BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bill Evans (Vice President)
Bill is currently a semi-retired Associate Professor of early childhood studies and brings an extensive community history as an award-winning K-12 public school educator, administrator, and Superintendent, with over fifty years of service. During his career, he also worked at the state Education Department, where he served as the statewide coordinator for a multi-million dollar anti-drug program and a state-wide bicycle safety program. Bill is an amateur woodworker and is looking forward to his anticipated Fall 2026 release of a book of poetry celebrating his love of nature and the Pacific Northwest. A community leader, Bill has served in leadership roles on many Boards of Directors, including education foundations, service organizations, a theater company, professional and union organizations, a public library, and a public radio station. A lover of nature and the outdoors, Bill is a cyclist and watersports enthusiast. He has also worked as a park ranger and commercial fisherman, as well as helping to design and build the landscaping for the campus of his undergraduate college. Bill’s love of nature, trees, and art has drawn him to his involvement with the Price Sculpture Forest.
Richard Hoag (Treasurer)
Richard brings a robust academic background that includes a BA in Business (1973), an MBA (1975), and a BS in Accounting (1982). He spent the majority of his 30-year career with The Boeing Company, working primarily in finance management across nearly all local divisions, including the corporate headquarters. Since retiring, Richard enjoys spending time outdoors, particularly fishing and bird hunting with his Labradoodle, whom he recently trained in search and rescue tracking. A lifelong lover of the arts, his passion was sparked as a young man after visiting the Sistine Chapel and the Louvre.
Scott Price (President)
Scott is the founder of the Sculpture Forest, creating the entire sculpture park and nature preserve from a concept that began growing within him in 2012 centered around preserving the beautiful ecosystem and expanding its possibilities of positivity for all. Although he was previously represented by multiple galleries for his photography, he considers his one sculpture to be the entire park itself. Scott is an avid lover of both the arts and the natural world, with the Sculpture Forest being a manifestation of that to share with the community. He has led creation of all aspects of the Sculpture Forest, ranging from every foot of the trails and infrastructure to every sculpture and all of the public offerings since then, plus all of the behind the scenes responsibilities of running a busy nonprofit organization. His professional life has spanned many team lead, program management, engineering, and marketing roles for real estate investing, both large and startup technology companies, and international standards collaboration in Europe. Scott lives nearby in Coupeville with his wife and daughter. They enjoy many outdoor sports, travel, and a wide range of visual and performance arts.
Maria Wickwire (Secretary)
Maria is a ceramic and bronze sculptor based in the Skagit Valley whose intuitive figurative work explores themes of human connection, nature, and archetypal experience. A former teacher and published poet, she was featured on the Emmy Award-winning program Oregon Art Beat and has exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest. Her work has been included in public and private collections, including a public sculpture in Lake Oswego, Oregon that was destroyed by a vandal in 2019, restored, and cast in bronze, emulating kintsugi by highlighting the repairs in gold. This bronze sculpture was acquired by the Price Sculpture Forest in 2024 and is displayed near the park entrance. She is represented by Museo Gallery in Langley, WA.