Thurston Conservation District has a team of highly trained and qualified individuals. Our staff are committed to offering their expertise in helping to address today’s natural resources issues.


Unsure who to contact? General inquiries may be sent via our contact form or call 360-754-3588.

TCD staff at the 2022 spring plant festival

Sarah Moorehead

She/Her
Executive Director

smoorehead@thurstoncd.com

Susan Shelton

She/Her
Finance & Administrative Manager
accounting@thurstoncd.com

360-742-2313

Yan Dong

She/Her
Senior Accountant
ydong@thurstoncd.com

360-999-3754

Kirsten Hill

She/Her
Special Projects Specialist
khill@thurstoncd.com

360-584-2118

Brigette Vaughan

She/Her
Accounting Coordinator
bvaughan@thurstoncd.com

(360) 584-4434

Sophia Barashkoff

She/Her
Administrative Assistant
tcdadmin@thurstoncd.com

360-754-3588

>Board Meeting Materials
>Soil test drop off

Stephanie Bishop

She/Her
Community Resilience Program Manager
sbishop@thurstoncd.com

360-999-0170

Sam Nadell

He/Him
South Sound GREEN Senior Program Specialist
snadell@thurstoncd.com

360-972-0628

Ariel Curtis

She/her
South Sound G.R.E.E.N.
Water Quality Educator
acurtis@thurstoncd.com

360-754-3588

Nora Carman-White

She/Her
Communications & Education Manager
nwhite@thurstoncd.com

360-999-3727

Kiana Sinner

She/Her
Senior Education & Outreach Specialist
ksinner@thurstoncd.com

360-972-0407

Jae Townsend

She/They
Education & Outreach Assistant
jtownsend@thurstoncd.com

564-669-4826

Tina Wagner

She/Her
Community Agriculture Programs Coordinator
twagner@thurstoncd.com

360-764-6273

Karin Strelioff

She/Her
Conservation Program Manager
karin@thurstoncd.com

360-972-4565

Katrinka Hibler

She/Her
District Engineer
katrinka@thurstoncd.com

360-878-0691

>Engineering

Mara Healy

She/Her
Senior Habitat Restoration Specialist
mhealy@thurstoncd.com

360-999-0464

Joey Burgess

He/Him
Habitat Restoration Specialist
jburgess@thurstoncd.com

360-790-7000

>CREP

TJ Jenkins

He/Him
Habitat Restoration Crew Lead
tjenkins@thurstoncd.com

360-790-2739   

>Habitat Restoration Field Crew

Marguerite Abplanalp

She/Her
Agriculture Programs Manager
mabplanalp@thurstoncd.com

360-972-4023 

Adam Peterson

He/Him
Senior GIS and Science Specialist
apeterson@thurstoncd.com

360-972-5181

>GIS Mapping
>Irrigation Management Plans
>Soil Health Services

Emily Landrus

She/Her
Natural Resource Specialist
elandrus@thurstoncd.com

360-999-0635

Kendall Carman

She/Her
Natural Resource Specialist
kcarman@thurstoncd.com

564-669-1917


Collective Bargaining Agreements

Thurston Conservation District Staff are Unionized under Council 28 WFSCME as of 2020. Check out current and past Collective Bargaining Agreements below.