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Meet Our Team

Staff

Kate Cloran
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Kate brings a wide-ranging background in nonprofit leadership, grant writing, marketing, and community engagement to her role at Heart of Cartm. Her career has taken unexpected but interconnected turns—from collaborative leadership in the nonprofit sector, to data-driven strategy and user experience design, to life on the road as a park ranger coordinating volunteers. Across each chapter, the throughline has been systems and storytelling: building structures that work, while keeping people at the center.

At Heart of Cartm, Kate oversees operations, fundraising, and program development, helping neighbors & visitors see waste in a new light. She believes reuse and repair are more than practical solutions—they are creative, community-building acts that invite us to imagine new possibilities for how we live together.

Board of Directors

  • Halle Myers

    BOARD CHAIR

    Hello friends of our community. My name is Halle Myers, and I'm honored to step into the role of Board Chair for the Heart of Cartm organization. As a local business owner, I'm excited to deepen my connection to this community and support the meaningful work we do together.

    Since joining the board, I've had the privilege of working alongside an incredible group of dedicated individuals who are committed to restoring momentum and strengthening our organization. I'm grateful for the opportunity to help guide Heart of Cartm toward a healthy and sustainable future—both financially and operationally.

    Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to what we can accomplish together.

  • Kim Koch

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Kim has lived in the tri-village area for 20 years where she runs a successful remodel and vacation rental management company with her husband Brien.

    Over the years, Kim has always known CARTM to be an important touchstone. From working at the facility, hanging trash art shows and helping to remodel the main building, Kim always felt that CARTM was much more than a recycling facility. She understood that is was a place for our diverse community to meet and create, exchange news and ideas and of course exchange stuff!! CARTM brought everyone together for the good of the community and when CARTM closed she knew we lost something vital.

    Kim is proud to be a part of the new Heart of Cartm board and is committed to the re- imagination and resurrection of this most important community institution.

  • Justin Weiss

    BOARD TREASURER

    Justin Weiss is a human, who above all else, loves to play in the dirt. He spent his formative and academic years interested in learning anything and everything about the natural sciences; diving in both inside, and outside, the classroom. He possesses a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in Environmental Studies, and completed his Master’s Thesis at San Jose State University, focused on sustainable waste management and extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies.

    Justin relocated to the Oregon coast in January, 2021, to start a career with the Tillamook County Solid Waste Department; he is currently a Supervisor at the Manzanita transfer station. Being a long time advocate for initiatives which strive to promote sustainability and the arts, he was more than excited to join the new CARTM Board. Justin looks forward to continuing to work/live in the TIllamook County coastal community, striving to support the mission and energy that CARTM possesses.

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