Barbara J. Cairns

Barbara J. Cairns has been executive director of Long Live the Kings "since 1997. She serves on the Development Committee of Shared Strategy for Puget Sound, on the Executive Committee of the Snohomish/King/Pierce tri-county salmon recovery effort, and is a member of the board of directors of the Nisqually River Foundation. Prior to returning home to Seattle, Barbara spent 8 years in Washington D.C. In 1995 and 1996, she was deputy director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and was legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman from 1989 through 1994, working on environment, energy, public lands, public works, and transportation policy."