Membership Information

Any county, city, port, or soil & water conservation district within Oregon’s Coastal Zone can become a member of OCZMA by adopting a resolution joining the Association. Each member then designates a representative and alternate to represent their jurisdiction. The representative must be an elected official of the jurisdiction. Alternates selected by the jurisdiction may be an elected or non-elected official.

Executive Board

The OCZMA Executive Board consists of the officers of the Association and five at-large members (three county representatives, two port representatives, two city representatives, and one soil & water conservation district representative) elected by members of the Association at the annual meeting.

Our Executive Board currently includes:

Chair Vice-Chair Secretary/Treasurer
Kaety Jacobson David Yamamoto Walter Chuck
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
Lincoln County Tillamook County Port of Newport
County Representative County Representative Port Representative
At-Large Member At-Large Member At-Large Member At-Large Member At-Large Member
Bob Main Court Boice VACANT Kelly Barnett Tom Black
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Board Member
Coos County Curry County Port of Garibaldi Umpqua Soil and Water Conservation District
County Representative County Representative Port Representative Soil and Water Conservation District Representative

Legislative Committee

By coming together and advocating for coastal issues at the local, state, federal level, good things happen for the Oregon Coast. Our shared constituents and our state only benefit when all levels of government are communicating and working together. For this reason, OCZMA works closely with the state legislators and members of Congress representing Oregon’s coastal communities. It is through these relationships that OCZMA members shape issues and events and have the opportunity to provide legislators with objective information and analysis on coastal issues.

Our advocacy efforts are primarily guided by an ad-hoc Legislative Committee made up of the Executive Board and three additional at-large positions representing the north coast, central coast and south coast.

Chair Vice-Chair Secretary/Treasurer
Kaety Jacobson David Yamamoto Walter Chuck
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
Lincoln County Tillamook County Port of Newport
County Representative County Representative Port Representative
At-Large Member At-Large Member At-Large Member At-Large Member
Bob Main Court Boice VACANT Kelly Barnett
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
Coos County Curry County Port of Garibaldi
County Representative County Representative Port Representative
At-Large Member North Coast Member Central Coast Member South Coast Member
Tom Black Mary Faith Bell VACANT VACANT
Board Member Commissioner
Umpqua Soil and Water Conservation District Tillamook County
Soil and Water Conservation District Representative County Representative