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.