IAFI’s Cheney-Spokane Chapter serves Eastern Washington and represents the region that includes in Washington State, the counties of Asotin, Ferry, Pend Oreille, Spokane, and Stevens; in Idaho, the counties of Kootenai, Latah and Nez Perce; and surrounding areas not represented by other chapters of the Ice Age Floods Institute. Chapter Mission Statement – With its affiliate, the Ice Age Floods Institute, the Cheney-Spokane Chapter is an alliance of individuals dedicated to promoting the Ice Age Floods story and to serving a growing community of Ice Age Floods enthusiasts by offering educational, cultural, and social activities to foster knowledge of the Ice Age Floods, no matter their background or experience.

Chapter Meetings and Lectures are posted on www.iafi.org, Events Tab, and distributed to the Chapter’s Media email listing via MailChimp. During the pandemic, board meetings are scheduled via Zoom meetings. (509) 954-4242

 For more information about the chapter, contact: Melanie JoyMoore Bell by e-mail or at (509) 954-4242

Please see the Upcoming Events to the right or the General Events Calendar for a listing of all chapter meetings and events. The Cheney-Spokane Chapter provides presentations on the Great Missoula Ice Age Floods for organizations, classrooms, senior facilities, etc.  We also schedule speakers, writers, geologists and other scientists on various topics related to the Floods.  For a speaker, contact Speaker Bureau Coordinator, Jim Fox, for more information. In 2020 we started recording our lectures and uploading them to our YouTube channel: IceAgeFloods-Cheney-Spokane. If you can’t make it to a lecture, we generally have the video uploaded to YouTube in the next week. We welcome you to visit our channel and browse the videos there!
Chapter Officers 
President:Melanie Joy Bell509.954.4242
Vice President:Jim Fox509.499.1816
Secretary:Don Chadbourne509.891.5875
Interim Treasurer:Don Chadbourne509.891.5875
Past-President:Dave Daugharty509.590.8229
 
Committee Chairpersons
Technical Advisor, Program/Field Committee Chair Gene Kiver, 360.299.2759 Linda McCollum, 509.235-8086 Michael Hamilton, 509.209-0775
Regional Trails Coordination Committee Chair Gary Ford, 208.660.3757
Media Manager Chris Sheeran, 509.868.3334
Publicity Committee Chair Melanie Bell, 509.954.4242
Speaker Bureau Coordinator Jim Fox, 509.499.1816
Graphic Artist Dan Lewis, 509.220.1345
IAFI Ex-Officio Consuelo Larrabee, 206.281.8677
Transportation Ex-Officio Dick Jensen, 509.939.7836