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06/04/2006: "The Friends of The San Juans New Attorney"

(Friends of the San Juans staff. Amy Trainer (front). Back row (l-r) Stephanie Buffum Field, Shannon Davis, Tina Whitman, and Jana Marks. -photo by Kelley Balcomb-Bartok).

Amy Trainer will be sworn in at the San Juan County Courthouse, on Monday, June 5, in a ceremony accepting her into the Washington State Bar

Stephanie Buffum Field, Executive Director of Friends stated in a press release that "Amy Trainer is the first staff attorney to serve as the Legal Director for Friends of the San Juans. We spent over a year conducting a nationwide search for this position. Amy's experience in public and private sector planning coupled with her dedication to public interest issues is an assist to our community,"

Ms. Trainer holds a law degree from the University of Kansas where she focused on various local, state and Federal land use tools and environmental programs. She also holds a Master of Urban Planning and an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies. During graduate school, she taught environmental studies, policy and law courses; volunteered as a legal intern for the Kansas Land Trust; served as a legal intern for the Alaska Department of Law's Natural Resources Division and worked as a law clerk at the nationally recognized land use law and planning firm of Freilich Leitner & Carlisle. Amy serves on the Water Resources Management Committee, the Roche Harbor Highlands Advisory Committee and is the President of the San Juan County League of Women Voters.

According to the press release, the Friends of the San Juans have been protecting the San Juan Islands for over 25 years through science, education, citizen involvement, and law. Friends promotes citizen-based initiatives to preserve the character of the Islands, conserve natural resources, promote ecological stewardship, and promote environmental protection for people and nature. Friends of the San Juans is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt public interest organization. For more information, please call 378-2319 or visit our website www.sanjuans.org.