About this session
What happens when Oregon state agencies team up with Watch Duty to rethink disaster preparedness? Get an inside look at a new pilot bringing government data into the hands of people who need it most.
Want to tell Oregon state agencies and Watch Duty what your community actually needs? Here’s your chance. Join the conversation, challenge assumptions, and help shape what comes next. Audience participation is encouraged.
Jim Cupples is a Regional Food Systems Coordinator with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, where he leads supply chain coordination projects focused on strengthening Oregon’s food and agricultural infrastructure. His work includes developing regional food and agriculture business centers, coordinating across state agencies and local partners, and improving how infrastructure and transportation data can be used to support emergency preparedness and economic resilience.
Before joining ODA, Jim worked on economic recovery, broadband infrastructure, agricultural technology, and rural development projects across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. He holds a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon.
Sunny Summers is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), where she serves as rules coordinator and emergency management liaison and works on coexistence issues. She believes people should have a voice in how the work gets done. In more than 20 years at ODA, she has worked in pesticide regulation, cannabis policy, grant administration, and rulemaking. Sunny holds a B.S. from Oregon State University and a Master of Legal Studies from Willamette University College of Law.
Chris Jagger is the co-owner and operator of Blue Fox Farm in the Applegate Valley, where he runs the Applegate Valley food aggregation hub. He serves as coordinator for the RFABC technical assistance program, a project of RVFSN sponsored by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. He also works independently as a consultant helping farms strengthen their systems and adopt new technologies. Across all of this work, his focus stays the same: building stronger, more resilient food systems to keep communities fed and farmers farming.
Colton Duval is part of Watch Duty’s founding commercial team, helping organizations protect the people, assets, and infrastructure exposed to wildfire risk. Growing up in Southern Oregon, he saw firsthand the impact of wildfires on his community and the difference Watch Duty made when it arrived in the Rogue Valley. Today, he lives in the Rogue Valley with his wife and two kids under two, spending his free time mountain biking, snowboarding, and exploring the hills he grew up around.
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