Jay Chamberlin
Chief, Natural Resources Division, California State Parks
Phone: (916) 653-9542
Email: jchamberlin@parks.ca.gov
Address: 1419 9th Street, Room 923
Sacramento, CA 95814
Website: www.parks.ca.gov
Jay Chamberlin, as Chief of the Natural Recourses Division, leads natural resources policy and program implementation for the state park system. Previously, he oversaw Delta habitat mitigation and ecosystem restoration program for the California Department of Water Resources, served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the California Natural Resources agency, and managed programs for non-profit organizations, including 1000 Friends of Oregon, the Pacific Forest Trust and Natural Parks Conservation Association. Mr. Chamberlin received a M.S. in natural resources and environment from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in history from UC Berkeley.
Mike Chrisman
Director of the Southwestern Partnership Office at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Phone: (916) 212-1162
Email: mike.chrisman@nfwf.org
Address: Mike Chrisman
Southwestern Partnership Office
90 New Montgomery Street, Suite 1010
San Francisco, CA 94105
Website: www.nfwf.org
Mike Chrisman current serves as director of the Southwestern Partnership Office, which oversees program delivery, local and regional relationships, and partnership development and fundraising in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Prior to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, he was chief advisor’s Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on issues related to the state’s natural, historic and cultural resources. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Chrisman served as Region manager for Southern California Edison. He holds an M.S. in agricultural education and a B.S. in agronomy and plant science from the University of Arizona.
Michael Eaton
Owner of Kingbird Farms
Phone: (209) 810-8388
Email: kingbirdfarms@gmail.com
Address: Mike Eaton
P.O. Box 336
Galt, CA 95632
Website: kingbirdfarm.com
Mike Eaton operates a small farm west of Galt on the eastern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. He is currently Vice Chair of the board of the Delta Conservancy, where he serves as a Governor’s appointee. Mr. Eaton previously was executive director of the Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) and the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation (RLFF), philanthropic organization which support projects that conserve or restore natural landscapes and marine systems and preserve wildlands. Prior to joining RLF/RLFF, Mike served for more than a decade as Senior Project Director with The Natural Conservancy, overseeing the Conservancy’s work in the Consumes River watershed, the North Delta, and the San Joaquin Valley. He has also worked for the Sierra Club, the Governor’s Office of Planning and research, and the California Resources Agency.
Caryl Hart
Chair of the California State Park and Recreation Commission
Caryl Hart is the recently retired Director of Sonoma County Parks and a former member and Chair of the California State Parks Commission. She is a founding member of LandPaths, a non-profit dedicated to maximizing resource conservation while allowing managed public access. Ms. Hart has also served as an advisor to the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, her J.D. at the University of San Francisco, and a B.A. in economics at Cornell University.
Keith Gilless
Dean, College of Natural Resources, and Professor, Forest Economics, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 642-7171
Email: gilless@berkely.edu
Address: Keith Gilless
101 Giannini Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3100
Keith Gilless is dean of the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley with research interests in forest economics and management, including wildfire protection planning. He has also been recognized for teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been focused as well on climate warming and forest resources. Dean Gilless received a B.S. in forestry in 1978 from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in forestry and agricultural economics in 1983 from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jaymee Marty
Senior Ecologist at Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting
Phone: (916) 596-6671
Email: jmarty@tnc.org
Address: Jaymee Marty
Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting
8925 Lanier Way
Sacramento, CA 95826
Website: www.vollmarconsulting.com
Cynthia joined Carpe Diem West in July 2012 from the Environmental Defense Fund where she was the California Water Legislative Director responsible for EDF’s water agenda in California. A public interest attorney and water policy expert for 20 years, Cynthia served as a chief negotiator for the historic 2009 Bay Delta Water Reform Act, and was the lead in the State Water Resources Control Board’s 2010 decision in establishing public trust flow criteria for the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary. Previously Cynthia was the legal Director for Save San Francisco Bay Association, and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Sustainable Resource Development. She was an associate at the law firm Heller, Ehrman LLP, and began her career as an assistant regional council for EPA Region 9. Cynthia is also an elected member of the Marin Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors, and immediate past president, currently serving in her third term. She serves on a number of boards and committees for organizations including the Water Education Foundation, the California Water Policy Conference, and Mothers of Martin Advocating Sustainability. She is a recipient of The Water Award among other honors. Cynthia is a graduate of Pomona College and received her JD and Environmental Law Certificate from the University of Oregon School of Law.
Richard Moss
Principal at Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group
Phone: (559) 636-1166
Email: rmoss@ppeng.com
Address: Richard Moss
130 North Garden Street
Visalia, CA 93291
Website: www.ppeng.com
Richard Moss is senior leader at Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group, a civil engineering consoling firm based in Visalia, California. As a registered professional civil engineer, Mr. Moss has 30 years of experience in agricultural engineering, civil engineering, water resources planning and policy development, government relations, contract/agreement development, organizational management, and agricultural water conservation. He is also vice president of the Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners, a non-profit committed to restoration through integrated resource management in the Tulare Basin. He earned his B.S. in agricultural engineering from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.
Edward Smith
Regional Ecologist, Central Valley and Mountains Region, The Nature Conservancy in California
Phone: (916) 449-2854
Address: Edward Smith
555 Capitol Mall #1290
Sacramento, CA 95814
Website: www.scienceforconservation.org
Edward Smith is working to conserve and improve the health and resilience of forests, meadows, and riparian communities of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California by working with partners to increase the pace and scale of science based, ecologically restorative management. Edward has a strong interest in incorporating continuous business practice improvement into relevant conservation and protection projects through the provision of sound science.
Edward led similar efforts for TNC in Arizona, launching and leading with others the Four Forest Restoration Initiative. He also provided strategic science in support of land management and planning in a changing climate, and supported quality collaborative process and teamwork to ensure lasting results. Trained as a forest ecologist and soil scientist, Edward has studied the response of rare understory plants to forest management, soil nutrient cycling in intact and disturbed forests of SW, and the role of spatial soil nutrient distribution in greenhouse gas production. He also worked for Northern Arizona University in the use of effluent in tree farms, and as an arborist in the San Francisco Bay area, and is an avid amateur mycologist. He served on Governor Napolitano’s Forest Health Advisory Committee for Arizona Game and Fish from 1999-2005.
Kim Stanley Robinson
Author
Phone: (530) 758-1032
Email: krs@cal.net
Address: Kim Stanley Robinson
2412 Elendil Ln
Davis, CA 95616
Website: kimstanleyrobinson.info
Kim Stanley Robinson is a science fiction writer known for literary pieces, such as the Mars trilogy, Antarctica, and Forty Signs of Rain that regularly incorporate themes of ecological sustainability. He has received eleven major science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and 2 Nebula Awards, and been nominated 29 times. He holds a Ph.D. in English and a B.A. in literature from the University of California, San Diego. He earned a M.A. in English from Boston University.
Este Stifle
Central California District Manager for the Bureau of Land Management
Phone: (916) 978-4626
Email: stifle@blm.gov
Address: Este Stifle
Bureau of Land Management--California
2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623
Sacramento, CA 95825
Website: www.blm.gov/ca
Este Stifle is director of the Central California Region for the Bureau of Land Management, which almost perfectly mirrors the Sierra Nevada Research Institute’s primary research area from the Feather River basin to the Tehachipi Mountains. Prior to beginning named to her current post, Ms Stifle was BLM California Senior Technical Advisor and served the agency in other positions involving planning and policy, as well as work as a field station manager. She also held several positions with The Nature Conservancy. Ms Stifle’s undergraduate degree is in environmental studies from Trinity College and she has two Master’s degrees from Duke University, one in environmental management and the other in business administration.
