Blue Spruce Strategies:

Lisa has written the strategic and communication plans to secure dozens of political and public interest campaign wins across the Northwest.

She worked for Conservation Northwest on state trust reform for 10 years, worked for Governor Gregoire's Campaign in 2008, and won a National Reed Award in 2014 for flipping a County Council—which ultimately helped block the largest proposed coal export terminal on the West Coast. She’s worked on criminal justice reform, a range of environmental policies, transportation funding, community organizing, and communications. Originally from a long line of wheat farmers in eastern Washington, Lisa lives on Samish Island.

She serves on the boards of Conservation Northwest and Whatcom County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program (LEAD).

Also a professional oil painter, Lisa’s work can be found at www.lisamcshane.com.

Reach Lisa: lisa@blue-spruce.com

Michael Peñuelas

Michael has designed, directed, and won campaigns of all shapes and sizes. At Blue Spruce, he’s helped secure $100 million for childcare, protect thousands of acres of old public forests, flip critical state legislative seats, and pass bills to accelerate geothermal energy development and curtail toxic chemicals.

Michael is also the co-founder of the Center for U.S. Voters Abroad, a nonprofit dedicated to re-engaging the overseas American electorate. In previous chapters, Michael worked for candidate consulting firms, Democratic party organizations, and a range of independent PACs and community groups. He’s also sojourned as a staffer in the Washington State House of Representatives and as a policy analyst covering food and climate for think tanks.

Michael holds a Masters in Environmental Policy & Management as well as a Bachelors, with Honors, in Earth Systems, both from Stanford University.

Reach Michael: michael@blue-spruce.com