Aundrea has been working in the Skagit Watershed on saving salmon since 1996. She joined the team at the Skagit Watershed Council as the Watershed Coordinator in December of 2018. In March 2024, she was promoted to Interim Executive Director, and then in October of 2024 as the Executive Director. She is a geologist and ecologist by training with over twenty years’ experience working on landscape analysis, coastal geomorphology, estuarine habitat restoration planning, climate change risk factor analysis, and water quality assessment. For 16 years she worked with the Skagit River System Cooperative conducting research in the nearshore environments of Skagit and Island counties related to juvenile salmon use of those habitats. Prior to that she spent 4 years in the Swinomish Planning Department developing their water quality program. She loves kayaking, hiking, diving and playing in her garden.
