Our Board
Elected 2025

Mark Jones
Chair

I grew up in the Murphy area and graduated from Hidden Valley High School. Started a career in the fire service in 1991 that took me to Scottsdale Arizona for almost 20 years where I retired from the City of Scottsdale Fire Department in 2018 and moved home to Josephine County. Since being back home, I have become involved in various boards and organizations to help Josephine County. Aside from this position as CRG Chair, I’m currently the Chair of the Rural Planning Commission, the Vice Chair of the Josephine Housing and Community Development Council, Vice President of the Merlin Park District Board, Member of Caveman Kiwanis, past member of Grants Pass Rotary Club, and soon to be on the Josephine County Rural Fire Protection District board of directors.

JJ Scofield
Vice Chair

JJ Scofield graduated from Western Oregon University with a BA in music. He worked in the private sector for his first 18 years in retail management and nursing administration. For the last 13 years he has worked in the public sector for the City of Newport, Josephine County and finally Jackson County where he serves as the HR Director. In his free time, JJ enjoys acting in local community theater and spending time with his two kids and fiancé. 

Jay Meredith
Treasurer

• • Licensed CPA since 2001
  • Worked for the City of Grants Pass from 2008 to 2020 and served as the CIty's Finance Director from 2010-2020
  • Treasurer and Board Member for multiple private and nonprofit agencies in the past, currently serve in part-time board/treasurer-type positions in two local nonprofits and one local for-profit business.
  • Director of Accounting with a firm based in San Francisco that does accounting and tax work for venture capital startups.
  • Been involved in many local political campaigns, mostly local public safety and law enforcement funding measures. 
  • Currently a Budget Committee Member of both RCC and the Josephine Community Library District, as well as a Board member of the Josephine County 911 Agency

Lynda Demsher
Secretary

Lynda Demsher has a long history with Josephine County even though she's only lived in the area for about 12 years. Her family came here during the Depression to pick fruit and kept from starving by catching salmon out of the Rogue River. They wanted to stay but ended up following the crops to California. Some family members eventually made it back to Southern Oregon and lived in the Medford, Roseburg and Grants Pass areas so she spent a lot of time visiting before finally becoming a resident herself. Lynda, who graduated from Dunsmuir High School and CSU Chico, retired after teaching at the high school level in Shasta and Modoc counties in Northern California after an earlier career reporting the news for a Redding radio station, newspapers in Shasta and Tehama counties, as well as news from the area for the Sacramento Bee. 

Jane Slama
At-Large

Jane Slama is a former humanities college instructor who taught a variety of courses including literature, research writing, and critical thinking. She lived in Josephine County during the late Nineties and returned in 2018. She is a founding member of Citizens for Responsible Government and was an active participant in the charter replacement (Measure 17-116) effort.