Media Contacts
Cat Lazaroff
Communications Director
(202)
772-3270
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team:
1-800-385-9712
Experts
Defenders’ staff is as diverse and unique as they are dedicated and experienced. Drawing top wildlife biologists, government policy experts, media relations specialists, membership service representatives, lawyers and many more, Defenders of Wildlife puts all of their individual talents to use to achieve our organization’s common goals.
| Jeff Aardahl | California Representative |
| Alexandra Adams | Government Relations Associate |
| D'Anne Albers | California Desert Associate |
| Pelayo Alvarez | California Rangeland Conservation Coalition Program Director |
| Caitlin Balch-Burnett | Colorado Outreach Representative |
| Joshua Basofin | California Representative |
| Becky Beard | Habitat and Highways Campaign Coordinator |
| Mary Elizabeth Beetham | Director of Legislative Affairs |
| Jean Brennan | Senior Climate Change Scientist |
| Rick Brown | Senior Resource Specialist |
| Juan Carlos Cantú | Manager, Mexico Programs |
| Frank Casey | Director, Conservation Economics Program |
| Matt Clark | Southwest Representative |
| Jamie Rappaport Clark | Executive Vice President |
| Jim Curland | Marine Program Associate |
| Robert P. Davison | Senior Scientist, Endangered Species and Wildlife Conservation |
| Aimee Delach | Senior Program Associate |
| Kimberley Delfino | California Program Director |
| Amielle DeWan | Director of Conservation Planning |
| Robert Dewey | Vice President for Government Relations |
| Robert Dreher | Senior Vice President for Conservation Law and Climate Change |
| Karla M. Dutton | Alaska Program Director |
| Nina Fascione | Vice President for Field Conservation |
| Elizabeth Fleming | Florida Representative |
| Pamela Flick | California Program Coordinator |
| David Gaillard | Northern Rockies Representative |
| Kara Gillon | Senior Staff Attorney |
| Alejandra Goyenechea | International Counsel |
| J. Christopher Haney | Chief Scientist and Vice-President of the Conservation Science and Economics Department |
| Wm. Robert Irvin | Senior Vice President for Conservation Programs |
| Peter T. Jenkins | Director of International Conservation |
| M. Scott Johnson | Arizona Senior Outreach Representative |
| Kassandra Kelly | Media Production Specialist |
| Caroline Kennedy | Senior Director of Field Conservation |
| Timm Kroeger | Natural Resources and Environmental Economist |
| Adam Kron | Staff Attorney |
| Gina L. LaRocco | Conservation Program Associate |
| Michael T. Leahy | Rocky Mountain Region Director |
| Marcia Lesky | Director of National Outreach |
| Erin Lieberman | Walter Kuhlmann Legal Fellow |
| Laurie Ann Macdonald | Florida Program Director |
| Noah Matson | Vice President for Climate Change and Natural Resources Adaptation |
| Craig Miller | Southwest Representative |
| Peter Nelson | Director, Federal Lands Program |
| Sara O'Brien | Private Lands Conservation Associate |
| James Pissot | Director, Canada Programs |
| Jonathan Proctor | Rocky Mountain Region Representative |
| Sandra Young Purohit | Government Relations Associate |
| Jason C. Rylander | Staff Attorney |
| Eva Lee Sargent | Director Southwest Program |
| Rodger Schlickeisen | President and CEO |
| Gina Schrader | Conservation Associate |
| Michael Senatore | Vice President, Conservation Law |
| Suzanne Asha Stone | Northern Rockies Representative |
| Brendan Tate | Government Relations Associate |
| Bruce Taylor | Oregon Biodiversity Program Director |
| Jeremy Terhune | San Joaquin Valley Representative |
| Katie Theoharides | Climate Change Associate |
| Jesse Timberlake | Northern Rockies Associate |
| Sara Vickerman | Senior Director, Biodiversity Partnerships |
| Sierra B. Weaver | Staff Attorney |
| Patricia A. White | Director, Habitat & Highways Campaign |
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