Land Use & Open Space Conservation

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Melissa Nelson

1996 Fellow
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...
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Linda Walker

2005 Fellow
As manager of WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network - North America program, Linda works with North American companies that are committed to more responsible sourcing of forest products. Linda has also worked as a Forest Stewardship Council...
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Carina Bracer

2003 Fellow
With her background in ecosystem services market mechanisms and many years in international environmental markets, Carina helps craft and foster private funding partnerships and mechanisms that leverage and celebrate the immense value of...
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Evan Goldsmith

2000 Fellow
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...
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Linda Helland

2008 Fellow
Linda is the team lead for the Climate Change and Health Equity Program of the California Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity. This Program works with national, state and local partners to embed health and equity into...
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Linda Esposito

1998 Fellow
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...
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Raymond Costantino

2003 Fellow
Raymond Costantino is the Park Planning, Design and Development Manager for the Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment for the City of Sacramento. He has 20 years of government sector experience specializing in urban planning...
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Mike Wilson

1998 Fellow
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...
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Carol Tucker

2001 Fellow
Carol has worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency for over 17 years in various programs including air emissions, water enforcement, emergency response, Superfund and Brownfields. In addition, Carol has worked for three years on a...
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Grey Hayes

1999 Fellow
Since 1989, Dr. Grey Hayes has focused on agroecology, conservation, and natural systems ecology of California’s central coast. His project experience includes work with the Ohlone tiger beetle (Cicindela ohlone) and red-legged frog (Rana...