Dr. Amber Pairis is the Founder and Lead Advisor of the Climate Science Alliance and Associate Research Faculty with the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute. The Climate Science Alliance was created in 2015 out...
I am a wildlife ecologist with broad interests in conservation, population biology and animal behaviour. I graduated in Biology from Duke University (2002), and completed a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Dartmouth College (2011). I have conducted research in East Africa for 20+ years.
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...
Dr. Sarah Reed is Executive Director of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, a results-driven family foundation that invests in individuals and organizations to drive positive environmental change. Through fellowships and grants, the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...