The Hood River County Heritage Council has selected Lisa Commander as the new executive director of the History Museum of Hood River County. Most recently, Commander had been the Director of Learning and Engagement and Assistant Director at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles. She has also served as Director of the Columbia Gorge Veterans Museum in The Dalles and worked as a grant writer for the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum in Hood River. The Heritage Council also announced two new board members: Gorge Games founder Peg Lalor, and Will Ennis, a museum volunteer and member of Hood River’s Landmarks Review Board. Ennis works for Metro, a government planning agency in the Portland area.