About Peter Donaldson

Known as the Johnny Appleseed of Salmon Nation, Peter’s spirited campaign is based on his ancestral relationship to salmon. His grandfather, Lauren Donaldson, Professor of Fisheries at the University of Washington, was world renown as a salmon expert. His father, Jack Donaldson, directed Fish and Wildlife agencies in the State of Oregon and the Columbia River Basin for two decades. Peter works as a strategic storyteller, educator, and community facilitator with 26 years experience in supporting learning communities, managing non-profits, designing curriculum, building partnerships, and promoting new forms of organizational learning. Peter was recently appointed Scholar in Residence to the Dan Evans Chair for the Liberal Arts at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Peter has taught at all levels from kindergarten to college, from teenagers to teachers and has created numerous school partnerships integrating sustainability, history, ecology, and excellence in writing, drawing, and theatre. In 1991, he received the national award for Youth Theater Director of the Year from the American Alliance for Theater and Education. He has authored seventeen plays, produced some sixty others and tours two one-man shows, SALMONPEOPLE and The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci. Visit www.peterdonaldson.net