Amy Verbeten

Board Chair

Amy Verbeten is originally from Walla Walla, Washington. She learned some of her most important lessons about collaborative conservation and western water issues on the strawberry farm where she worked from ages 12-20, and while accompanying her father on fly fishing adventures throughout the intermountain west.  She went on to formally study watershed science and education, earning Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Washington in Ecology and Geology, and a Master of Arts in Environmental Education from Prescott College. She has spent her career in education and conservation, with organizations including the National Outdoor Leadership School, Outward Bound, Walking Mountains Science Center, Colorado Mountain College, and Prescott College. Since 2007, Amy has worked for Friends of the Teton River, a non-profit organization in Driggs, Idaho that collaborates with the community to protect and conserve clean water, healthy streams, and a thriving wild fishery in the Teton River Watershed.  She has served as the organization’s Executive Director since 2012. Outside of the office, Amy loves growing, foraging for, and preparing local food, and sharing her passion for the rivers and wild lands of the west with her husband and daughter, and an assortment of furry friends.  

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