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

Wayne Spencer, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist

Craig Thompson, Ph.D.
Landscape Wildlife Ecologist

Alexandra Syphard, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist

John Gallo, Ph.D.
Senior Conservation Scientist

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

Jessie Vinje, B.S.
Botanist | Biologist

Cole Soldo, M.S.
Conservation Outreach Coordinator
Remote Sensing & GIS Modeling

Justin Brice, B.S.
GIS Analyst

Declan Pizzino, B.S.
Geospatial Analyst

Moriah Van Voorhis, M.S.
Spatial Analyst

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

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

Charlotte Smith, M.S.
Geospatial Analyst

Mike Gough, B.S.
GIS Analyst | Data Manager
Software & Tools
Operations
Interns
Associates

Tim Sheehan, Ph.D.
Former Ecological Modeler, Team Lead- Decision Support & GIS

John Waugh, Ph.D.

William J. Ripple, Ph.D.

Paul Cylinder, Ph.D.

Patricia Gordon-Reedy, Ph.D.

Phoebe Barnard, Ph.D.

Brendan Ward, M.S.
Former Software Engineer, Conservation Biologist, GIS Analyst, Team Lead- Software & Tools

Kaveh Karimi, M.S.
Former Software Engineer

Dominick DellaSala, Ph.D.

Zac Canter, B.A.
Former GIS Analyst | Project Manager

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

Ken Ferschweiler
Former Senior Software Architect | Modeler