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Our Board​

Our project has Olympic and World Champion athletes and well as proven civic and business leaders who are determined to make it happen. Please join us to help make this grand goal come true.

Steve Kiesling

Steve built his first kayak at age 10 and then rowed for Yale and US Olympic Team.  He founded what is now the Rogue Rowing Club and the Kiesling Family Playground and wrote The Shell Game and co-authored The Nike Cross Training System. He recently retired from being editor-in-chief of Spirituality & Health magazine to spend more time as president of the Gold Hill Whitewater Center and chair of the Gold Hill Parks Commission. Steve lives above the boathouse at Ti'lomikh Falls.

Oliver Fix

Oliver grew up kayaking in Augsburg, Germany, the site of the 1972 Olympic whitewater events. In 1995, he won the gold medal at the World Championships and in 1996 the Olympic Gold Medal for whitewater slalom.  He coached the British Olympic Team to Silver & Bronze medals in 2004 and is a high performance coach for the US Olympic Team.  Oliver owns Ostras! Tapas & Bottleshop on the Ashland plaza. He is married to Costa Rican Olympic paddler Gilda Montenegro-Fix.

Andy Baxter

Andy is a lifelong fitness expert and rower who has won the Masters World Championships  and rowed with Steve at the 2008 Olympic Trials. He is also an avid whitewater raft racer who won a bronze medal with the US Rating Team at the 2017 World Rafting Championships in Dubai and placed 8th in 2018 in Japan. He is the owner of Baxter Fitness Solutions, and is an expert in creating world class training machines and programs.

Mary Bemis Kiesling

Mary is an expert on healing waters and all things related to spa. She created two national spa magazines: American Spa and Organic Spa and is editorial director of Insidersguidetospas.com and a founder of the Washington Spa Alliance. Married to Steve Kiesling, Mary lives at Ti'lomikh Falls. Her passion for the whitewater park is directed toward youth programs and involvement.

Paul Clark

Paul was a partner at Paul Hastings, an LA-based international law firm, and is now a resident of Ashland.  He is co-owner of Eagle Aerial Solutions, a tech company focusing on water conservation software and analytic services.  He has served as and instructor at Southern Oregon University’s Master in Management program.  Paul’s legal and business skills greatly support our whitewater development efforts.. 

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Partners/Supporters

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GHWC has received funding from:

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The State of Oregon

The City of Gold Hill

Oregon Community Foundation

The Rogue River Greenway Foundation

The Dishman Family Foundation

Gold Hill Community Development Organization

Travel Medford

Travel Southern Oregon 

 

GHWC has letters of support from:

 

Jackson County Board of Commissioners 

The City of Gold Hill

SOREDI USA Canoe/Kayakand Travel Medford.

 

GHWC has businesses sponsors including 

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Sawyer Paddles & Oars 

SOTAR Rafts

Rogue Rafting Company

Hilton Fuel

Knife River

Dutch Bros.

Ken Brown Construction

Caldera Brewing Company

REI

Sportsman's Warehouse

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