her undergraduate degree in Community, Environment and Planning from the University of Washington. Outside of Sightline, Christine loves dancing, writing fiction, and building websites. Email: Christinew at sightline.org.