Carrie Farrar

Director

Carrie also joined the board of directors in August of 2008.  Born and raised in West Virginia, Carrie now serves as the Sustainability Program Manager for Standard Insurance Company, a financial services and asset management company in Portland, OR.  With the help of an active Green Team, Carrie works to incorporate environmentally friendly practices into day to day business functions at The Standard.    Carrie earned a B.A. with honors in Theatre Arts from Earlham College in Indiana where she also spent a semester abroad in rural Kenya studying local cultures and ecology.  These experiences demonstrated the need for embracing sustainability and have inspired her to continue putting conservation ideas into practice.  She also holds a certificate in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Oregon.  Carrie and her husband Aron live car-free in Northeast Portland.