Our Community
The Creative Confluence Board of Directors
Jessica McAleese
Jessica is an organic farmer and wild earth enthusiast, born and raised in Idaho and deeply committed to the Salmon community. When not knee deep in veggies or covered in soil and sunshine, she often can be found seeking out projects that help build the social, economic and environmental health of this region, and maybe even a little adventure.
Justin Saydell
Justin is the Senior Project Planner working on habitat restoration projects in the Upper Salmon Basin. Outside of work, you can find him working on DIY projects around the house or exploring the forests, rivers, and mountains in central-eastern idaho with his family.
Joe Stewart
Joe hails from Seattle, Washington and loves adventuring outside, hiking, gardening, and befriending every dog he meets. He originally joined the tool library to access tools to work on a list of house projects (the list still doesn’t seem to be getting any shorter) and he loves being part of a community that helps make toolsaccessible to everyone in Salmon. Joe is also a professional competitive bagpiper and spends time travelling to competitions throughout the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Nick Reed
Nick is a Fish Biologist working on stream restoration projects across Lemhi and Custer counties. Originally from Wisconsin, he traveled out west in 2016 and has worked seasonal positions all over the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain regions before moving permanently to Salmon in 2022. When not working, he might be backpacking or camping, fishing, mountain biking, playing disc golf, or snowboarding on the mountains.
Craig McCallum
Craig loves collecting tools and turning two-week projects into 2 year epics. He is currently building 2 Neapolitan-style pizza ovens, a barrel sauna, pouring a pad in front of the garage, turning a 14' drift boat into a decked dory, rewiring the house, getting that Volkswagen running, and acting as Chief Maintenance Officer at Odd Fellows' Bakery. Favorite quote: "Maintenance is the only constant."
John Loffredo
Born and raised with an aptitude for thrifty, make-it-work, suburban homesteading in the wooded countryside of East Hampton, CT, John has been carrying those essential life lessons with him from VT to AK to Lemhi County where he's called home—at least at heart—since first arriving in the Salmon Valley as fish tech for IDFG in 2015. Now, as a homeowner with his own suburban homestead, John has a passion for up-cycling everything from tools, hardware, and food scraps into compost and a backyard gardener's happy place. When not talking water, fish, or gardening, you can find him at this second home - the regional singletrack and two-tracks putting in miles on the path toward relentless forward progress.
Matt Mayfield
Matt makes maps for Trout Unlimited and moved to Salmon in 2021. He loves having the tool library as a resource to support all of his home improvement projects but he’d much rather be fishing, rafting, mountain biking, snowboarding, cross country skiing, or even just gathering firewood.