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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
2015-2022

John Randall

Lead Scientist
Terrestrial
2004-2023

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