Melissa graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1991 with an honors BA in Integrated Ecology and graduated from UC Davis in 2000 with a Ph.D. in Ecology. For the 28 years, she served as the Executive Director and President of The Cultural...
Sasha is the Ecoregional Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy for the Central coast of California, a region stretching from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, and from the ocean to the Central Valley. Sasha obtained her doctorate from the...
Daniel Orenstein is associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and research scientist in socio-ecology with the European Long-Term Ecological Research (eLTER)...
Joanna Grand is currently working as the Director of Spatial Conservation Science in the Science Division of the National Audubon Society. In this role, she leads local to hemispheric-scale spatial prioritization efforts that help guide the...
Evan Goldsmith is currently the Head of Business Development at IndiVillage, an impact sourcing social enterprise that delivers expert data annotation, natural language processing, and content optimization solutions that drive machine...
Linda is a northern California botanist with special interest and expertise in California coastal prairie. Her professional focus is on protection, restoration, and stewardship of significant natural lands in community-based settings. After...
Misha received a master’s degree in Community Planning and Development at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. Her studies explored how unplanned and rapid development affects environments, economies and...
Mike Wilson works as program director for the Northern Forest Center, a non-profit organization that serves as a convenor of ideas and dialogue on Northern Forest issues ranging from economics to ecology, community development, and cultural...
Will is interested in translating and applying environmental research both as a writer and in local government. With a professional background in field ecology (Brown) and journalism (Princeton), Will is particularly interested in how the...
Lily Verdone is an environmental leader with two decades of experience in partnership building, fostering diverse teams, and strategic development in organizations with a focus on natural resource conservation, water, and climate. Since...
