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