Natural Resource Management

Sarah's research focuses on strategies to promote species persistence and ecosystem integrity in the face of climate change. Her work supports the integration of nature into climate responses, including the climate mitigation and adaptation...

Dr. Susannah Lerman is a Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service in the Communities and Landscapes of the Urban Northeast unit. Susannah earned her B.A. in American History from the University of Delaware in 1994, an M.S. in...

Anthony Barela Nystrom is an enrolled member of the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo and also has ancestry in the Yaqui and Ojibwe Nations. Anthony is a Masters student at Humboldt State University studying Environmental and...

Nathan Hall is a current dual degree candidate with the Master of Environmental Management program at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Master of Business Administration through the Yale School of Management. A born...

Heather previously held a position with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History as the Assistant Director of Science and research where she managed and facilitated programs related to science, research, and collections. Heather recently...

Tom works to create resilient ecosystems by supporting effective and efficient land use decision-making. A landscape ecologist and conservation planner with the Bay Area Open Space Council, Tom brings together scientists, state and local...

Sarah Lupberger is an expert in locally-led and nature-based solutions, and has worked deeply on climate change, deforestation, sustainable agriculture, landscape management, and environmental governance. She has an MESc from the Yale School of the Environment.

Dr. Sarah Hameed joined Marine Conservation Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2016 to launch the Global Ocean Refuge System – an initiative that connects the world’s best marine protected areas and the people who champion them into a...

Melanie (she/her) is motivated by the dire need to have a more equitable world, and channels this motivation through leading efforts that rebuild institutions and create new means for marginalized communities to have access to finance...