Point Blue is more than 160 scientists strong. We also have a growing team of educators and habitat restoration specialists. We manage over one billion ecological observations from our work and the work that of our collaborators across the world. With our scientists and partners, along with informed partners like you, we have the tools and know-how to help ensure a hopeful and healthy future. Science is at the core of everything we do. It’s fitting that S.C.I.E.N.C.E. also represents our organizational values and beliefs: • Scientific Rigor • Collaboration • Innovation • Excellence • Nature is Essential • Complete Integrity • Everyone is Responsible.
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Board of Directors
Point Blue's Board is composed of a group of strong leaders with a diverse skill set that are passionate about our mission to conserve ecosystems and address climate change.
Leadership
Meet Point Blue's Group Directors and the Executive Team. This group works to advance the mission and vision of the organization and ensure the successful implementation of Point Blue’s strategic plan.
Point Blue Staff
Point Blue staff bring their passion and dedication to inspire positive conservation outcomes for a healthy, blue planet teeming with life.
Science Advisory Committee
A panel of eminent scientists that provide both vision and advice on scientific matters in order to maximize the quality of science conducted by Point Blue and to help us achieve our collaborative strategic priorities.
Research Associates
Point Blue works closely with many professional research partners on various conservation projects. Learn more about these top scientists below.
Geoffrey Gordon-Creed
Board Chair, DEI Co-Chair
Sheldon Gen
Vice Chair, Policy Chair
Nick Tipon
DEI Committee Co-Chair
Julie Chase Baldocchi
Development Chair
David Myles
Finance Chair
Nadine Peterson
Human Resource Committee Chair
Ian Altman
401(k) Plan Administration Sub-Committee Chair
Clinton Moloney
Strategic Planning Chair
Jenn Fox
Science Advisory Committee Chair
Anne Chadwick
Conservation Art & Science Chair, Immediate Past Board Chair
David Ackerly, PhD
Director
Anne Baxter
Director
Arden Bucklin-Sporer
Director
Susan Cohen
Director
emily ford
Director
Tacy Hahn
Director
Leila Dunne Monroe
Director
Percy Stubbs
Director
Megan Colwell
Honorary Board Member
Edward Sarti
Honorary Board Member
Carolyn Johnson
Honorary Board Member
Bill Foss
Honorary Board Member
Stephen Thal
Honorary Board Member
Ann Stone
Honorary Board Member
Stefan Williams
Honorary Board Member, Past Board Chair
Melissa Pitkin
Executive Team
CEO
Grant Ballard, PhD
Executive Team
Chief Science Officer
Padmini Srinivasan
Executive Team
Chief Financial Officer
Liz Chamberlin, PhD
Director of Innovation
Ryan Burnett
Sierra Nevada Director
Bonnie Eyestone
Working Lands Director
Catherine Hickey
Acting Chief of Staff, Pacific Coast and Central Valley Director
Jaime Jahncke, PhD
Director, California Current Group
John Parodi
STRAW Program and Education and Outreach Director
Kait Schroeder
Director of Development Operations/Acting Development Director
Sam Veloz, PhD
Ecoinformatics and Climate Solutions Director
Emily Allen
Senior Project Manager
Hilary Allen
Avian Ecologist
Edgar Alvarez
STRAW Education Manager
Lishka Arata
Communications Manager
Nick Arriaza
Restoration Technician
Larissa Babicz
Avian Banding Supervisor
Grant Ballard, PhD
Chief Science Officer
Evelyn Bañuelos
Restoration Technician
Blake Barbaree
Senior Waterbird Ecologist
Andrew Bertotti
NE California Roots Program Biologist
Katie Brown
Full Stack Web Developer
Maggie Brown
Avian Ecologist
Ryan Burnett
Sierra Nevada Group Director
Christina Burnham
Antarctica Program Research Assistant
Brent Campos
Northern Sierra Project Leader
Evan Carlson
Partner Biologist, Mendocino County
Liz Chamberlin, PhD
Director of Innovation
Stephanie Coates
Coastal Ecologist
Avalon Cook
Range-C Outreach Coordinator
Renée Cormier
Senior Avian Ecologist
Kylie Crisostomo-Rickman
Restoration Field Technician
George Cummins
Coastal Ecologist
Ryan DiGaudio
Working Lands Science Director
Vincent Distrola
Nursery Technician
Jessie Ditmore
Project Manager
Jordan Dixon
Restoration Technician
Kristy Dybala, PhD
Research Director
Jennifer Dyer
Executive Assistant
Maddison Easley
Working Lands Partner Biologist
Lisa Eash
Senior Soil Scientist
Meredith Elliott
Principal Scientist, ACCESS Program Leader
Megan Elrod
Librarian/SF Bay Program Biologist
Alba Estrada López
STRAW Education Manager
Bonnie Eyestone
Working Lands Conservation Director
Carleton Eyster
Avian Ecologist II
Brian Fagundes
Partner Biologist, Tulare County
Krista Fanucchi
Central Coast Rangeland Ecologist
Daniel Farrar
Coastal Program Biologist
Alissa Fogg
Senior Ecologist
Erika Foster, PhD (she/her)
Director of Soil Research and Conservation
Nancy Gamble
Director of Philanthropy
Doug George
Avian Ecologist
Geoff Geupel
Strategic Partnerships Director
Leia Giambastiani
Senior Project Manager
Gina Graziano (she/her)
Senior Education Manager
Todd Greenley
Junior Accountant
Brenda Gutierrez
Development Operations Manager
Esther Haile
Avian Ecologist
Grant Halstrom
Solano County Partner Biologist
Ruby Hammond
Avian Ecologist II
Lynne Hargett
Coastal Program Biologist
Alicia Herrera
Working Lands Programs Coordinator and Senior Partner Biologist
Catherine Hickey
Acting Chief of Staff, Pacific Coast and Central Valley Director
Julie Howar
Senior Marine Ecologist, GIS Specialist
Beth Huang
Grants and Contracts Manager
Diana Humple
Senior Avian Ecologist & Banding Coordinator
Autumn Iverson, PhD
Senior Avian Ecologist
Jaime Jahncke, PhD
Director, California Current Group
Mike Johns, PhD
Senior Marine Ecologist
Dennis Jongsomjit
Geospatial Ecologist
Michelle Kaufman
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Matt Keller
Novato Baylands Outreach Specialist
Libby Kennedy
Restoration Project Manager
Dante Khan
Restoration Project Manager
Clifford Kow
Educator, STRAW Program
Chloe Latt
Soil Conservation Scientist
Sophie Leveque-Eichhorn
Partner Biologist, Jackson/Sonora County
Denise Lopez
Restoration Project Manager
Martin Magana
Informatics Engineering Manager
Michael Mahoney
Avian Ecologist
Morgan Martinez
Marine Laboratory Research Assistant
Alycia Matz
Project Manager, Novato Baylands
Emily Mecke
Roots Program Coordinator
Dianne Miller
Technical Product Manager
Jamie Miller
Coastal Program Biologist
Catie Mong
Partner Biologist, Merced
Doug Moody
Informatics Engineer
Serena Myjer
Restoration Technician
Kriss Neuman
Principal Ecologist
Sophie Noda
Working Lands Ecologist
Nadav Nur, PhD
Quantitative Ecology Program Director
Josh Nuzzo
Project Manager
Elena Oey
Coastal Program Biologist I
Johanson Onyegbula
Remote Sensing Researcher
Dolores “Dodie” Otten
Accounting Manager
John Parodi
STRAW Program and Education and Outreach Director
Emily Patterson
STRAW Restoration Technician
Jessica Paul-Mullikin
Human Resources Coordinator
Jenni Phillips
Senior Project Manager
Melissa Pitkin
CEO
Tess Polizzotti
Restoration Technician
Mel Preston
Ecologist, Working Lands
Sam Lee Rapp
Partner Biologist, San Diego County
Amanda Reardan
Restoration Technician
Cody Reed, PhD
Senior Meadow Ecologist
Matt Reiter, PhD
Research Director
Emily Rice
Coastal Program Biologist
Tracey Rice
Partner Biologist, Southern California
Greg Richardson
Soil Carbon and Regenerative Systems Specialist
Dan Robinette
Senior Scientist
Laura Robison
Partner Biologist Petaluma
Laurette Rogers
STRAW Founder and Ambassador
Alejandro Rosales
Restoration Technician, Novato Baylands
Josée Rousseau
Sierra Wildlife Ecologist
Tiffany Russell
Susanville Partner Biologist
Eri Sawairi Ocampo
Bilingual Conservation Educator (Spanish/ English)
Leo Salas, PhD
Principal Quantitative Ecologist
Annie Schmidt, PhD
Antarctica Program Director
Kait Schroeder
Director of Development Operations/Acting Development Director
Lisa Scobel
Sierra Meadow Project Manager
Brad Sechelski
Senior Informatics Engineer
Corey Shake
Senior Partner Biologist, Woodland
Bennett Smith
Director of Philanthropy
Sam Smith
Restoration Technician
Samantha Smith
Human Resources Manager
Rose Snyder
Director of Community Engagement
Sara Soderberg
Restoration Technician
Amanda Spears
Farallon Biologist
Padmini Srinivasan
Chief Financial Officer
Lara Stagner
STRAW Project Manager
Debra Stein
Impact Strategist
Corrine Stephenson
Controller
Sandra Sublette
Nursery Technician
Max Taylor
Community Science Coordinator
Isaiah Thalmayer
Senior Project Manager
Jim Tietz
Staff Biologist
Dezarhel (Dez) Uy
STRAW Restoration Technician
Danielle Valverde
Accounting Administrator
Sam Veloz, PhD
Ecoinformatics and Climate Solutions Director
Alice Voulfson
Snowy Plover Apprentice
Christine Walker
Major Gifts Officer
Pete Warzybok
Principal Scientist
Carrie Wendt
Senior Partner Biologist, Oroville
Liat Wilde
Conservation Social Scientist
Julian Wood
SF Bay Program Leader
Allison Yan
Marine Laboratory Research Assistant
Jenn Fox
Science Advisory Committee Chair
Grant Ballard, PhD
Chief Science Officer, Science Advisory Committee Co-Chair
David Ackerly PhD
UC Berkeley
Ian Altman
Altman & Cronin Benefit Consultants
Valerie Eviner, PhD
UC Davis
Sheldon Gen, PhD
San Francisco State University
Susie Hagemeister
Science Advisory Committee Member
Ellen M. Hines, PhD
San Francisco State University, Estuary & Ocean Science Center
Matthew Johnson, PhD
Humboldt State University
Adina Merenlender, PhD
UC Berkeley
David Myles, PhD
Olema Pharmaceuticals
Peter Norvig, PhD
Google Inc
Jim Quinn, PhD
UC Davis
Priya Shukla
UC Davis
Nick Tipon
Board Director
Arvind Varsani, PhD
Arizona State University
Alumni Program
Welcome to the Point Blue/PRBO Alumni Program! This program is focused on former interns, volunteers, and staff from our Palomarin Field Station in the National Park Service’s Point Reyes National Seashore (Palo) and our Southeast Farallon Island research site in the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge (SEFI), but all Point Blue Alumni are invited to participate.
Who is Eligible?
Anyone who has worked and/or volunteered (officially or unofficially) at Point Blue, especially at our Palomarin field station and/or our Southeast Farallon Island research station.
What does Alumni Membership get you?
Invitations to special events, electronic newsletter updates for Palo or SEFI alumni, access to an Alumni Directory so you can get in touch with old friends, networking opportunities, and a one-year special reduced rate membership to Point Blue.
Ready to sign up?
Visit this link and take a few moment to fill out our online membership form.
Need Help?
If you need more information, or have questions please contact Diana Humple Email: dhumple@pointblue.org Avian Ecologist, Banding Coordinator, Oil Spill Response Coordinator, Palomarin Project Lead.
Get Involved
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