We are pleased to introduce our five newest Restore Oregon board members: Jamie Foehr, Larissa Rudnicki, Dawn Hert, Aaron Howe-Cornelison, and Evan West. We would also like to thank our existing board member, Harv Schubothe, for becoming our organization’s new Vice President.

Through the short introductions below, you will quickly see the incredibly diverse expertise these new board members bring to our organization. Additionally, as a statewide organization, Restore Oregon strives to achieve as much geographic representation as possible, so we are excited to welcome board members who will help deepen our connections throughout the state.

Finally, we are saying a fond farewell to three board members, each of whom provided six years of service and have now “termed out” – Sean Bolden, Brian Emerick and John Liu. We cannot thank each of you enough for your leadership and dedication! We know you will continue to support and help us, and the entire historic preservation community in Oregon.

Aaron Howe-Cornelison

Technical Director, Senior Associate, Gensler

Aaron’s 30-year career has been focused extensively on multifaceted higher education, healthcare and science projects. His expertise brings an ability to synthesize clients’ priorities with strategic technical solutions.

Aaron’s favorite projects are complex. A level-headed architect with a calm demeanor, he has a proven track record of delivering projects despite some of their more sophisticated challenges. With Aaron’s guidance and oversight, his project teams embrace these challenges as opportunities and distill solutions that are prioritized, timely and actionable.

Aaron has always been this way — growing up on a subsistence farm in rural Nova Scotia, his first technical design solution was for a below-grade, connecting corridor that would allow him and his family to get from the house to the barn in comfort during those dark December morning chores. Aaron continues to be highly energized when he can develop new tools to improve existing processes and innovate the ways we work.

Through his project experience he is indispensable: integrating technical, social, or cultural complexity into holistic, architectural solutions. Aaron’s breadth of experience ranges from concept design to technical architecture to permit & delivery strategy, construction administration, and urban planning.

Jamie Foehr

Jamie Foehr is a published professional Interior Designer with 15 years of experience in the Design & Architecture industry. Originally from Northern California and now a resident of Salem, Jamie is the Founder and Creative Director of interior design firm Carry On Design Co. She is the Director of Communications for American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Oregon Chapter and NCIDQ eligible candidate to become a certified interior designer. Jamie completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts- Interior Design with emphasis on Interior Architecture in Spring 2010.

While working full-time in the design industry, interning with Sacramento Building Review in the Historic Preservation Department, dedicating two years to the student senate as the Interior Design Student Representative, ASID Student Member, IIDA Student Member, and on campus student mentor. Studying abroad in London UK, earning a work visa, degree internship with International Hospitality Design Firm Grapes Design, while completing three program courses- Universal Design, Exhibition Design, and Project Portfolio Review. Soon after graduating Jamie moved to San Francisco where she worked in various roles in the luxury design industry. Most notably as a Sales Associate and Residential Interior Design Rep for Ruby Livingdesign high-end furniture showroom in the Marina District of SF.

Traveling extensively abroad, while taking on freelance contract work for well known residential design firms in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. Ultimately led Jamie back to Sacramento in 2016 where she started expanding more into Commercial Design. Working for a Steelcase contract furniture dealer as space planner and designer, attending Steelcase Headquarter Conference in Grand Rapids MI, completing a CET/Configura certification course, and being a part of projects with UC Davis Med Center, Better Homes and Gardens, Kaiser Permanente, Lyon Real Estate, and CoreMark to name a few.

Carry On Design Co. established in 2020, has designed and project managed over 50 residential and commercial projects throughout Northern California. Large scale custom residence new construction, full interior/exterior remodels, kitchen and bathroom renovations, interior styling, decluttering, sustainability consulting, and historic preservation/reuse. Jamie joins Restore Oregon with 15 years of residential and commercial interior design experience. Her firm specializes in sustainable, yet approachable design. Creating personalized spaces rooted in story and intentionality. Inspired by travel, nature, and genuine human connection. Let's Design with the future in mind.

Dawn Marie Hert

Dawn Marie Hert is the Eastern Oregon Regional Representative for the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Prior to working for DLCD, she was a land use planner for over 20 years with the City of The Dalles, where she worked on all aspects of the city’s land use planning program, as well as managing the Historic Landmarks Commission.

Dawn is a graduate of Oregon State University, where she majored in Business Administration, with a minor in Communications. She has also served on boards and volunteered for several community organizations in The Dalles associated with art, education, athletics, and Main Street revitalization activities.

Dawn has a passion for rural communities, preservation and increasing youth awareness and involvement in the arts.

Larissa Rudnicki

For the last decade plus, Larissa Rudnicki has been an architectural historian with the Oregon Department of Transportation, covering southern, central, and eastern Oregon (regions 3, 4, and 5), and working daily with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and Section 4(f) of the US Department of Transportation Act of 1966. Larissa is proud to represent the communities and people located in these regions and help amplify their voices and histories. She will continue to strive to provide opportunities for these narratives to be showcased.

Before realizing she did not want to play in the dirt, she received her undergraduate degree from Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) in Archaeology and Art History. Eventually trading in metal, “high-style” Chicago skyscrapers for the wooden, leafy scrapers of the sky, Larissa received her graduate degree from the University of Oregon in Historic Preservation (Eugene, OR).

Continuing her affiliation with the UO HP program, Larissa instructs courses about understanding and recognizing the many facets, faces, and themes of the built environment, as well as is currently serving as the interim co-director of the UO HP program. She is an advocate for mobile homes, bowling alleys, roller skating rinks, mimetic architecture, and dingbat buildings, in addition to unraveling the true origin(s) of cribbage.

Evan West

Evan West is honored to bring his professional expertise to Restore Oregon. A proud citizen of Salem, Evan has been providing professional consulting services in public history since 2013. Some of Evan’s favorite work includes the Historic Resources Inventory Toolkit that he created in partnership with Restore Oregon in 2019. Evan earned his Master’s Degree from the University of Colorado. When not working on history projects, Evan enjoys gardening and reading in the company of his cats and dogs.

A Warm Welcome to 2024’s New Board Members