Meet our Executive Team, Preserve and Program Staff

Leadership Team

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Tom Gardali
Chief Executive Officer
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Julia Clothier
Chief Operating Officer
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Gary Schick
Chief Financial Officer
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Catie Clune
Director of Education
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Wendy Coy
Director of Communications
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Jen Newman
Director of Philanthropy
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Nils Warnock, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation Science

Conservation Science

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Nils Warnock, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation Science
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Emiko Condeso
Ecologist/GIS Specialist
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Emily Dewing
Grizzly Corp Fellow

Education

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Catie Clune
Director of Education
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Liz Martins
School Programs Manager
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Andrea Salazar
Bilingual Environmental Education Specialist
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Vinicius (Vini) Souza
Education Partnerships Coordinator

Bouverie Preserve

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Nancy Trbovich
Preserve Manager, Bouverie and Martin Griffin Preserves
Amanda Botsford
Amanda Botsford
Land Steward
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Kurt Heffernon
Land Steward
Jennifer Potts
Jennifer Potts
Resource Ecologist

Cypress Grove Preserve

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Jim Jensen
Tomales Bay Land Steward & Preserve Manager

Martin Griffin Preserve

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Nancy Trbovich
Preserve Manager, Bouverie and Martin Griffin Preserves
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Henry Inman
Resource Ecologist
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Steve Trivelpiece
Land Steward

Modini Preserve

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Michelle Cooper
Preserve Manager & Resident Biologist
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Kyle Doron
Resource Ecologist

Fire Forward

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Brian Peterson
Interim Director

State-Certified Prescribed-Fire Burn Boss (CARX)

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Spencer Adams
Prescribed Fire Practitioner
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Alfredo Campos
Prescribed Fire Apprentice
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Mariah Chastain
Prescribed Fire Apprentice
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Michael Garrett
Prescribed Fire Squad Lead
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Garrett Gradillas
Training Programs Manager
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Calvin Howell
Prescribed Fire Apprentice
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Hannah Lopez
Projects Manager
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Erika Lutz
Prescribed Fire Information Coordinator
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Annie Madden
Prescribed Fire Squad Lead

State-Certified Prescribed-Fire Burn Boss (CARX)

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Claire McMurtry
Associate Director
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Adam Sawicky
Prescribed Fire Module Leader, The Nature Conservancy
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Paul Sokoloski
Prescribed Fire Module Lead

State-Certified Prescribed-Fire Burn Boss (CARX)

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Marty Malate
Prescribed Fire Practitioner
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Kira Rowan
Prescribed Fire Practitioner
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Karyn Smoot
Prescribed Fire Practitioner
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Chase Whitener
Prescribed Fire Apprentice

Last House

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Susie Allen
M.F.K. Fisher Last House Program Coordinator and Events Manager

Living With Lions

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Quinton Martins, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
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Kate Remsen
Trail Camera Project Manager

Communications, Finance, and Philanthropy

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Wendy Coy
Director of Communications
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Jen Newman
Director of Philanthropy
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Elizabeth Hollis
Development Manager
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Anne Mitchell
Communications Specialist
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Erika Obedzinski
Development & Communications Associate and Board Liaison
Jennifer Spangler
Jennifer Spangler
Administrative Assistant
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Geraldine Vo
Senior Accountant