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Bill Sedivy
Executive Director
 Bill joined the Idaho Rivers United staff in May 1999. Bill has been canoeing and rafting rivers throughout North America since 1978. A river activist since the early 90s, Bill first got involved with Idaho Rivers United working as a volunteer on the Bear River relicensing. He also has worked as a volunteer Regional Coordinator for American Whitewater, has served on American Whitewater's board of directors.
Formerly a journalist, Bill was the top editor at award-winning newspapers in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, and taught journalism for two years at Utah State University.
In 1995 he published a book on river-running called River's End: A collection of bedtime stories for paddlers. Bill and his wife, Maryl, who live in Boise, enjoy bird watching, camping and skiing when they're not paddling Idaho's fabulous rivers.
Kevin Lewis
Conservation Policy Director
 Kevin came on board at IRU in November 2004. He has a strong background in environmental policy, non-profit management and team building, and expertise in the complex work of relicensing hydropower dams and collaborative watershed management. He also brings with him a passion for free-flowing rivers, and an on-the-ground knowledge of many Idaho rivers gained over years of paddling.
Liz Paul
Boise River Campaign Coordinator
 Liz Paul got a start in environmental activism as a college student at the University of California. Since receiving her BA in Environmental Studies and moving to Idaho in 1979 she has worked professionally and as a volunteer on environmental, peace and justice issues.
Liz served as Executive Director of the Snake River Alliance from 1987-1990, where she coordinated successful campaigns to stop nuclear weapons production. She worked for Friends of the Payette during their historic 1991 fight to win state protection for the North Fork Payette prohibiting new dams. Liz worked at Idaho Rivers United from 1992-2000 coordinating citizen campaigns to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, stop new dams on the Middle Snake, win state protection for the Henry's Fork and other rivers, and much more.
In 2001 Liz helped found the Idaho Peace Coalition to promote peace and justice. Liz rejoined the Idaho Rivers United staff in 2005. Liz lives near the Boise River in Garden City with her husband and two children.
Greg Stahl
Assistant Policy Director
As Assistant Policy Director Greg works on the organization's salmon program, as well as focuses on other conservation issues. He arrived in November 2008 following 10 years spent writing about Idaho's abundant rivers, public lands and colorful personalities as a reporter and assistant editor with the Idaho Mountain Express newspaper in Ketchum. A 2005-2006 recipient of a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism at University of Colorado at Boulder, Greg is versed in water law, public land law and natural resources law.
Beyond his abundant hobbies, which range from playing the guitar to whitewater kayaking, he's an avid student of life. Greg is excited to dip his toes into the world of river advocacy.
Kate Reading
Administrative Coordinator
Kate Reading is a 2010 graduate of Boise State's political science program, with an emphasis on political theory and law. An Idaho native, Kate is passionate about the state's abundant natural assets and points out that honing a conservation ethic was an integral part of growing up here. An avid equestrian, Kate is excited to be the newest member of one of Idaho's leading voices for conservation.
Teri Tate McColly
Director of Major Gifts
 Teri Tate McColly is a new member of the IRU staff. Growing up in McCall, she just assumed everyone had a lake to swim in the summer and ski hills to traverse in the winter. Spring was spent in Riggens picnicking on the Salmon River, (when the snow in McCall was yuck). She remembers many trips down Highway 55 following the up and down Payette river, watching the kayakers and rafts fly over whitewater rapids. Leaving McCall was awaking and a call to action.
Teri took to the airwaves in years past as a DJ in Boise on the appropriate station – The River and most recently worked at Journal Broadcasting Group in advertising and production.
Looking forward to working with the fundraising efforts of Idaho Rivers United, Teri hopes to grow support for preserving the beauty of Idaho that she once took for granted. She is also excitedly looking forward to exploring new stretches of whitewater with IRU partners and finding new ways to raise funds to sustain the respected work of Idaho Rivers United. |
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