Media Contacts
Cat Lazaroff
Communications Director
(202)
772-3270
Christine Merker
Communications Coordinator
(202) 772-0284
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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.
| D'Anne Albers | California Desert Associate |
| Pelayo Alvarez | California Rangeland Conservation Coalition Program Director |
| Tom Banks | Alaska Field Representative |
| Joshua Basofin | California Representative |
| Mary Elizabeth Beetham | Director of Legislative Affairs |
| Phaedra Booth | California Outreach Representative |
| Jean Brennan | Senior Climate Change Scientist |
| Rick Brown | Senior Resource Specialist |
| Juan Carlos Cantú | Manager, Mexico Programs |
| Frank Casey | Director, Conservation Economics Program |
| Sara Chieffo | Government Relations Associate |
| 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 Associate for Conservation Science |
| Kimberley Delfino | California Program Director |
| Robert Dewey | Vice President for Government Relations |
| Robert Dreher | Vice President for Conservation Law |
| 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 |
| Andrew M. Hawley | Staff Attorney |
| Lisa Hummon | New Mexico Outreach Representative |
| Wm. Robert Irvin | Senior Vice President for Conservation Programs |
| Peter T. Jenkins | Director of International Conservation |
| M. Scott Johnson | Arizona Senior Outreach Representative |
| Noah Kahn | Federal Lands Associate |
| Kassandra Kelly | Media Production Specialist |
| Caroline Kennedy | Senior Director of Field Conservation |
| Timm Kroeger | Natural Resources and Environmental Economist |
| Gina L. LaRocco | Conservation Program Associate |
| Michael T. Leahy | Rocky Mountain Region Director |
| Jeffrey A. Lerner | Director of Conservation Planning |
| Marcia Lesky | Director of National Outreach |
| Erin Lieberman | Walter Kuhlmann Legal Fellow |
| Laurie Ann Macdonald | Florida Program Director |
| Noah Matson | Vice President for Land Conservation |
| Anna McMurray | Conservation Economics Associate |
| Craig Miller | Southwest Representative |
| Peter Nelson | Director, Federal Lands Program |
| Sara O'Brien | Private Lands Conservation Associate |
| James Pissot | Director, Canada Programs |
| Jonathan Proctor | Southern Rockies/Great Plains Representative |
| Sandra Young Purohit | Government Relations Associate |
| Heidi Ruffler | International Associate |
| Jason C. Rylander | Staff Attorney |
| Eva Lee Sargent | Director Southwest Program |
| Rodger Schlickeisen | President and CEO |
| Gina Schrader | Conservation Associate |
| Brian P. Segee | Staff Attorney |
| Michael Skuja | California Representative |
| Brianne Smith | Federal Lands Associate |
| Suzanne Asha Stone | Northern Rockies Representative |
| Bruce Taylor | Oregon Biodiversity Program Director |
| Jeremy Terhune | San Joaquin Valley Representative |
| Katie Theoharides | Conservation Planning Associate |
| Jesse Timberlake | Northern Rockies Associate |
| Sara Vickerman | Senior Director, Biodiversity Partnerships |
| Sierra B. Weaver | Staff Attorney |
| Aimee Weldon | Living Lands Project Manager |
| Patricia A. White | Director, Habitat & Highways Campaign |
| Richard Whiteford | Pennsylvania & New Jersey Outreach Representative |
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