OrCAN is hiring for a Program Manager
This position is responsible for management of OrCAN’s network development, collaborative projects, and communications. The position will require a combination of program leadership, partner collaboration, event planning, and the ability to create and provide resources and information, all for a growing network. ​
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OrCAN is reviewing applications on a rolling basis until Sunday September 1, 2024. For a description of the position, desired qualifications, and application instructions see this Program Manager Job Announcement and Position Description.
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Update: due to the Labor Day holiday, the application deadline was extended from Sunday, September 1 to Monday, September 2 at 10pm. Applications are no longer being accepted.
Meet The Team
Staff
Megan Kemple
Executive Director
Megan Kemple (she/her) has over 23 years of non-profit experience focused on supporting Oregon’s agricultural community. In 2017 she founded OrCAN. Prior to her work at OrCAN, she served as Director of the Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network. Megan is an avid locavore and loves hiking and swimming in mountain lakes.
Sophie Els
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Policy Associate
Sophie Els (she/her) is a trained policy analyst and writer, with experience in public engagement, conducting surveys, and scientific research. She studied international politics at American University in Washington, DC, and holds a graduate degree in climate science & policy from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Sophie comes from a family of wheat farmers in Eastern Washington, and is passionate about helping producers directly to make agriculture more sustainable. Outside of work, you can usually find her at the local library, trying to beat her lofty Goodreads yearly reading goal.
Emeric Kennard
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Operations Coordinator & Communications Assistant
Emeric Kennard (they/them) has worked in nonprofit education and administration for over 6 years, with a focus on finance, equity, sustainability, and program development at institutions such as California College of the Arts and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. They are a freelancing artist and designer with a decade of practice at the intersection of art and activism. Emeric loves the thrill of getting dangerously close to their houseplant care capacity maximum. They’ll propagate just a few more, and then they’ll stop, really.
OrCAN's Advisory Board
Mimi Casteel: Owner, Hope Well Wine
Zach Menchini: Owner, Campfire Farms
Anne Golden: Principal, Anne Golden Associates
Hannah Gosnell, Ph.D: Professor, Oregon State University
Dominica Navarro: Deputy Director, Organic Farming Research Foundation
Nicole Maness: Partner for Climate, Habitat & Working Lands, Willamette Partnerships
Photo Credit: Blue Raven Farm by Jaime Thrower
Contact Us
Oregon Climate and Agriculture Network
info (at) oregonclimateag.org
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Support OrCAN's important work!​
To donate by credit card or Paypal, click the button below.
To donate by check, make payable to OrCAN and mail to:
OrCAN, 39 N. Cedar St. Eugene, OR 97402
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OrCAN is a fiscally-sponsored project of Cascade Pacific RC&D, which is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
Photo Credit: Blue Raven Farm by Jaime Thrower