Will has directed Rivers Without Borders since 2008. He has more than three decades of conservation advocacy experience engaging in campaigns for many wild places. A Canadian and U.S. citizen with two environmental degrees, Will is based in northwest Washington in close proximity to Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. He feels extraordinarily privileged to be advancing conservation in the Alaska- BC transboundary region.

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A long-time resident of Petersburg, Brian is a retired state of Alaska Fisheries Biologist. He has extensive experience in commercial fisheries management and research including involvement with the Pacific Salmon Treaty process as a member of the Transboundary Technical Committee, the Chinook Technical Committee and as a member of the Transboundary Panel. He was also Executive Director of the Petersburg Vessel Owners Association and has sat on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Advisory Panel and the North Pacific Research Board Advisory Panel. Brian understands that fishing is the economic lifeblood of Southeast Alaska and has a deep commitment to sustaining fisheries and the quality habitat they depend on. He is well connected, and well known, throughout Southeast Alaska.        

A west coast BC native passionate about the natural values of her home, Jenafor is leading Rivers Without Borders Canada efforts to elevate BC awareness of the transboundary watersheds and their issues and to build a diverse network of informed watershed advocates. She has a Sociology degree and has volunteered in environmental causes internationally. Jenafor is also a yoga instructor and wilderness enthusiast, bringing a healthy balance to her work.

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Taylor is based on Southern Vancouver Island where she works to support Rivers Without Borders Canada’s efforts to increase awareness of the transboundary region and to facilitate watershed advocacy. Taylor received her undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria, focusing her studies in biology and anthropology. She is passionate about using her skills to promote ecosystem-based stewardship in British Columbia, Alaska, and beyond. Beyond her work life, Taylor enjoys exploring the coast while paddling, hiking and bird watching.

Guy Archibald has two decades of experience as an analytical chemist helping industry control and monitor discharges into the environment.  For another dozen years Guy worked out of Juneau advancing conservation for the Tongass National Forest.  He has also designed and lead several ecological research and monitoring efforts.  Guy is trusted as a source of reliable information and a partner with many communities and Tribes in southeast Alaska, and his knowledge of mining issues is exceptional.  Guy joined RWB’s team in 2021 adding much to our campaigning capacity.

Shannon Donahue lives in a beautiful swath of old-old growth forest on the Chilkat Peninsula just south of Deishú (Haines) on Jilkáat Aani where she works to protect the Chilkat Watershed from the threats of hardrock mining. She has a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana and has spent much of her career in bear conservation, focusing on the intersection of salmon, humans, and bears in the coastal rainforests of Alaska and teaching polar bear ecology field courses on Hudson Bay in Canada. Outside of environmental advocacy work, Shannon enjoys playing her vintage anglo concertina, learning the Irish language, and foraging for wild foods.