Haley Ehlers, an Oregon native, joined CFROG in 2021 as Program Manager and has enjoyed getting to know the Ventura County community and working in local environmental issues.

Haley recently graduated from Illinois State University with an M.S. in Political Science, Applied Community and Economic Development Sequence. She completed her undergraduate studies at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in marketing and a minor in nonprofit leadership in 2016. She served as a community economic development volunteer with the Peace Corps in Timor-Leste from 2016 to 2018 and worked alongside a rural savings and loan cooperative. State-side, she worked in resource development at the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties.

haley@cfrog.org  |  (805)263-7408

Abrah Steward joined CFROG in 2023 as the Program Manager. As a longtime resident of Ojai, she is very excited to deepen her engagement in community environmental issues across Ventura County.

Abrah is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley with Bachelor’s degrees in Society & Environment and Conservation Resource Studies, concentrating in environmental policy and agricultural sciences, respectively. She is passionate about uniting science and policy to inform impactful environmental legislation.

She has served as a board member for the California Public Interest Research Group’s Berkeley chapter and the Director of Policy at the Berkeley Student Food Collective, in addition to working as a researcher, farmer, and environmental consultant.

When she’s not working, Abrah enjoys knitting, playing music, baking, and spending time with her dog, Bean!

abrah@cfrog.org | 805-265-3843