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About Us

The Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation’s work is focused keeping it clean upstream through our programs including #DitchTheStrawPDX, Ocean Friendly Restaurants, Green Streets,  Hold On To Your Butt programs and our Blue Water Task Force water quality monitoring program out on the north coast. Chapter meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 7:00 PM. The meetings are open to the public and family friendly.

Portland Chapter Executive Committee

Chanel Hason – Chair & Communications

Gina Avalos – Vice Chair

Sarah Mayer – Volunteer Coordinator

Shelley Searle – Treasurer

Vacant – Secretary

Jesse Jones – Blue Water Task Force Coordinator

Nancy Nordman – Ditch the Straw Coordinator

Topias Lemetyinen – Hold On To Your Butts & Green Streets Coordinator

Kenzie Viereck – OFR Lead & Sponsorships

Monthly Events

To find our full list of events, click here. For now, we thought you’d like to see what’s happening for the next two months up front and center.

April 2 – Tuesday – Green Streets 6:30pm, TBD

April 9 – Tuesday – Chapter Meeting at Leeward Surf Shop 7-9pm – Guest Speaker talking about the surf app NANOOS

April 12 – Friday – RiverBlue Sustainable Fashion Film Screening & Panel at COSUBE Surf 6:30pm