Western Wildlife Outreach Team
Jane Hutchinson, Executive Director (she/her)
Olympia, WA
jane@westernwildlife.org
Jane joined Western WIldlife Outreach in 2012 researching human-wildlife conflicts and the practical steps humans can take to coexist with their wildlife neighbors. She is the primary author of Living with Livestock and Wolves: A Review of the Literature (Nov 2014) and Towards A Bear Smart Future: Eastside King County Pilot Project (June 2016).
From 2015-2025 she served as the Wildlife Program Director for Farmer Frog developing the “Bear With Me!” Wildlife Friendly Farming Program. In 2021 Jane took over managing the daily activities at Western Wildlife Outreach, continuing her work promoting ways for humans to live with the large carnivores of the Pacific Northwest.
Shea Scribner, Education/Outreach Director (they/their/theirs)
Carnation, WA
shea@westernwildlife.org
Shea is an environmental educator with a background in habitat restoration, gardening & farming, livestock management, and working with dogs. Their career has largely focused on developing and facilitating youth education programs to provide hands-on and culturally relevant learning opportunities, supporting the next generation of earth stewards. Shea earned their undergraduate degree in environmental education from Western Washington University and masters in urban environmental education from Antioch University.
Celebrating the diversity and interdependence of human communities and the ecosystems we are apart of, Shea is excited to work with WWO to promote thoughtful and comprehensive solutions for coexistence with bears and other wildlife. Outside of work and volunteering in the community, Shea loves spending time with their large family of dogs and fixing up their home in the Snoqualmie Valley.
Analise “Lise” Hannah, Communications/Graphic Design (she/her)
Olympia, WA
lise@westernwildlife.org
Analise is a marketing designer and illustrator who loves nature walks and binge-watching anime. She has a Bachelor’s in Illustration and combines it with communication graphic design. She enjoys life with her partner and their American Bully Guts, cat Freyja and ball python Monty.
Bill Edgar, ArcGIS / Photography / Habitat Mapping (he/him)
Snohomish, WA
bill@westernwildlife.org
Bill is a retired senior Coast Guard Officer with prior Navy enlisted anti-submarine aircrew experience. Following his military career, he spent 13 years as a technology executive with roles that included Global IT Director for the Avionics Division of Panasonic, VP/CIO for the YMCA of Greater Seattle, VP/CIO for the largest health clinic system in Washington state, as well as multiple senior technology consulting engagements.
Bill spent the last seven years before his second ‘retirement’ in the weather space first as a Business Development Director, then as the Managing Director of Panasonic Weather Solutions, a global data collection and forecasting service; he then moved to Synoptic Data, one of the world’s largest aggregators of real-time weather data.
Following his second ‘retirement’, Bill has returned to his first love – photography and videography both as a provider of professional photo and video services as well as volunteering at multiple nonprofit organizations as a photographer/videographer and as a Board Advisor.
Bill has traveled to and photographed on all seven continents, all 50 states (and Guam, Midway, and DC). He is father to three adult daughters and grandfather to one grandson.
