An ecologist with a 20-year career spanning higher education, public policy, diplomacy, and advocacy. Executive Director of the California Native Plant Society, the state’s leading voice in conservation, plant science, and native plant...
A 10th-generation Virginian, Bruce is a forest ecologist, science educator, and conservationist who lives in the world-renowned Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He was elected a National Fellow of The Explorers Club in 1998, a Switzer...
Dipti Vaghela focuses on decentralized renewable energy solutions for marginalized, rural communities. Since 2006, in Odisha and other regions of indigenous India, Dipti's dual role as a researcher and practitioner has helped to synergize...
Professional larval shellfish tracker | Passionate, authentic educator | Collaborative, curriculum-building administrator My professional life is dedicated to empowering the public, especially those traditionally not included in higher...
Raymond Costantino is the Park Planning, Design and Development Manager for the Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment for the City of Sacramento. He has 20 years of government sector experience specializing in urban planning...
Katrina began her work with California water issues in 1994 as a water resources analyst at the Environmental Defense Fund. Following a series of storms in the winter of 1996-1997, Katrina served as the principle coordinator of a new EDF...
Lily Verdone is an environmental leader with two decades of experience in partnership building, fostering diverse teams, and strategic development in organizations with a focus on natural resource conservation, water, and climate. Since...
Mike has served as Washington State Director for The Nature Conservancy since November 2012. Mike was Co-Founder/Principal of Pioneer Mountain Group (www.pmgadvisors.com) from 2006 to 2012. He and his team designed and implemented land and...
Salvador's graduate work is aimed at using information about fish ecology and movement to improve the conceptual models used to guide marine ecosystem and fisheries management. He is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop...
Jessica Levine is the Conserving Land and Water Strategy Lead for The Nature Conservancy in New England and the Coordinator of the Staying Connected Initiative, a binational landscape connectivity partnership. She serves on the Executive...
