Welcome to our New Team Members!

We are delighted to announce the appointment of several new members to the Advisory Council and Steering Committee this year, alongside the addition of a student intern and a new staff member.

Please enjoy learning about our new members below and join us in extending a warm welcome to all!

Photos, top row, left to right: Elliott Crowder, Millie Osguthorpe, Jana Johnson, Heather Wolfgang (below Jana); photos, second row, left to right: Nancy Stone, Alicia Milligan, Emmy Andrews; photos, third row, left to right: Chelsea Taylor, Stephen Shinberg Jr., Gracie Woodruff

Advisory Council Members

Elliott Crowder, Outdoor Industry Representative

Hi everyone, I'm Elliott Crowder. I owned Bike Newport, a brick and mortar bike shop in Newport, Oregon, for 20 years and sold it in April 2025. I currently co-own Oregon Rides and Events and Mountain Bike Oregon with my wife of 35 years, Daniella, where we produce cycling events that bring riders together from across the region. I serve on the board of Newport Trail Stewards and previously served on the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. As a Wilderness First Aid instructor, I enjoy teaching skills and safety to those in the cycling and outdoor community. I've been a longtime trail advocate and cyclist, and I care deeply about building and maintaining strong trail communities. In the winter, you'll usually find me in Baja riding, planning, surfing, and volunteering to help put on a local bike event in Todos Santos.

I'm honored to join the Oregon Trails Coalition Advisory Board and look forward to supporting trails and the communities that benefit from them.

Heather Wolfgang, Member at Large

Heather Wolfgang is the Director of the Oregon Interscholastic Cycling League, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to youth development through mountain biking programs for middle and high school student-athletes. Since launching in 2018, the league has experienced significant growth, with student participation rising from 103 to over 730 in 2025, and an expected 800+ next year.

Her organization offers a variety of programs, including trail stewardship, racing, and adventure rides. With over 12 years of involvement with the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), Heather is a strong advocate for trail access, aiming to be a voice for the community and families seeking more trails in their areas. She believes that connecting kids to nature inspires a desire to protect and advocate for it.

Jana Johnson, Central Oregon Regional Representative

Jana Johnson serves as the Executive Director of the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC), a role she has held for over four years. She brings nearly 25 years of experience in recreation management, with a strong focus on trails, starting her career working for non-profit organizations maintaining trails and continuing for 20 years with the Forest Service. Most of her Forest Service time was spent on the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Deschutes National Forest near Bend. Jana's passions for both trails and travel have inspired personal and professional opportunities as far away as Nepal and Liberia (West Africa), the John Muir Trail in the Sierras, and hiking, biking, and skiing trails in Central Oregon.

In addition to her work with the DTC, Jana serves on the boards of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project and Visit Bend. She greatly values the work of OTC and is excited to join others in support of trails as a member of the Advisory Committee. Her areas of interest for potential additional volunteer work with the OTC include Finance, Public Relations/Communications, and Board Recruitment and Development.

Millie Osguthorpe, Local Tourism Representative

Millie serves as the Executive Director of Discover Klamath, where she works to advance the economic vitality of Klamath County through destination stewardship, strategic marketing, event recruitment, and community partnerships—helping position the region as a premier outdoor destination and gateway to Crater Lake National Park.

Millie is passionate about trail stewardship and collaborates closely with the Klamath Trails Alliance to support volunteer engagement, sustainable access, and continued trail development across the region.

As an avid runner, hiker, and skier, her personal connection to outdoor recreation fuels her commitment to strengthening trail systems and outdoor experiences throughout Oregon for residents and visitors alike.

Nancy Stone, Mountain Bike Representative

If given the opportunity, I will always choose to be out in nature. As an avid mountain biker, I love exploring the Pacific Northwest on two wheels. When I’m not riding, I can be found building and maintaining mountain bike and multi-use trails across the region.

As Northwest Trail Alliance’s Trail Stewardship Director, my passions meet at the intersection of recreation and stewardship. In this role, I help create opportunities for volunteers to give back to the trails they love while expanding access for hundreds-if not thousands-of Oregonians to experience the outdoors.

It is this experience that inspires me to serve on the Oregon Trails Coalition Advisory Board, where I look forward to contributing a perspective on the vital role mountain biking plays in Oregon’s trail system.

Steering Committee Members

Alicia Milligan

Alicia Milligan is a recreation and natural resource planner with specialized expertise in tourism analysis, geospatial methods, and community-driven planning. At ECOnorthwest, she manages projects at the intersection of sustainable recreation, conservation, and economic development. With academic training in geography, GIS, and sustainable urban planning and design from Portland State University, Alicia brings deep expertise in spatial analysis. Her cartographic work has supported award-winning publications and international disaster resilience studies, including research following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.

Alicia has served as an instructor of geospatial courses at both Portland State University and Portland Community College, mentoring students in applied GIS and environmental planning. She is a longtime board member of FoodWaves, a nonprofit that cultivates food literacy and small-scale organic agriculture education, and the owner of Community Farm Collaborative, a small business focused on food education, increasing access to locally grown produce, and building community through shared meals and garden consultation. This interdisciplinary foundation—spanning recreation, geospatial analysis, and food systems—shapes her leadership in advancing equitable access to outdoor experiences and food.

Emmy Andrews

Emmy is a nonprofit executive with 20+ years of leadership, fundraising, and project delivery experience. As the first Executive Director of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA) from 2021-2026, she led the organization through transformative growth—quadrupling the budget, doubling volunteer participation, expanding staff capacity, and strengthening long‑term organizational sustainability. Emmy has also been the Treasurer of the Oregon Mountain Biking Coalition since 2021 and was a member of the Oregon Trails Coalition Advisory Council from 2021-2025. She is a passionate trail user and advocate. 

Gracie Woodruff

Gracie Woodruff is a passionate advocate for trail users from Bend, Oregon, currently an English Teacher and a full-time student pursuing a M.S. in Outdoor Recreation Economy and a English for Speakers of Other Languages Certificate. She has extensive experience in trail leadership, having served as the Operations Chair for the Oregon Timber Trail (2023) and as a NICA coach. Her background also includes volunteer trail maintenance with organizations like COPMOBA and NIMBA, and a board position with One Riverfront. Gracie is deeply motivated by the belief that "the trails are for everyone," a value rooted in her personal experience of limited access, which inspired her to raise money for and implement a Dero bike work station to provide free access to tools for low-income cyclists.

Pacific University Student Intern

Stephen Shinberg Jr.

Hello everyone, I am Stephen Shinberg Jr., a practicum student from Pacific University. I am majoring in Public Health. I am here to support the Oregon Trails Coalition and its volunteers by helping promote safety on trails and during outdoor activities. I love being outdoors, playing sports, and hiking, so there is no place I’d rather do my practicum than the coalition. I am a huge football fanatic. My favorite team is the Arizona Cardinals, and I play football for my University, so if you meet me during volunteer work, be sure to come talk sports with me. 

I am originally from Arizona, but Oregon is now my home. The biomes could not be more different. Arizona is a land of dirt and cacti, while Oregon has all these tree species I had never seen or even heard of before. This new environment makes being outdoors, hiking, and fishing some of my new favorite hobbies. I believe these kinds of hobbies should be accessible to everyone. As a public health major, I look forward to helping make these trails and outdoor spaces as safe, welcoming, and inclusive as possible.

Events and Programs Manager

Chelsea Taylor

Chelsea's career in conservation began in the field, working with and leading trail crews and volunteers throughout California and Colorado. Throughout their experiences, they have bounced between field work and administration, collaborating with a wide range of partners, volunteers, nonprofits, and more to steward beloved places. Today, Chelsea brings that "boots-on-the-ground" perspective to their role as our Events and Programs Manager. Dedicated to developing effective processes and equitable systems, they focus on bridging the gap between high-level policy and the tangible impact outdoor recreation has on our communities and landscapes.

Having long admired the Oregon Trails Coalition's ability to unify voices across the state, Chelsea is thrilled to officially join the staff team. They are eager to leverage their diverse background to help grow the Coalition’s signature programs and foster deeper connections within Oregon’s outdoor recreation community.