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

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

Jessie Vinje, B.S.
Botanist | Biologist

Cole Soldo, M.S.
Conservation Outreach Coordinator

Erin Conlisk, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Remote Sensing & GIS Modeling

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

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
Former Senior 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.
Former Ecological Modeler, Team Lead- Decision Support & GIS

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

John Waugh, Ph.D.