Who we are

Each member of our team is highly skilled, passionate, and driven to do our part to preserve and restore biological diversity in its natural state.

Executive Leadership

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Robin Jones, MBA

Executive Director
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James Strittholt, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President | Chief Science Officer
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Pamela Frost, M.S.

Senior Vice President | Chief Operations Officer
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Gladwin Joseph, Ph.D.

Chief Project Officer

Conservation Planning & Management

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Deanne DiPietro, M.A.

Senior Science Coordinator
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James Strittholt, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President | Chief Science Officer
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Wayne Spencer, Ph.D.

Chief Scientist Emeritus

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Alexandra Syphard, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
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Craig Thompson, Ph.D.

Landscape Wildlife Ecologist
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John Gallo, Ph.D.

Senior Conservation Scientist
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Heather Rustigian-Romsos, M.A., M.S.

Senior Wildlife Spatial Analyst
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Justin Brice, B.S.

Geospatial Analyst and Data Basin User Support
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Erin Conlisk, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
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Cole Soldo, M.S.

Conservation Outreach Coordinator
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Jacob Strittholt, B.S.

Biologist

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Chris Cosma, Ph.D.

Ecologist
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Karl Peet, MPP/UP

Senior Advisor, Global Strategy

Geospatial Science & Modeling Team

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Rebecca Degagne, M.S., GISP

Senior Geospatial Scientist
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Mike Gough, B.S.

GIS Analyst | Data Manager
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Charlotte Smith, M.S.

Geospatial Analyst
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Declan Pizzino, B.S.

Geospatial Analyst
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Justin Heyerdahl, M.E.S.M.

Geospatial Analyst

Software & Tools

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Nikolas Stevenson-Molnar

Lead Software Engineer
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Jesudas Joseph

Software Engineer | IT Admin
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Brianna Fair

Senior Software Engineer
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Bill Klinkow

Software Engineer
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Esti Shay

Software Engineer
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Jorge Diaz

Senior Software Engineer
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Kerrie Ishkarin

UI / UX Designer
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Libbey White

Senior Software Engineer
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Masami Takikawa, Ph.D.

Senior Software Engineer
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Tyler Sheldon

Software Engineer

Operations

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Lisa Alley

Office Manager

Marketing & Communications

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Jenna Sposato, B.S.

Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Associates

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Dan Airola

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Phoebe Barnard, Ph.D.

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Dominick DellaSala, Ph.D.

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Ken Ferschweiler

Associate Software Architect | Modeler
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Beverly E. Law, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology & Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
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William J. Ripple, Ph.D.

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Tim Sheehan, Ph.D.

Associate Ecological Modeler
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Brendan Ward, M.S.

Associate Senior Software Engineer
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John Waugh, Ph.D.

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Jessie Vinje, B.S.

Associate Botanist | Biologist
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Chas Jones, Ph.D.

Associate
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Samapriya Roy, Ph.D

Associate