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Meet the scientists working in California

Scott Butterfield

Lead Scientist
Terrestrial

Trish Smith

Senior Ecologist
Climate & Land Use

Carrie Schloss

Lead Scientist
Climate & Land Use

Brian Cohen

Spatial Data Scientist
Technology

Nick Holmes

Island Resilience Strategy Lead
Oceans

Daniel Swain

Climate Scientist
Terrestrial

Lara Brenner

Island Ecologist
Terrestrial

Piper Wallingford

Climate Resilience Scientist
Climate & Land Use

Maria Viteri

Randall Preserve Ecologist
Terrestrial

Nicholas Hendershot

Forest Ecologist
Climate & Land Use

Sarah Skikne

Natural Climate Solutions Scientist
Climate & Land Use

Gabriel Runte

Applied Scientist
Terrestrial

Alumni

Dick Cameron

Director of Science
Climate
2004-2022

John Randall

Lead Scientist
Terrestrial
2004-2023

Rodd Kelsey

Associate Director, Water Program
Freshwater
2013-current at TNC

Sasha Gennet

Senior Scientist
Terrestrial
2008-current at TNC

Edward Smith

Forest Ecologist
Terrestrial
1995-2024

John Knapp

California Islands Ecologist
Terrestrial
2013-2024

Christina Boser

California Islands Ecologist
Terrestrial
2009-2020

Juli Matos

Biosecurity Science Specialist
Terrestrial
2016-2024

Tanushree Biswas

Spatial Data Scientist
Technology
2016-current at TNC

David Marvin

Climate Change Ecologist
Terrestrial
2016-2018

Kristen Shive

Lead Scientist
Terrestrial
2021-2022

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