Bradford McKeown is proud to be among the 6th generation of his family to grow up on the Southern Oregon Coast. Bradford joined Morgan Stanley in 2018. Prior to that he worked as a sustainability consultant, primarily working with utilities and state & local governments to design and deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.…

Don Yost grew up in Coos County and graduated from North Bend High School. He has been a CoosWA board member for over 20 years, during which he has served as Board treasurer, vice president, and president. For many years, he represented the Port of Coos Bay on the CoosWA board; currently, he serves as…

Kristopher Murphy represents the Coquille Indian Tribe’s Natural Resource Department. Growing up in the tribe taught him about having respect and honor for nature and tradition. After completing an ecological engineering degree at OSU in 2017, Kristopher jumped on the opportunity to work for his tribe as a way of returning the valuable lessons and…

Joseph Metzler is Vice President of the Cape Arago Audubon Society. He is a retired United States Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer who now works for various fish and wildlife agencies, such as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and USDA APHIS/Wildlife Services.

Jeff Messerle is one of many Messerles to serve on the Association’s Board of Directors since the organization’s inception in 1993. Dave Messerle took over for his brother Don in 2000, and Jeff took over for his father, Dave. The Messerles are a fifth-generation local family and major private landowners in Coos County. Their company,…