Value: Susan is a transportation enthusiast who learned to work with multiple jurisdictions. She currently volunteers on several boards to help foster community.
Loves: Her family, walks along the river or on the Wildwood Trail, and kayaking.
Vision: A thriving Portland with access to a clean river, an activated waterfront, and fostering joy on the Frog Ferry.
Value: Paul spent 40 years in the maritime industry, most recently as the Director of King County Marine Division (A Seattle Passenger Ferry System).
Loves: An early morning walk listening to the song birds celebrating the day.
Vision: To see the first load of Frog Ferry passengers experience the magic of the river.
Value: Nina is a strategy consultant who excels at bridging purposeful work with institutionalized systems, helping her to affect change.
Loves: Paddleboarding on the Willamette.
Vision: Seeing field trips of kids engage with the river ecosystem.
Value: John is a user-design innovator and experienced start-up leader.
Loves: Ordering today’s special at a food cart, spreadsheets with conditional formatting.
Vision: To see Frog Ferry listed as the best route on Google Maps.
Value: As a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Scott hopes to bring a strong, positive “ferry culture and energy” to the board and this project.
Loves: Every year when pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. Winter is over!
Vision: When I’m riding the Frog Ferry to the brand new ballpark in the South Waterfront to watch a ball game, I’ll know we’ve done something incredible for Portland and other local communities.
Value: James is a veteran HR professional who resides in NE Portland. He had a vision for a ferry system and joined the Frog Ferry effort in 2018.
Loves: Camping.
Vision: Watching North Portland residents commute downtown to great jobs.
Value: A former Portland City Hall leader and St. Johns resident, Jennifer is an activist with a heart for healthy communities.
Loves: Music and the natural world.
Vision: Seeing neighbors of all ages to-ing and fro-ing their lives on Frog Ferry, gobsmacked by the wonder of the Willamette River ecosystem.
Value: As a longtime business owner, entrepreneur, and executive leader, Lori has a network of associates and colleagues excited at the prospect of Frog Ferry taking shape, and knows how to get things done to accomplish a goal.
Loves: New ideas, new favorites and new flavors. Watching my adult kids thrive in this world. Dogs, travel and the outdoors.
Vision: Providing a sustainable, affordable and fun way of navigating the entire area on the water!
Value: As a downtown resident and former high school counselor for 43 years, LaJune values a diverse community. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Downtown Neighborhood Association since 2018 and is currently as President of the Board.
Loves: Visiting the Oregon coast, cooking, entertaining, reading, and playing with my three grandchildren.
Vision: Seeing everyone enjoy, cherish, and protect the Willamette River.
Value: Peter is the Executive Director of Decarb the Inside Passage and a decarbonization leader.
Loves: Being on the water, helping his home city thrive.
Vision: Celebrating when Frog Ferry gets support from our once exceptional city and when Frog Ferry’s pilot project is funded by the Feds.
Value: Willie is the ringleader of the Human Access Project and a steward of the Willamette River.
Loves: Hearing his wife Lulu’s laugh, it’s like a bird song.
Vision: Portland feeling pride about the Willamette River.
Value: John is the principal of Maritime Consulting Partners and a Frog Ferry partner since 2018.
Value: Scott is a former Frog Ferry board chair and manages Frog Ferry financials (CPA).
Friends of Frog Ferry is a non-profit grassroots initiative to bring a world-class passenger ferry service to the Portland metro region. Our neighbors in Seattle, Vancouver B.C., San Francisco and multiple river cities around the world maximize the advantage of river transit, while Portland has barely scratched the opportunity. We have nine volunteer committees comprised of 200+ pro bono industry experts, a transit savvy board, and more than 3,400 stakeholders and supporters all working to create a win-win for the local municipalities, commuters, and downtown employees. To date we have provided more than $32 million in value at no taxpayer expense (grants) of $390,000.