Maia Enzer

Maia Enzer is the Director for the Policy Program at Sustainable Northwest. In that capacity she works on issues related to forest restoration and community economic development, with a focus on federal lands policy. She has more than 13 years experience in bringing diverse stakeholders together to identify common ground around federal lands management issues. Previously, she served as Sustainable Northwest’s Director of the Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership (HFHC), a regional collaborative working to market the byproducts of forest restoration. Previously, Maia was the Director of Forest Policy at American Forests in Washington, D.C. (1993-2000). She has also worked as an organizer for MASSPIRG and NYPIRG on state and local environmental issues. Maia has a Masters degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1993) and a BA in Political Science from Union College (1989). She serves on the Western Governors’ Association Forest Health Advisory Council. She is one of the editors on the book entitled, Understanding Community Based Forest Ecosystem Management, published by the Journal of Sustainable Forestry.

Wendy Gerlitz

Wendy Gerlitz works on research and project management focused on environmental sustainability. Her current areas of work include community forestry and energy issues. Specifically, Wendy conducts research centered on social and ecological well being in communities and forests across the nation, including Federal agency program administration, federal budget analysis and a GIS based research project illustrating connections between wildfire and poverty for Sustainable Northwest. She also works on energy issues related to environmental responsibility in the areas of climate change, air emissions and corporate footprint monitoring and reduction for Portland General Electric located in Portland, Oregon. Wendy has also worked as a management planner in local community development and conservation in Central America. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry.