Welcome New Board Members
The Friends of Haystack Rock would like to welcome three new board members: Pam Bierly, Stacy
Benefield, and Tracy Abel, which brings the board to eleven members.
Pam Bierly has a background in education and was a long time teacher. She operates the Seaside
Discovery Program which has a presence in the Necanicum River Estuary, on the dock near the
Convention Center and on the beach in front of the Seaside Aquarium, meeting hundreds of daily
visitors at the Discovery Table.
Stacy Benefield has been a very active volunteer with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program since
moving to Cannon Beach from Sundance, Utah.
Tracy Abel is a certified meeting professional who has been in the event and meeting planning
business for over 12 years. Originally born in Portland, Oregon she moved to Washington State
when she was nine. After receiving her BA from Western Washington University in Bellingham,
WA she moved to Seattle and worked for the American Heart Association as Regional Director. In
1997 she went to work for CSNW, a Seattle Event and Meeting planning company. In 2000 she
started Abel Management, her own meeting planning business. Tracy and her husband Todd Rowley
moved to Cannon Beach in 2007. Currently she is a board member with the Cannon Beach History
Center & Museum, and serves as Vice-President on the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors.
August-September 2010 HRAP Beach and Activity Schedule
Summer 2010 Friends of Haystack Rock Newsletter
Fall 2009 Friends of Haystack Rock Newsletter