Kathy Keable

Director

Occupation

Retired from: Teacher at McKenzie Elementary, Special Uses Coordinator at McKenzie Ranger District, Site Manager at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (each 13 years)

Educational Background

BS Education, University of the Pacific 1971
MS “Outdoor Education,” Southern Oregon College 1973
Hitchhiked to Peru, trekked in Nepal and bicycled Athens to Amsterdam, sailed in Galapagos

Civic & Public Affairs

Started McKenzie Outdoor School 1980
Appointed to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Salmon Trout Enhancement Board (Education Chair) by Governors Goldschmidt and Atiyeh.
Served on EWEB’s Citizen Review Committee for Leaburg and Walterville Hydro Projects
Elected to McKenzie School District’s Board of Directors in 1998
Appointed to Lane County Budget Committee for 2 years
Co-founded the McKenzie Education Foundation 2000 – current board member
Completed Ford Family Foundation Leadership and Community Ambassador training
Co-created Canopy Connections so middle schoolers could climb 80 feet up an old-growth tree
Currently on the Board for the Upper McKenzie Community Center
Elected to Lane Electric Board 2014
- Certified Co-op Director
- Continuing Education Gold Director
- Board Secretary and Vice-Chair
- Scholarship Committee Chair