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
Conservation Planning & Management

Deanne DiPietro, M.A.
Senior Science and Communications Coordinator

Wayne Spencer, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist Emeritus

Craig Thompson, Ph.D.
Landscape Wildlife Ecologist

Alexandra Syphard, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist

John Gallo, Ph.D.
Senior Conservation Scientist

Heather Rustigian-Romsos, M.A., M.S.
Senior Wildlife Spatial Analyst

Cole Soldo, M.S.
Conservation Outreach Coordinator

Erin Conlisk, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist

Jacob Strittholt
Biologist

Justin Brice, B.S.
Geospatial Analyst and Data Basin User Support
Geospatial Science & Modeling Team

Rebecca Degagne, M.S., GISP
Senior Geospatial Scientist

Mike Gough, B.S.
GIS Analyst | Data Manager

Charlotte Smith, M.S.
Geospatial Analyst

Declan Pizzino, B.S.
Geospatial Analyst

Grace Stonecipher, M.S.
Geospatial Analyst

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

Moriah Van Voorhis, M.S.
Spatial Analyst
Software & Tools
Operations
Interns
Associates

Phoebe Barnard, Ph.D.

Dominick DellaSala, Ph.D.

Ken Ferschweiler
Associate Software Architect | Modeler

Beverly E. Law, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology & Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University

William J. Ripple, Ph.D.

Tim Sheehan, Ph.D.
Associate Ecological Modeler

Brendan Ward, M.S.
Associate Senior Software Engineer

John Waugh, Ph.D.

Jessie Vinje, B.S.
Associate Botanist | Biologist