Morgan joined our team as our Climate Organizer for the 2019 Long Session. She is originally from Southern Oregon, where she graduated from Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies in 2017. During her time at SOU, she was a heavily involved student with OSPIRG students, a student-run nonprofit organization that taught her about climate organizing. After graduating she became a Campus Organizer with OSPIRG students and trained new organizers how to make a difference on issues they cared about. A few things that she likes to do in her spare time include; exploring new hiking spots with her family, spending time in the kitchen cheffing up a delicious meal for friends and family, and when the weather is right, learning new hula hooping tricks.

April joined OLCV in September of 2015 as Communications Coordinator before later transitioning into her current role of Development Associate. Prior to joining OLCV, she was the Marketing Specialist for Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska in her hometown of Omaha, Neb. She has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. In her free time, she enjoys trail running and hiking, trying new recipes, cuddling her two cats, and exploring Oregon’s beautiful places with her husband.

Julia joined the OLCV staff in July 2020. She’s spent her career working in the environmental nonprofit sector starting with a yearlong field school for environmental organizing called Green Corps in 2005. From there she worked briefly at Oregon Wild, then Cascade Forest Conservancy, and then spent nearly a decade as the Northwest Senior Organizer for Food & Water Watch. While at Food & Water Watch she led the decade-long campaign to stop Nestle from bottling public water in the Columbia River Gorge. The campaign was victorious and led every other Northwest community Nestle approached to say no to Nestle as well. Julia ran strong campaigns for Portland City Council in 2018 and in 2020 on a system change platform. She was born and raised in Oregon and after five years away from home for college and Green Corps, she knew that Oregon was her home and there’s nowhere else she’d rather be. Outside of work Julia loves reading science fiction, spending time outdoors, traveling, and cooking and eating really good food.

Charlotte joined the OLCV team as an Engagement Organizer in December 2021. Previously, she worked on voter engagement initiatives with NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, helped Next Up maximize their impact in the youth organizing space, and championed LGBTQ policy advocacy efforts alongside Basic Rights Oregon. More recently, she has worked on transpartisan campaign strategy and voter mobilization for a New York congressional campaign, while also building her data analysis and content management skill sets as a research assistant for a woman-owned grants consultancy. Charlotte graduated magna cum laude from Binghamton University in 2020 with a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Law. Having spent her childhood living off-grid in Hawai’i before moving to rural upstate New York, Charlotte has always felt a deep connection to the land and a strong drive to protect natural spaces. In her free time, she enjoys putting hot sauce on everything she eats, working out, pretending to know about wine, being outdoorsy, and binge-watching RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Lindsey joined OLCV as the Political Director in 2014. A graduate of the University of Oregon, Lindsey got her start on political campaigns as part of the field team on US Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici’s primary election in 2011. Just prior to joining OLCV, she served as campaign manager for one of OLCV’s continuing champions, Multnomah County Commissioner Jules Bailey. She has spent most of her life in Oregon, enjoying the beautiful landscapes that our state has to offer – those along the Oregon Coast in particular. Given any spare time, Lindsey will be running round Portland, catching up with friends, escaping to the Coast, adventuring at home or abroad, and generally finding any reason to be outside.

Britney joined OLCV in February 2020 during endorsement season and just as the short session was coming to a close. She spent the last year working as a bank teller in Seattle, but has a background in nonprofit environmental advocacy. Britney graduated from University of Oregon in 2014 with a B.S. in Environmental Studies. In college she learned about climate change for the first time, and decided to seek a career spreading knowledge and awareness of environmental issues and the social impacts attached to them. Her first job out of college was as a community organizer with Clean Water Action near her home in the Bay Area, CA. She then moved to Portland where she began canvassing on behalf of Environment Oregon in 2015. She has worked on campaigns from protecting Crater Lake to saving the bees to banning polystyrene to closing loopholes in the Clean Water Act to solar energy incentives. During her final summer at Environment Oregon, Britney’s campaign office was the highest grossing in the country within their organization. After a short break from nonprofits, Britney is back pursuing her passion to protect our environment. Some of Britney’s favorite things include Miyazaki films, The Office, Spongebob, Harry Potter, coloring, and exploring Oregon with her partner and dog!

Francesca joined OLCV in June 2018 as the Communications Coordinator. In 2015 she received her B.A. in Environmental Studies and minor in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, and in 2018 she received her M.A. in Environmental Humanities from the University of Utah. Before coming to OLCV, Francesca worked as an intern with Nearby Nature, Oregon Wild, HEAL Utah, and the Oregon Chapter Sierra Club. She is also the author of four environmentally-themed novels– Call of the Sun Child, Listen, The Seas of Distant Stars, and Blue Mar. Francesca grew up playing in the forests of Oregon, and she is passionate about protecting the natural world. In her free time she enjoys a wide range of hobbies, including hiking, yoga, figure skating, playing piano, identifying wild plants, and generally staying active in the outdoors.

Cashew joined OLCV in July 2021, providing emotional support, snuggles, and joy to the OLCV staff. She was born in California before being transferred to the Oregon Humane Society, where her human (Francesca) adopted her. She’s a wire-haired terrier mix, and still very much a puppy who likes to play, especially with her squeaky octopus stuffed animal. In her spare time, Cashew enjoys going for hikes, walkies, river swims, and doing fast zoomie circles around the yard.