The Council of Advisers for the Ethics & Treaty Project is a network of people (religious and indigenous leaders and representatives, ethicists, and others) whose values, work, and commitments are at the interface of ethics – notably stewardship and justice – and the future of the Columbia River.
INDIGENOUS
15 Columbia Basin Tribes | Jim Heffernan | Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission | Policy Analyst – Columbia River Treaty |
Keith Kutchins | Upper Columbia United Tribes | Policy Analyst | |
Okanagan Nation Alliance | ||
Canadian CRITFC | ||
Shuswap | ||
Sinixt | ||
RELIGION / DENOMINATION
Anglicans – Episcopalians | Archbishop John Privett | Archbishop of Kootenay and Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon |
Bishop Mark MacDonald | National Indigenous Anglican Bishop, Anglican Church of Canada | |
Bishop James Waggoner | Diocese of Spokane | |
American Baptists | ||
Roman Catholics | Bishop John Corriveau | Diocese of Nelson |
Bishop William Skylstad | Emeritus, Diocese of Spokane | |
Sr. Sharon Park | Washington State Catholic Conference, Executive Director (retired 2017) | |
Friends | Kate Hunter | Clerk of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting Peace and Social Concerns Committee, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |
Jews | ||
Lutherans | Bishop David Brauer-Rieke | Oregon Synod |
Bishop Jessica Crist | Montana Synod | |
Bishop Richard Jaech | SW Washington Synod | |
Bishop Kirby Unti | NW Washington Synod | |
Bishop Martin Wells | E. Washington – Idaho Synod | |
Mennonites | ||
Methodists | Rev. Todd Scranton | Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Missoula |
Rev. Jenny Phillips | Minister for Environmental Stewardship and Advocacy, Pacific NW Conference of United Methodist Church | |
Rev. Dr. Grant J. Hagiya | Bishop, Greater Northwest Episcopal Area, United Methodist Church | |
Mormons | ||
Muslims | ||
Presbyterians | ||
Reformed Church | ||
Unitarians | Rev. Katherine Jesch | First Unitarian Church of Portland |
United Church of Christ | Rev. Mike Denton | Conference Minister, Pacific Northwest Conference, United Church of Christ |
FAITH COALITIONS
Earth Ministry | ||
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | Jenny Holmes | Director of Environmental Ministries |
ETHICS, TREATY, WATER
Gonzaga University | Laurie Arnold PhD | Gonzaga University, Director of Native American Studies; enrolled member of the Lakes Band, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation |
Brian Henning PhD | Professor, Philosophy and Environmental Studies | |
University of Montana | David Shively PhD | Professor, Dept of Geography |
University of Portland | Steve Kolmes PhD | University of Portland, Director of Environmental Studies Program, Professor of Biology, Molter Chair in Science |