GreenLane Luncheon, April 6th 2011 with Educational Speaker:Joe Moll, E.D., McKenzie River Trust-Private Lands & Public Goods

Joe Moll, Executive Director of McKenzie River Trust will be speaking about how private land conservation contributes to regional prosperity. Joe has been Executive Director of the Trust since 2005.  Over the past 25 years he has worked in banking, land management, guiding and Japanese translation, fundraising, conservation planning, and grizzly bear wrestling. 

Goods brought to market from private farms and forestlands have been a driving economic force in our region for well over a century.  There is a growing recognition, however, that private lands can also provide a wealth of goods and services like clean water, fish and wildlife habitat and open spaces that benefit the public at large, beyond the traditional marketplace. Today’s speaker will describe the work of land trusts, not-for-profit organizations that do real estate deals to secure some of those public benefits for the long haul while compensating private landowners today.  These transactions and the values that they protect help make communities desirable and prosperous.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: Tish Hathaway is the owner of Hathaway Financial Services here in Eugene, an independent firm specializing in financial planning and socially responsible investing. She is a Certified Financial Planner® and Accredited Investment Fiduciary®. Tish is past president of the Eugene chapter of the Financial Planning Association, board member of City Club, and leader of a local chapter of Dining for Women, a group dedicated to alleviating poverty for women around the world.  She is also the general editor of “Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies”.  In addition to her CFP® designation, Tish also has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California.

Tish is a long time resident of Eugene, a mother of 3 beautiful daughters, and married to a wonderful man who teaches; both in the Eugene 4J school district and at the U of O.  In her free time you can find her riding on the back of her husband’s Harley, reading, or barbequing on her back porch.

 Join us for our monthly GreenLane networking and educational luncheon. Always the first Wednesday of the month at Mallard Hall.  Open to members. Guests are welcome to attend twice before joining. GreenLane is a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to support organizations in Lane County to be more sustainable. We are inclusive & welcome all businesses who are interested in sustainability to become a member and get involved.