Board of Directors

Steph Taylor (they/she)

President, Program Co-director

Steph grew up in southeast Idaho’s “cattle-country”–just two hours away from Yellowstone National Park. As a 20+ year grassroots animal activist, Steph has worked on forest and wildlife policy issues in Massachusetts, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. Steph joined the Speak for Wolves Board in 2017 with the explicit goal of incorporating equity into SFW’s mission.

When not working for wolves, Steph enjoys traveling to watch wolves in the wild and hiking in the Santa Cruz mountains with their life-partner and dog.

Amanda Ferguson (she/her)

Treasurer, Technical Director

Originally from North Carolina, Amanda now lives in St. Johns, Oregon and spends as much time as she can in nature. Always an animal lover and activist, she got involved with wolf advocacy in 2014, not long before Oregon delisted wolves from the state ESA. She loves to track wildlife and fight for conservation in the Pacific Northwest.

Amanda works as Director of Scientific Journals for a nonprofit scientific society and spends much of her free time reading and volunteering.

Rachel Bjork (she/her)

Secretary, Program Co-director

Rachel lives in Seattle, WA and has been an animal activist since 2000. She loves getting out into nature and seeing animals in their natural habitat. She started attending the Speak for Wolves Conference in 2016. She was honored to be able to join the Board in 2019, and is excited to be working on making the Conference more representative of all wolf advocates.