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 Coordinator

James Strittholt, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President | Chief Science Officer

Wayne Spencer, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist Emeritus

Alexandra Syphard, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist

Craig Thompson, Ph.D.
Landscape Wildlife Ecologist

John Gallo, Ph.D.
Senior Conservation Scientist

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

Justin Brice, B.S.
Geospatial Analyst and Data Basin User Support

Erin Conlisk, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist

Cole Soldo, M.S.
Conservation Outreach Coordinator

Jacob Strittholt, B.S.
Biologist

Chris Cosma, Ph.D.
Ecologist

Karl Peet, MPP/UP
Senior Advisor, Global Strategy
Geospatial Science & Modeling Team
Software & Tools

Nikolas Stevenson-Molnar
Lead Software Engineer

Jesudas Joseph
Software Engineer | IT Admin

Brianna Fair
Senior Software Engineer

Bill Klinkow
Software Engineer

Esti Shay
Software Engineer

Jorge Diaz
Senior Software Engineer

Kerrie Ishkarin
UI / UX Designer

Libbey White
Senior Software Engineer

Masami Takikawa, Ph.D.
Senior Software Engineer

Tyler Sheldon
Software Engineer
Operations
Marketing & Communications
Associates

Dan Airola

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

Chas Jones, Ph.D.
Associate

Samapriya Roy, Ph.D
Associate