Member Group: Our Team

Kyle joined Washington Water Trust as a Project Associate in the summer of 2024. He is completing, in Fall 2024, a Master of Cultural and Environmental Resource Management degree at Central Washington University, along with a GIS certificate. His thesis project analyzes stream restoration responses to large woody debris projects in upper Yakima Basin Tributaries. […]

Gabriela “Gabi” Dunn joined the Washington Water Trust as a Project Manager in January 2024. Gabi brings 8+ years of interdisciplinary experience ranging from work in ecotourism, high school science education, environmental consulting, and public service. After earning a B.A. in Biological Sciences from UC Santa Barbara in 2013, Gabi pursued opportunities where she could […]

Solvei joined Washington Water Trust in 2023. Solvei was born in Seattle, raised in Poulsbo, and graduated from Western Washington University in 2017 with a B.A. in Urban Planning & Sustainable Development and a minor in Disaster Risk Reduction. Following graduation, Solvei interned for the Whatcom Land Trust, a non-profit dedicated to protecting natural places […]

Matt Coomer joined Washington Water Trust in 2023. He moved to Seattle in 2017 and fell in love with Washington’s landscape and rivers. He earned B.A.’s in Journalism and Environmental Studies from The University of Montana and an M.A. in International Environmental Policy from The Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He’s worked in communications and […]

Hannah McDonough has been a Project Manager at WWT for almost 2 years. Most of her work is focused on expanding the acceptance and use of recycled water across Puget Sound and on flow restoration strategies in the Dungeness basin. Hannah brings five years of experience in environmental consulting and four years in public education. […]

Tessa Reeder joined the Washington Water Trust in 2022 and brings several years of education and experience in water resource management. Most recently, Tessa spent four years working for an environmental consulting firm in Santa Barbara, California where she conducted stormwater compliance monitoring and reporting for municipalities, contractors, and industrial facilities. In 2018, Tessa earned […]

James Kraft, Executive Director, joined the Washington Water Trust in 2020.

Greg McLaughlin joined Washington Water Trust as a Project Manager in 2006. He opened WWT’s Eastern Washington field office in 2008 and is currently the Program Director for work in the Yakima, Klickitat, Walla Walla, and Upper Columbia Basin watersheds. Greg’s projects have added over 30 cubic feet/second and 8,000 acre-feet/year in long term or […]

Jason M Hatch Jason began working for the Washington Water Trust in 2013. He oversees the western Washington WWT program to restore flow and develop sustainable water management strategies in basins including the Dungeness, Nooksack, Chehalis, Sammamish and others. He is leading efforts to develop new instream flow tools including recycled water source substitution, natural […]

Raquel Espinosa joined the Washington Water Trust in 2016 to blend her passion for sustainable water management and organizational development. She finished her studies at the Evans School analyzing the impact of the Growth Management Act on  King County DOT Transportation Concurrency options while also leading an inclusive Vision/Mission process at a small non-profit. Raquel has […]