Our Board

Richard Nix – President

Richard visited Bend and fell in love with the area. When he retired in 2013, he moved to Bend, and began hiking in the wilderness. He soon became concerned about the deterioration in the quality of the wilderness from year to year. Richard joined FCCW in 2015 and has participated in many FCCW stewardship hikes, leading many of them.
He has completed Forest Service Wilderness Stewardship Skills training at Mt. Adams Institute and he is certified in Wilderness First Aid and Crosscut Saw. Richard is committed to helping FCCW and the Forest Service to protect and conserve the wilderness. Richard has been married for 28 years and enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking, cross country skiing, scuba diving and walking his dogs. Contact at info@centralcascades.org

TC (Trevor Christianson) – Vice President

TC had dreams of becoming a Park Ranger and moving to Bend for many years before finally making the move. He moved to Bend over five years ago and became a Ranger for several different agencies that include Oregon State Parks, U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service. His summer season as a Wilderness Ranger in the Deschutes introduced him to our organization in 2018. He became interested in preserving Wilderness character outside of his outdoor educator work and joined as Vice President in April 2021. He continues to serve as our social media specialist and volunteer recruiter.

Don Work – Treasurer

Don moved a few years ago to Fall River, Oregon from Vancouver, Washington. He is retired now after a corporate career in the paper mill industry. He enjoys visiting family and traveling. Don loves alpine and nordic skiing and is very active winter and summer. He is an avid cyclist, hiker and backpacker. He is known to bring wine and cheese to our events.

James Tuchschmidt – Board Member

Jim spends much of his free time recreating outdoors, whether in the mountains or the high desert. He volunteers as a Wilderness Ranger with the USFS, with Deschutes County Search and Rescue, and with the Mount Bachelor National Ski Patrol. He welcomes the opportunity to further care for and preserve our wilderness for this and future generations in service with Friends of the Central Oregon Cascades.

Martin Held – Board Member

Martin is an Oregonian native that enjoys being in the outdoors as much as possible, and swimming every chance he can in high lakes.  He enjoys hiking, backpacking, and winter time cross country skiing into the solitude of the wilderness.  By daytime an electrical engineer, he also enjoys ham radio and teaching SCUBA as time allows. Martin was one of the original founding members of FCCW in 2014, and his primary aim is to continue educational programs to help train more volunteers to help keep the wilderness wild.