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Position: Communications and Outreach Coordinator – SFBJV (2002-2022) June 2022 Caroline Warner had a magical inception with the SFBJV partnership thanks to serendipity and a story worth telling. Fresh out of college from Georgetown University, she worked for Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary (RBAC), from 1985-86 and bi-annually in April until 1994: first as … Read more
Position: Point Blue Conservation Science – San Francisco Bay Program Leader May 2022 After graduating from Earlham College in 1995 with a BA in Biology, Julian Wood became an itinerant field biologist using his skills and love of ornithology to ‘get around’, so to speak. He started as a volunteer at the River Rouge Bird Observatory … Read more
Position: Environmental Planning Team Lead, US Army Corps San Francisco District July 2021 Julie joined the SF District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as an Environmental Planning Team Lead in the beginning of 2021. She also leads the District’s effort to incorporate Engineering with Nature principles into all USACE efforts and will … Read more
Position: Water Resources Planner, Zone 7 Water Agency February 2021 Tami Church works for the Zone 7 Water Agency which covers water supply, flood control, and groundwater management for eastern Alameda County. She has been working in her role as a Water Resources Planner in the Integrated Planning section since 2012 where she is able … Read more
Position: Project Manager, State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) November 2020 Marilyn Latta has been working with the State Coastal Conservancy since 2008 in their San Francisco Bay Program. A fifth generation Bay Area native, Marilyn has always felt a special affinity for the Bay, even though there was a lot less access to the shoreline when … Read more
Position: Lead Scientist, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project July 2020 Donna Ball joined the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project in February 2020 as their Lead Scientist. Through a partnership between the Restoration Project and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Donna works half-time guiding the Restoration Project’s Science Program and half-time on other … Read more
Position: Executive Project Manager, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSP) July 2020 Dave Halsing has been the Executive Project Manager of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSP) since early 2019. He is not at all new to the project, however, having worked on it since 2012 as a consultant with URS and … Read more
Position/Occupation: President, Marin Audubon Society February 2020 Barbara and Arthur Feinstein (with Sam Schuchat) receiving the 2017 State of the Estuary Legacy award Barbara Salzman is a legend. If you have ever participated in any stage of wetland restoration work in Marin County you have surely met her. She has been working in the field … Read more
Name: Jeff McCreary Position/Occupation: Director of Conservation Programs, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. and San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (SFBJV) Management Board Chair, 2018-2020 December 2019 Jeff McCreary currently serves as Director of Conservation Programs for Ducks Unlimited’s (DU) Western Region, and as the Chair of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Management Board. His career spans over … Read more
Name: Sam Veloz Position/Occupation: Climate Adaptation Group Director, Point Blue Conservation Science May 2019 Sam Veloz has been working at Point Blue for the past 9 years. He was first hired as a Spatial Ecologist in 2010 before being promoted to Director of Point Blue’s Climate Adaptation Group in 2015. In his current role Sam … Read more
