About ORSFMA

Parks Project Coordinator: City of Salem | Public Works Department |Parks
ORSFMA President
ZClose@cityofsalem.net
AA General Studies (Chemeketa Community College)
BS Sport and Event Management (American Institute of Business)

Zach has been a member of the ORSTMA for 4 year. He has 17 years’ experience in the turf industry (including summers during high school and college). He started with 8 summers working in the golf world and has since transitioned on focusing on athletic fields and field maintenance. During the summer of 2016, he was the head groundskeeper for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a Class A Short Season affiliate of the San Francisco Giants organization. Currently Zach is a Project Coordinator for the City of Salem, focusing on athletic fields, turf, irrigation, and landscape in all city parks. In his off time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, family, and friends. He also enjoys spending time with his dogs, spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, and camping. Zach also played baseball all years in high school which helped him go to college gaining scholarships to play at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon and American Institute of Business (AIB College) in Des Moines, Iowa.

Athletic field manager: Univeristy of Portland
ORSFMA President-Elect
harrisog@up.edu
BS Environmental Sciences from Colorado State University

Graham has been a member of ORSFMA for 3 years and has been part of the national association, SFMA, for over ten.  Graham originally started in the industry working for the Colorado Rapids in Denver, CO.  Then, moving to Maryland as an assistant for the Maryland Soccer Complex. Finally, landing at the University of Portland in Portland, OR.  He and his assistant maintain two natural grass fields, as well as 6 acres of artificial sports fields for their sanctioned teams as well as visiting professional clubs.  

Sales Representative, Turf Star Western
ORSFMA Commercial Vice President
peter.goodling@turfstar.com

Field Tech Consultant: Pacific Sports Turf
ORSFMA Treasurer/Membership Chair
Damon@pacificsportsturf.com
BS Landscape Development from State University of New York at Cobleskill

Damon Richardson has been a member of the ORSTMA for 14+ years and served as an officer for 10. He has over 30 years’ experience in the landscape realm (counting summers in high school through college) doing everything from operating a shovel to now creating solutions to repair or construct natural surfaced fields. He currently does estimating and consulting for Pacific Sports Turf on construction, field repair, field renovations, drainage, fraize mowing, infield soil augmentation, and water quality swale rehabilitation. In his “off time” he enjoys a multitude of outdoor activities with his wife and daughter (bouldering, hiking, bike riding, snowboarding, and playing outdoors). He is a Blazers and Patriots fan but roots for the Timbers, Celtics, and Red Sox.

Parks Lead Maintenance: City of Wilsonville
ORSFMA Secretary
morse@ci.wilsonville.or.us
BA in Recreation Sports/Management from Northwest Nazarene University

Zack Morse has been a member of ORSFMA for 7 years. He has over 17 years of sports field management experience including his time helping to maintain his high school and college baseball fields. Zack currently oversees the athletic field maintenance for the City of Wilsonville. Before joining the City of Wilsonville, he spent 2 summers prepping Ron Tonkin Field for the Hillsboro Hops. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching his kid’s baseball and soccer teams and spending quality time with his family.

Owner: Athletic Field Design
ORSFMA Communications Chair

hebrard@athleticfield.com

Mike Hebrard has been a member of the SFMA for 29 years and has served as an officer for 11. He has over 40 years of experience in the turf industry and has done everything between a plate and mound that any groundskeeper or player could do. He served as the Softball World Series president in ’94 and won the SFMA Softball Field of the Year Award in 2012. Currently he assists field managers in the PNW by providing his services in logo painting, athletic field renovation, laser grading, field layout, and striping.

ORSFMA Administrative Director
BS in Turf & Landscape Management from Oregon State University

Alexis Wenker joined the ORSFMA in late 2019. She has worked in the turf and landscape industry for over 20 years. The past 4 years in the industry she has worked in association management. Alexis also currently serves as the Executive Director of the Oregon Golf Course Superintendents Association.

Oregonstma@gmail.com
P.O. Box 1556
Oregon City, OR 97045
(503)-970-5838