"I am very honored to be the Board President of the Tahoma Indian Center."

Jeffrey's lifetime of cultural ties to salmon resources led him to becoming a local fisheries biologist in 1983. He started with the Point No Point Treaty Council, and worked for other tribal fisheries organizations after that, until becoming the director of the Puyallup Tribal Timber, Fish & Wildlife Program (August 1989), where he has been implementing the 1987 Washington State Timber/Fish/Wildlife Agreement for the Puyallup tribal community ever since. 

Jeffrey's recent professional work includes: Developing a Tribal/Salmonids Social-Ecological Systems Model (to earn a 2016 University of Washington Marine Affairs M.S degree)- Designing and instructing the 3-quarter series of cultural sovereignty courses required by the NW Indian College/Muckleshoot Campus (2018-present) - and/or, Facilitating the newly established Medicine Creek- as well as Point Elliot- Urban Forestry Councils now (2021-present).