Staff

Eller Shanna Eller

Project Coordinator for assistance to government facilities in Portland since February 2003, Shanna joined CES with extensive experience working with business and multiple aspects of community development. Shanna's previous tenure has included five years with one of Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement coalition offices, staffing Multnomah County's Strategic Economic Investment Program, as an associate with the Tennessee Valley Authority, and as a program officer with the Chicago Rehab Network's coalition of community-based housing development corporations. Shanna is currently completing her PhD in Urban Studies at PSU. Her dissertation in the works is an environmental sustainability program input, output, and impact evaluation of efforts in multiple U.S. cities. Contact Shanna Eller.

 

Bogin Renée B. Curtis

Renée B. Curtis, MUS, is CES's Multifamily Projects Manager, Metro's Multifamily Specialist and a CUS faculty research assistant.  She designs regional initiatives and research to improve and evaluate multifamily waste reduction programs.  Recent projects include an investigation into Latino environmental attitudes and behavior, evaluation of outreach campaigns and recycling tools, and management of a region-wide multifamily assessment project.  An Urban Studies doctoral candidate, her research interests include multiculturalism in the environmental movement, transnational civil society and globalization from below, community mobility in artisan culture, and post-disaster community development.

 

Erin Anderson

Currently Erin is coordinator of the Metro Multifamily project.  She is enrolled in the Community Development program in the School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University.  She is particularly interested in sustainability in many forms and fields, particularly food systems, green architecture and community building.  In a non-academic setting Erin is a movie junkie with a particular interest in horror movies.

 

Budds Michael Budds 

Michael is currently enrolled in the Portland State University Master Degree program in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP).  At CES, he is the Port of Portland Waste Minimization Project Coordinator.  He is interested in the concept of sustainable development and studying/implementing practices that minimize/eliminate the impact of development on the environment.  In his free time Michael enjoys snowboarding, backpacking, mountain biking or any outdoor activity where he can engage with the natural features of the Western United States. When he cannot get outside, Portland provides plenty of ways to keep him busy.

 

Crum Eric Crum

Eric Crum is the Project Coordinator for the City of Portland Event Recycling Program (PER) and the City of Portland Single Family Weight Study (SFW).  Throughout the fall and winter, he also serves as a recycling specialist on the Port of Portland Technical Assistance project (PTAP).  Eric has devoted time to multiple projects at Community Environmental Services prior to becoming a coordinator which have included; the Metro Solid Waste Assessment Services, the Metro Garden Products Survey, and the Washington County Fair projects.  Eric has been a part of the CES team since January of 2008 while simultaneously finishing his Bachelor of Science in Arts and Letters at Portland State University in March of 2009.  He is currently applying to the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at PSU where he will pursue a Master of Public Administration, concentrating on natural resource policy.  In his free time he enjoys skiing, mountain biking, disc golfing, camping, fly-fishing, playing his guitar and harmonica and drinking one of Oregon’s many fine craft beers.

 

Patricia Davis Patricia Davis

Patricia does field surveys and data processing for the Metro Multifamily projects at CES.  She also volunteers for recycling promotions and events with CES. While currently working toward a Bachelor of Science within the School of Business Administration and a minor in Real Estate Development, Patricia plans to continue into a Master's Program for Urban Development.  Her interests include effects of economic conditions on culture, sustainability and efficient preparedness, urban gardening, international business, and dynamics concerning social organization.

 

Moonrose Doherty Moonrose Doherty

Moonrose Doherty is a Recycling Specialist currently working on the Solid Waste Assessment Team (SWAT) which includes: Metro waste sorts, Private waste sorts and Port of Portland waste sorts.  She also worked on the Metro Residential Campaign and occasionally works on the Multi-family Outreach Project, Port of Portland Technical Assistance Program, and the Portland Event Recycling Program. She is in the PSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, finishing her degree in the Environmental Sciences & Management Program.  Outside of work and school she is interested in urban ecosystems, native plant restoration, organic gardening, community sustainability, and cycles of reuse.

 

Thomas Egleston

Thomas Egleston is the Field Services Coordinator, working on the Single Family Weight Study, the Events Recycling project, and is currently assisting Shanna Eller in the development of the Solid Waste Management Capstone. Tom has been a life-long native to the Northwest, attaining his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon in Eugene and soon thereafter migrating to Portland where he nearing the completion of his Masters of Public Administration at Portland State University. In his graduate studies Tom has focused on Natural Resource Policy, Solid Waste Management, Waste Reduction and Sustainability and the applications of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to the mix. In his spare time Tom enjoys the outdoors by climbing mountains (Baker, Adams, St. Helens, South Sister (east route)), backpacking, rock climbing, skiing and other outdoor activities.

 

Mitch Frister Mitch Frister

Mitchell Frister is a native of Portland, Oregon. He served two years in the Northwest Service Academy (Americorps). First with the Vancouver Housing Authority Rise and Stars Community Center, and second with the Portland non-profit Growing Gardens. At PSU he is a Community Development major. And at CES, he is Waste Minimalization Specialist with the Port of Portland Technical Advisory Project. Outside of CES, Mitchell Frister spends his time on sustainable stormwater issues with the Friends of Green Streets (FrOGS), and has begun work on a garden and chicken coop. Mitchell now lives in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood with his wife Abby Evans.

 

Katie Lynd Katie Lynd

Katie has spent the past year working on the Recycle at School project with CES and Metro. She will continue with this program as a coordinator and technical assistance specialist for the 2009-2010 year. Katie has also worked on the Washington Business Recycling Requirements (BRR) project in Cornelius. She is in her second year of Graduate School at PSU in the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Program (MURP). Katie's professional interests include community development, regional and local economic vitality, neighborhood involvement, local business development, local food production, and historic preservation. In her free time Katie enjoys exploring all of the wonderful outdoor pursuits in the Portland area including biking around neighborhoods and rafting on the rivers. Katie also is trying her hand at urban gardening and homebrewing, as well as seeking out the perfect microbrew at many of the fine breweries here in Portland.

 

Rob Nathan Rob Nathan

Rob Nathan works with Metro Recycle at Schools.  He is currently in the School of Education, Masters of Leadership in Ecology Culture and Learning (LECL) at Portland State University.  Rob relocated to Portland in 2008 from Arizona where he completed his undergraduate work in Political Economy from Prescott College. In his graduate studies Rob has focused on urban development programming and sustainability education. Rob is interested in working on projects and programming that revitalize the community through an ecological and socially equitable lens. In his spare time, Rob enjoys science fiction and fantasy entertainment that explore the human condition.

 

Reynolds Aymie Reynolds

Since April 2008, Aymie Reynolds has worked on multiple projects at CES including the Metro Solid Waste Assessment Services (SWAT), Private Waste Sorts, Troutdale Recycle at Work (TRAW), and the Metro Garden Products Survey and Port of Portland Technical Assistance project (PTAP). Aymie also works on administrative tasks for CES. She has completed her degree in Environmental Sciences from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is interested in anything to do with creative reuse, waste reduction/minimization practices and conserving natural resources. In her time away from work and school she enjoys beading and photography.

 

Ryan Trif Ryan Trif

Ryan Triff is working toward a bachelor's degree in business administration at PSU. In 2007, Ryan began working at CES assisting with the Single Family Weight Study, Portland Event Recycling. Ryan has also served as a team member of several waste sorts for Metro Solid Waste Assessment Services (SWAT) and for private waste sorts. Ryan is a native Portlander and is interested in improving environmental quality and sustainable practices of the city. Ryan enjoys the parks and forests that Portland has to offer and he is an avid runner.

 

Amanda Watson

Amanda Watson works on the Portland Multifamily and Metro Multifamily projects.  Occasionally, she helps with the Portland Event Recycling program and also assists the data analysis process for the Singe family Weight Study.  Amanda is currently a Health Science major in the B.S. Public Health Education department.  Outside of school and work she enjoys the outdoors, hiking, camping, reading, knitting, biking and rowing for the PSU Crew Team.

 

Wineman Bridger Wineman

Bridger Wineman primarily works on the Port of Portland Technical Assistance Project where his current duties include tracking recycling and waste records, compiling project reports, maintaining foreign periodical and plastic bucket reuse, and waste and recycling collection.  Bridger has worked on several projects at CES including Multifamily Recycling projects for both Portland and Metro, Metro Garden Products Survey, Portland Event Recycling, Metro SingleFamily Weight Study, and various private waste sorts.  Bridger is finishing a BS in Community Development in PSU's school of Urban Studies and Planning and has applied to the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, also at PSU.  Bridger is compelled by fields of community building and social equity which he explores through his professional interest in alternative transportation planning and public process, and recreationally through bike rides and craft beer.