Julia Clothier

Chief Operating Officer

Julia brings her strengths as a preserve manager, program director and problem solver — as well as her experience as master educator— to the day-to-day operational needs of the organization. Julia has worked in the conservation field for 25 years, from Southeastern Utah to the North Cascades, Mono Lake to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Before joining ACR, Julia served as director of the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center in Point Reyes National Seashore and, prior to that, as resident manager & education director of the Fairfield Osborn Preserve. She is the recipient of the Bay Nature Foundation's Local Hero for Environmental Education Award and received a Certificate of Special Recognition for Environmental Education from U.S. Representative Barbara Lee. Julia holds a bachelor's degree in botany and a master's degree in natural history for which she wrote, illustrated and published an ethnobotanical field guide to common plants of Sonoma Mountain. She is trained in conflict resolution, nonviolent communication, and organizational change management.