Name: Caitlin Sweeney Title: Director Agency: San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) Caitlin Sweeney started with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership in 2011 as a Senior Planner and became Director in 2015.  Prior to SFEP, she worked for 12 years at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), as a planner and ultimately as … Read more

Name: Leslie Koenig Occupation: Biologist Agency: Alameda County Resource Conservation District Leslie has been working in her current role as a Biologist with the Alameda County Resource Conservation District since 2007. Her professional career began in 2004 after graduating from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO with a BS in Biology and minor in Chemistry. … Read more

Name: Arthur Feinstein Agency: Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge Arthur Feinstein has been a devoted conservationist for over 30 years, working to protect our treasured wetland habitats and wildlife in a variety of roles. He started as a volunteer with the Golden Gate Audubon Society where he first realized his passion for birds and … Read more

Name: John Krause Occupation: Environmental Scientist Agency: California Department of Fish and Wildlife John Krause is a Wildlife Biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties. His career began in the late 1990’s and his work with CDFW in 2001. When asked what drew him to … Read more

Name: Cristina Grosso Occupation: Environmental Informatics Program Manager Agency: San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) Cristina Grosso has been working with SFEI for 16 years and became the Environmental Informatics Program Manager in 2014. After majoring in Mathematics as an undergraduate, Cristina went on to get her graduate degree in Geography from San Francisco State University. … Read more

Name: Brenda Goeden Occupation: Sediment Program Manager Agency: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Brenda has been working with BCDC for 15 years and became Sediment Program Manager in 2008. Her focus at work, as described in her title, is all things sediment, particularly the beneficial reuse of dredged sediment in an effort to … Read more

Name: Anne Morkill, SFBJV Management Board Chair Occupation: Refuge Complex Manager Agency: San Francisco Bay NWR Complex Anne has had a devoted career in wildlife management, starting in 1986 when she worked on black-footed ferrets and white-tailed prairie dogs with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department After several temporary seasonal appointments, Anne joined the U.S. … Read more

Name: Amy Hutzel Occupation: Deputy Executive Officer Agency: California State Coastal Conservancy Amy Hutzel has been devoted to Bay Area wetlands and wetland restoration for most of her professional life. She is currently a Deputy Executive Officer at the State Coastal Conservancy after having worked in their San Francisco Bay Area Program for 15 years … Read more

Name: Steve Carroll Occupation: Engineer Agency: Ducks Unlimited (DU) Steve is the supervising engineer at DU for projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has over 20 years of engineering and restoration experience within the environmental field and has been directly responsible for the engineering design and construction of over 40,000 acres of seasonal … Read more