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