Aja DeCoteau

Aja DeCoteau is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and has other tribal lineage with the Cayuse, Nez Perce and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She has over twenty years of experience working on natural resource management and policy issues in the Columbia River Basin. Prior to serving as the Executive Director, she was CRITFC’s Watershed Department Manager where she coordinated fisheries restoration and watershed protection activities and climate change researched response on behalf of the Yakama, Nez Perce, Umatilla, and Warm Springs tribes.

Aja also sits on the Board of Trustees for Earthjustice, the Board of Directors for the Columbia Land Trust and the Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI), and the Board of Advisors for WorldOregon.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies and Native American Studies, Dartmouth College
• Master of Environmental Management, Yale University, School of the Environment