Brad Chalfant

Brad Chalfant is the Executive Director of the Deschutes Land Trust and formerly an attorney and public land manager. Prior to founding the Deschutes Land Trust, he served as the County Lands Manager for Deschutes County. A resident of Central Oregon for over 30 years, Brad was born in Colorado, grew up in Kansas and attended college at the University of Kansas (BGS in Geography & Economics) and law school at Northwest School of Law, Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Brad has widely explored the Deschutes River Basin as an avid fisherman, birder, backpacker, backcountry skier and cyclist. His community service includes the board of the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, the Central Oregon Trails Alliance (co-founder), the Oregon State Parks Commission. He served as a member of Sen. Wyden’s Central Oregon Recreation Assets Committee, the Newberry National Volcanic Monument Advisory Committee, Central Oregon Geothermal Working Group, Bend Urban Trails Advisory Committee, Deschutes Province Advisory Committee/BLM RAC, the Bend Riverway Steering Committee, the steering committee for the Greenprint of Deschutes County, the Deschutes Recreation Assets Committee, the Bend Metro Parks & Recreation District Budget Committee and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board - Rules Advisory Committees.