Jaime Pinkham
Jaime Pinkham, a citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, is the Vice President and Native Nations Team Leader for the Archibald Bush Foundation. He formerly served as Watershed Department Manager for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, which represents the four Columbia River treaty tribes: Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama. From 1990 to 2002, Pinkham worked for the Nez Perce Tribe, where he was twice elected to the Tribe's governing body and also managed the Tribe's Natural Resources and Fisheries Departments. Pinkham has served on various boards, including the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society and the Defenders of Wildlife Board of Directors. His past national leadership positions include Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society; President of the Intertribal Timber Council; and Chairman of the Tribal Lands Advisory Council for Trust for Public Land. He received a forestry degree from Oregon State University and is a graduate of the Washington State Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Foundation's leadership program.