Katie Murray | Executive Director
Katie joined the team at Oregonians for Food and Shelter in 2020, after 14 years working in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center at Oregon State University. Over her career, Katie has worked closely with producers and consultants, registrants, state natural resource agencies, and state and federal legislators and regulators to bring more focus to the realities and needs on the ground, and the impacts of regulatory decisions on the natural resource sector. Katie has worked both locally and internationally on a consultation process that seeks to understand pests and management practices, as well as industry needs related to research, education, and regulation. She has also worked to increase stakeholder participation in regulatory decision-making.
After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Psychology and Philosophy (2000), Katie completed service in the Peace Corps in Mongolia (2003-2005). From there, she moved to Oregon and earned a master’s from Oregon State University in Applied Anthropology (2007), with a focus on natural resources and communities. Katie is interested in discovering collaborative paths forward that strike a practical balance between production and protection goals.