John Osborn, MD

John is the senior physician at the Spokane Veterans hospital, where he has cared for military veterans since 1986, and where he directs the VA’s programs for HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis C.

    John was raised in Bellingham and Boise.

Karen Allston

    Karen Allston is a Tribal Attorney for the Quinault Indian Nation.  Her practice focuses on water law and land use and natural resource issues. Before joining the Nation in April 2006, she was the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP).    

    Karen is widely recognized as an expert in water law and policy in the “world of water” in Washington.  Karen received her Juris Doctor degree from Seattle University, cum laude, and a BA in Communications from the University of Washington.

    During her free time, Karen enjoys gardening, hiking and biking, as well as spending time outdoors with her husband, Patrick and three dogs.

    Contact: lart66kp@earthlink.net

Rachael Paschal Osborn

     Rachael Paschal Osborn is a public interest water lawyer and has provided representation to Indian tribes, environmental organizations, labor unions, and small communities since 1992.

        Rachael served as co-founder and executive director of the

mountain climbing  and camping by Ralph W. Johnson, who she met while a student at Univ. of Oregon.   Ralph and Anne married and moved to Seattle in 1951, where she graduated from the University of Washington.  They happily raised three children, now grown and doing well.  One grandson, Luke, and two step-grandsons.  Several grandcats and a couple of dogs.   Contact:  Anniegj36@gmail.com

His mother, Idaho’s first nurse practitioner, introduced him to medicine.  John’s father (and fishing partner), introduced him to Puget Sound and the rivers of Idaho.     

        John founded the Spokane-based Lands Council, and co-founded the Regional Ethics Network of Eastern Washington (RENEW).  He served for 15 years on the boards of the Washington Wilderness Coalition, Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Wildlife Federation, and for 22 years as the Sierra Club’s conservation chair for eastern Washington and Idaho.  Contact:  john@waterplanet.ws

Center for Environmental Law & Policy (1993-1999), and co-founder and board member of Washington Water Trust (1997-2001), two organizations dedicated to the protection and restoration of free-flowing waters in Washington state.

        Rachael is a dedicated educator and has taught scores of water law and policy courses over the years -- in law schools, conferences, seminars, workshops and classrooms -- and has written extensively on water resources and environmental issues. She currently teaches courses in environmental law and water law at Gonzaga Law School in Spokane.  Contact:  rosborn@celp.org

Board Members

Kathy George

    Kathy George has been practicing law, primarily in the environmental, land use, education and public records fields, since June 2006.  Before that she was a law clerk to Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander.  She also worked for 15 years as a reporter and editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, where she sometimes wrote about water pollution and other environmental issues. Kathy spent a summer as a legal extern for CELP while pursuing her law degree at Seattle University Law School.

    Kathy grew up in Long Beach, California, where the nearest “river” was a trickle of water surrounded by cement.  She and her son, Evan, have enjoyed visiting the Northwest’s ocean beaches, lakes, hot springs and streams.  Kathy is especially fond of Lake Quinalt and its rain forests.  Contact: kathy@cassadylaw.net