ACADEMIC PARTNERS

Technical Representative Email
University of California, Berkeley

Albert Ruhi  

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management

albert.ruhi@berkeley.edu
University of California, Davis

Daniel Potter
Professor, Department of Plant Sciences

Jim Quinn
Professor Emeritus, Director - Information Center for the Environment

Gary Bucciarelli
Director of the UC Davis Lassen Field Station, Adjunct Professor

dpotter@ucdavis.edu

jfquinn@ucdavis.edu

garyb@ucdavis.edu

University of California, Irvine Travis Huxman
Director, Center for Environmental Biology
thuxman@uci.edu
University of California, Los Angeles

H. Bradley Shaffer
Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

David Blake
Assistant Director for UCLA's Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

brad.shaffer@ucla.edu



dblake0405@g.ucla.edu
University of California,  Merced Jeffrey Jenkins
Assitant Professor, Department of Management of Complex Systems
jjenkins8@ucmerced.edu
University of California, Riverside

Lynn Sweet
Assistant Research Ecologist, Center for Conservation Biology

Emma Aronson
Associate Professor, Environmental Microbiologist, Director of the Microbiology Graduate Program

lynn.sweet@ucr.edu

emma.aronson@ucr.edu

University of California, San Diego David Holway
Professor of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution

dholway@ucsd.edu

University of California, Santa Barbara Marion Wittmann
Executive Director,  UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System
mwittmann@nrs.ucsb.edu
University of California,  Santa Cruz Dan Costa
Director, Institute of Marine Science
costa@biology.ucsc.edu
California Polytechnic State University Benjamin Ruttenberg
Professor, Biological Sciences Department
bruttenb@calpoly.edu
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Jayson Smith
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
jaysonsmith@cpp.edu
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt James H. Howard
Dean, College of Natural Resources
cnrsdean@humboldt.edu
California State University, Channel Islands

Donald Rodriguez
Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental Science and Resource Management

Sean Anderson
Professor - Environmental Science and Resource Management

Donald.Rodriguez@csuci.edu

Sean.Anderson@csuci.edu

California State University, Chico Richard J. Tafalla
Professor, Psychology Department
rjtafalla@csuchico.edu
California State University, Fresno

Aric  Mine
Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Doug Carey
Director, Research and Sponsored Programs

amine@csufresno.edu

dcarey@mail.fresnostate.edu

California State University, Fullerton Jennifer Burnaford
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science
jburnaford@fullerton.edu
California State University, Los Angeles Andres Aguilar
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
aaguil67@calstatela.edu
California State University, Monterey Bay James Lindholm
Professor and Chair, Department of Marine Science
jlindholm@csumb.edu
California State University, Northridge Chris Sanford
Associate Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs
christopher.sanford@csun.edu
California State University, Sacramento Susan Crawford
Professor and Chair, Chemistry Department
scrawford@csus.edu
California State University, Stanislaus Patrick A. Kelly
Professor and Coordinator, Endangered Species Recovery Program

Joyce Bell
Director, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
pkelly@esrp.csustan.edu


Belljbell6@csustan.edu
San Diego State University Rebecca Lewsion
Associate Professor, Biology Department
rlewison@mail.sdsu.edu
San Francisco State University Gretchen LeBuhn
Professor, Department of Biology
lebuhn@sfsu.edu
Sonoma State University Matthew Clark
Professor and Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis
matthew.clark@sonoma.edu
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Ivano Aiello
Professor and Chair, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
ivano.aiello@sjsu.edu
Occidental College Daniel J. Pondella, II
Associate Professor, Biology Department

Chelsea Williams
Assistant Director, Vantuna Research Group
pondella@oxy.edu
 
 
cmunoz@oxy.edu
Stanford University Department of Earth System Science Robert B. Jackson
Douglas Provostial Professor and Chair, Department of Earth System Science
rob.jackson@stanford.edu
University of Southern California James Murday
Director of Physical Sciences - Research Strategy & Development (RSD)
murday@usc.edu 
Pepperdine University 

Miyun C Choe
Director, Grants Administration and Compliance

Florybeth La Valle
Professor of Biology

miyun.choe@pepperdine.edu

florybeth.lavalle@pepperdine.edu

FEDERAL PARTNERS

Technical Representative Email
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jennifer Seiter-Moser
Acting Technical Director, Engineer Research and Development Center

Kathy Mitchell
Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sherry Whitaker
Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
jennifer.m.seiter-moser@usace.army.mil


Kathy.s.mitchell@usace.army.mil


sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil
 
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Elisha Flores
Pacific Regional Tribal Climate Resilience Coordinator, Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience

Crystal Keys
Water Program Manager- Southern Plains Regional Office
Detailee, Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience

elisha.flores@bia.gov

crystal.keys@bia.gov

Bureau of Land Management Michael F. Westphal
State Ecologist, Central Coast Field Office
mwestphal@blm.gov
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Cathie Dunkel
Environmental Studies Coordinator, Pacific OCS Region
catherine.dunkel@boem.gov
Bureau of Reclamation Jobaid Kabir
Chief, Decision Analysis Branch
jkabir@usbr.gov
Department of Defense Elizabeth Galli-Noble
Program Director, Department of Defense - Legacy Resource Management Program

Kimberly O’Connor
Conservation Program Manager, Commander - US Pacific Fleet
elizabeth.j.galli-noble.civ@mail.mil 



kimberly.oconnor@navy.mil 
 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cesar Cadena Blanco
Chief, CVPIA Project Implementation Division
cesar_blanco@fws.gov
U.S. Forest Service Lacey Hankin
Assistant Regional Ecologist at U.S. Forest Region 5
Lacey.Hankin@usda.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nick Murdock
Agency Sustainability Program Manager

Jessica Burnett
Program Executive, Earth Science Data Systems

nicholas.a.murdock@nasa.gov

jessica.burnett@nasa.gov

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kristen Koch
Deputy Director, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Meghan Donahue
Director of Operations, Management and Information, SWFSC

Kadija Baffoe-Harding
CESU Program Manager

kristen.c.koch@noaa.gov

 meghan.donahue@noaa.gov

kadija.baffoeharding@noaa.gov

National Park Service Benjamin Becker
Science Advisor, Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12
ben_becker@nps.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Aileen Anderson
Senior Grants Management Specialist (Admin Contact)

Charles Rewa
Wildlife Assessments Leader; Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)

 

aileen.anderson@usda.gov

 

Charles.rewa@usda.gov

U.S. Geological Survey Paul Selmants
Research Ecologist
pselmants@usgs.gov

 

STATE PARTNERS

Technical Representative Email
California Conservation Corps  Zia Schatz
Program Coordinator, Watershed Stewards Program 
Zia.Schatz@ccc.ca.gov
California Department of Water Resources  Katherine Bandy
DWR Project Manager
katherine.bandy@water.ca.gov
California Department of Fish and Wildlife    

NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS

Technical Representative Email
California Academy of Sciences Rebecca F. Johnson
Co-Director, Center for Biodiversity and Community
rjohnson@calacademy.org
California Association for Resource Conservation Districts Nancy Wahl-Scheurich
Executive Director
nancy-wahlscheurich@carcd.org
California Invasive Plant Council Doug Johnson
Executive Director
dwjohnson@cal-ipc.org
Institute for Bird Populations

Rodney Siegel
Executive Director

Steve Albert
Director for Demographic Monitoring Programs

rsiegel@birdpop.org

salbert@birdpop.org

Institute for Wildlife Studies David Garcelon
President
garcelon@iws.org
Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research Gregory Schorr
President

Brenda Rone
 
gschorr@marecotel.org


brenda.rone@marecotel.org
The Marine Mammal Center Jeff Boehm
Chief External Relations Officer

boehmj@tmmc.org

Stoudts@TMMC.org

National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Valerie Grussing
Executive Director
 
Melissa Madrigal
Operations Director
valerie@nathpo.org 
 
 
melissa@nathpo.org
Point Blue Conservation Science Dan Robinette
Coastal Marine Program Leader, Point Blue Vandenberg Field Station
drobinette@pointblue.org
San Bernardino County Museum Melissa Russo
Museum Director
Melissa.Russo@sbcm.sbcounty.gov
San Diego Natural History Museum Kevin Clark
Ecologist
kclark@sdnhm.org
San Diego Zoo Ronald Swaisgood
Brown Chair/Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research
rswaisgood@sandiegozoo.org
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Steve Windhager
Executive Director
swindhager@sbbg.org
Sierra Streams Institute Lang Waters
President, Board of Directors
 
Jeff Lauder
Interim Executive Director
alltheyearscombine@gmail.com
 
 
jeff@sierrastreamsinstitute.org
Smithsonian Institution  Karen Otiji
Associate Director
OtijiK@si.edu
Southern California Marine Institute Adriana Stowell
Budget and Research Coordinator
 
Chelsea Williams
Assistant Director, Vantuna Research Group
Adriana.Stowell@csulb.edu
 
 
cmunoz@oxy.edu
Natural Communities Coalition James Sulentich
Executive Director of the Natural Communities Coalition
jsulentich@occonservation.org
California Native Plant Society 

Aaron Sims
Rare Plant Program Director

Brock Wimberley
Sr. Director of Operations

asims@cnps.org

 

bwimberley@cnps.org