Eli Asher Email & Phone Number

Olympia, WA, US

Longview, WA

• Leads Natural Resource Department’s Columbia River tributary restoration efforts;
• Manages multi-million dollar restoration portfolio from identification to completion;
• Seeks project grant funding from multiple sources ($1.6M awarded in 2013);
• Writes permit applications, negotiates permits conditions, and ensures compliance;
• Hires and manages technical consultants and construction contractors;
• Provides technical and policy support to Tribe leadership;

Longview, WA

• Coordinated annual regional Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant processes;
• Provided grant application review and technical assistance to project sponsors;
• Managed grant-funded projects supporting the regional habitat strategy;
• Coordinated funding sources to accomplish regional salmon and steelhead recovery;
• Administered the Technical Advisory Committee; and
• Wrote and edited documents in support of the Executive Director.

Olympia, WA

• Managed $4 million in habitat restoration projects across five WRIAs;
• Pursued funding for restoration projects ($1.45 million awarded in 2007-2008);
• Served as coordinator of the South Sound Salmon Recovery Group, Vice-Chair of the WRIA-10/12 Citizen’s Advisory Committee, member of the WRIA-11 Nisqually Habitat Workgroup, and member of the South Sound Core Group.

North Bend, WA

• Designed, vetted, acquired funding, implemented, and monitored travel management measures in the Greenwater River Watershed;
• Installed and maintained ORV closure areas to protect riparian habitats in cooperation with Forest Service law enforcement;
• Conducted education and law enforcement campsite visits;
• Developed educational materials for public distribution;
• Assisted the South Zone Fisheries Biologist on a variety of habitat enhancement, fish passage, and habitat… Show more
• Assisted the South Zone Fisheries Biologist on a variety of habitat enhancement, fish passage, and habitat monitoring projects. Show less

Ellensburg, WA

• Assisted CWU professors on geography research projects;
• Presented work at the 2005 Symposium on University Research and Creative Expression and the Association of Washington Geographers annual meeting;
• Provided environmental economics and geography tutoring and teaching services.

Seattle, WA

• Managed consulting projects including labor/management bargaining processes;
• Facilitated and prepared notes and reports from multi-party collaborative negotiation processes, including FERC hydropower re-licensing processes, IAC grant policy committees, and other stakeholder groups;
• Assisted in design and implementation of public involvement processes for state agencies.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Natural Resources Management And Policy, 3.8

• Coursework included natural and cultural resource management, GIS, environmental economics, natural resource policy and law.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Speech Communication, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa national honor society Relevant coursework included: small group facilitation, conflict.

Education record