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Eva Lee Sargent
Director Southwest Program
Areas of Expertise: Southwest conservation issues, reintroduction programs, Mexican wolves, thick-billed parrots
Eva oversees the work of Defender’s Southwest office in Tucson, as well as our Southern Rockies and Great Plains program, which is headquartered in Denver. Since joining Defenders in 2005, Eva has concentrated on strengthening and promoting these diverse programs, so that Defenders can “do more with more.” She has brought a fresh perspective, gained in international conservation, to our work on U.S. species, including the jaguar, Mexican wolf, cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, and black-footed ferret.
Before joining Defenders of Wildlife, Eva served as Director of Conservation and Science at the San Francisco Zoo, and as Chief of Staff of the Madagascar Fauna Group, where she oversaw the first reintroduction of lemurs to the wild. She has also served as Executive Director of the Zoo Conservation Outreach Group, and has co-authored three books and written numerous scientific and popular articles.
Eva Sargent holds a B.S. in Zoology from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona.
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Email: eva.sargent@defenders.org
