Staff Bios

William F. "Zeke" Grader

Since 1992, Grader has served as Executive Director of the Institute for Fisheries Resources, an organization begun by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations. Zeke works to assure sustainable fisheries, including measures to protect against overfishing, decreasing bycatch, rebuilding depleted fish stocks and protecting and restoring fish habitats. He has served as the president of the western region of the old National Federation of Fishermen and the West Coast Fisheries Development Foundation, and he currently serves on the board of directors of the Marine Fish Conservation Network. As a result of his work promoting sustainable fisheries and the protection of habitat, Grader has been the recipient of numerous commendations and awards, including the 1998 U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Environmental Hero Award.”

Email Zeke: zgrader@ifrfish.org.

Glen Spain

Glen Spain is the Northwest Regional Director and Salmon Protection Program Director for Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) and the and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) at their joint Eugene, OR office. He has been a vocal advocate for better watershed and riparian protections on both private and public lands, and currently serves on advisory committees to the Board of Forestry in both California and Oregon. He works as an advocate for sustainable aquatic resource use and the protection and recovery of salmon throughout northern California and the Pacific Northwest. He lectures widely on forestry/fishery and marine resource protection issues throughout the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. He is also the recipient of the 1993 “David Simmons Award for Environmental Vision” from the Oregon Natural Resources Council, Oregon’s largest and most effective environmental protection organization. Glen received his law degree from San Francisco State University.

Email Glen: FISH1IFR@aol.com.

Sara Randall

Sara Randall is Project Director for The Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) where she oversees and implements projects that aim to restore and protect marine resources and the fishermen and coastal communities which depend on the resources. For the last four years she has worked to unite the United State's entire commercial fishing industry into a national coalition and educate Americans about the profession of commercial fishing. The coalition is now called the Commercial Fishermen of America. Sara was appointed by the State of California to the San Francisco Harbor Safety Committee in 2008. Before IFR, she worked as an AmeriCorps Watershed Steward at the Round Valley Resource Center in northern California doing watershed restoration, data collection, and teaching. Sara graduated from Lesley University with a degree in Human Services.

Email Sara: srandall@ifrfish.org.

Harriet Lew

Harriet Lew is the Finance Officer for the Institute for Fisheries Resources. Harriet has numerous years of financial and administrative experience working for the non-profit sectors, especially within the marine environment organizations. Her work experience included Oceanic Society and The Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. She received her B.A. in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley and her accounting certificate from UC Berkeley Extension.

Email Harriet: hlew@ifrfish.org.

Harmony Gugino

Harmony Gugino is in her second year with the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project. Her first year was spent with the Department of Fish and Game in Fort Bragg, California. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Harmony received a B.S. in Urban and Regional Planning with a minor in Creative Studies from Buffalo State College.

Email Harmony: hgugino@ifrfish.org.

Natalie Galatzer

Natalie Galatzer is in her second year with the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project. Her first year was spent at the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), in Marin County, California, where she split her time between studying migrating salmon and leading volunteers in watershed restorations. Prior to AmeriCorps, Natalie worked for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and an Illinois non-profit, Prairie Rivers Network, sampling freshwater mussels and helping to create a volunteer stream monitoring program. She originally hails from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and received her Bachelors of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Email Natalie: ngalatzer@ifrfish.org.

Nate Grader

Nate Grader is the Aquaculture Policy Coordinator for the Institute for Fisheries Resources. Nate began at IFR with the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project and most recently worked for the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition as a co-organizer of the 2008 National Roadshow, which was a political campaign to restore salmon and steelhead to the Columbia and Snake Rivers. In addition to aquaculture, he is working on other fisheries management issues for IFR. Nate holds a B.A. in history from the University of California, Davis and an M.A. in history from the University of Toronto.

Email Nate: ngrader@ifrfish.org