Member Group: Our Team
Max Trujillo
Max Trujillo joined Washington Water Trust in the fall of 2024 after growing his career in the American Southwest. Growing up on the southeast slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, he learned early on about the importance of natural resource conservation and environmental stewardship in the diverse ecosystems of western watersheds. […]
Patrick Yoon
Patrick Yoon joined Washington Water Trust in the fall of 2024, driven by his passion for water conservation and his commitment to working at the intersection of social and environmental justice. Prior to joining WWT, Patrick worked in Southern Arizona with the National Park Service, where he gained a understanding of the challenges posed by […]
Nina Lottsfeldt
Nina Lottsfeldt joined Washington Water Trust in autumn of 2024. She is a self-described “salmon nerd” with a passion for riparian restoration and sustainable resource management. Nina has a B.S. degree in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences with a minor in Marine Biology from the University of Washington and a certificate in GIS Essentials from the […]
Kyle Hill
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. […]
Solvei Metcalf
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
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
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
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
James Kraft, Executive Director, joined the Washington Water Trust in 2020.
Greg McLaughlin
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 […]