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Theresa Pierno Theresa Pierno is President and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association. She joined NPCA in 2004 after a distinguished career in public service and natural resource protection, and has helped to solidify the organization's role as the voice of America's national parks.
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Robin Martin McKenna Robin Martin McKenna joined NPCA in 2000 and is currently Executive Vice President. Previously Robin was Vice President of Regional Operations, overseeing NPCA’s field program for two years and served as Deputy for the department for eight years prior to that.
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Tim Moyer Tim Moyer is the Chief Financial Officer of NPCA and has been with the organization since 2010. He is a CPA with more than 28 years of finance and accounting experience. Tim provides strategic and operational leadership for accounting, taxes, risk management and information systems.
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Elizabeth Fayad Libby has been with NPCA for over 30 years. She started as a lobbyist and gradually transitioned to Counsel as NPCA’s Litigation Program became bigger and more complex. She has been General Counsel for more than 7 years.
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Mark Wenzler Mark oversees NPCA’s programs focused on protecting and restoring the air, lands, water, and wildlife in our national parks. He is an avid outdoor recreationist who loves to ski, bike, backpack and paddle, especially in our national parks.
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Hayley Mortimer Hayley Mortimer offers over twenty years of experience incubating and scaling up innovative solutions that meet a pressing public need. She currently manages our field program as Vice President of Regional Operations, which includes 55+ staff across the country.
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Karen Allen Karen Allen joined NPCA in 1999, initially as a consultant, and a year later as a full-time employee. Currently serving as Vice President of Human Resources, Karen has more than 30 years of human resources experience. Prior to joining NPCA, she worked for 15 years at a Fortune 100 corporation.
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Kristen Brengel As the Vice President of Government Affairs, Kristen Brengel leads staff on public lands conservation, natural and cultural resource issues, and park funding. Kristen is responsible for implementing our legislative strategies and working with the administration.
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Laura Connors Since 1998, Laura has worked to connect NPCA’s members with the wonders of our national parks, and the challenges that threaten these special places.
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Amy Hagovsky As Vice President of Communications, Amy Hagovsky leads NPCA’s media and outreach efforts including earned media, social media and online advocacy.
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Matthew Boyer Matthew Boyer, Vice President of Development, has more than 25 years of fundraising and nonprofit experience, focusing primarily on major gifts and donor engagement.
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Adam Siegel As Deputy General Counsel, Adam helps manage NPCA’s litigation program and provides general legal counsel to the organization.
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Alan Spears Alan joined NPCA in 1999 and is currently the Director of Cultural Resources in the Government Affairs department. He serves as NPCA's resident historian and cultural resources expert. Alan is the only staff person to ever be rescued from a tidal marsh by a Park Police helicopter.
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Alison Zemanski Heis Alison Zemanski Heis joined NPCA in 2010 and leads media outreach and communications for the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Sun Coast regions as well as NPCA's national water work.
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Amanda John Amanda joined NPCA in 2016. She is thrilled to be on the Mid-Atlantic team as the Pennsylvania & Delaware Program Manager using her background in advocacy campaign management, policy work, and social justice organizing to protect this region’s unique natural and historic places.
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Ani Kame’enui Ani Kame’enui is the Director of Legislation and Policy for the Government Affairs team and responsible for managing NPCA's policy portfolio across a range of park issues. She comes to NPCA with a background in geology, water resources engineering, and a love for natural resource science and policy.
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Bart Melton Bart started with NPCA in 2006. Originally working out of the Southeast Regional Office, he is now the Regional Director for the Northern Rockies office.
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Britte Kirsch Serving as the Regional Coordinator for the Southwest office, Britte organizes and assists with special events throughout the Southwest and acts as an administrative liaison for the regional office.
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Brynne Harold Brynne joined the NPCA team in 2008. Starting with the Development Department, she is now the Director of Regional Operations and works with NPCA's regional and field offices from the Boston, MA area.
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Cara Capp Cara works to restore and protect natural resources in and around Florida's national parks as the Sun Coast's Everglades Restoration Program Manager.
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Caroline McLaughlin As the Biscayne Program Manager for the Sun Coast region, Caroline focuses her efforts on protecting the stunning marine resources of this unique park.
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Carrie F. Smith Carrie joined NPCA in late 2014 and serves as its Sr. Director of Corporate Partnerships, Marketing & Licensing, providing experience, leadership and strategic direction to our growing corporate programs.
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Casey Pola As the associate director of corporate partnerships and cause marketing, Casey identifies, cultivates and stewards corporate partners and prospects through cause marketing and corporate philanthropic efforts.
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Cathleen Gallagher As Associate Director of Foundation Relations, Cathleen Gallagher writes and manages grants and develops fundraising strategies for NPCA’s regional and national programs.
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Chad Lord Chad Lord serves as the Senior Director for NPCA's Waters program. The program focuses on protecting and restoring America’s greatest natural treasures--large-scale aquatic ecosystems--surrounding national parks.
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Cheryl Swaby As the Regional Office coordinator, Cheryl supports the regional and national program work and teammates, providing a positive, happy, and productive stronghold for the Sun Coast team.
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Chris Clarke Chris joined NPCA in 2017. As California Desert program manager, he works with desert communities to protect national parks, monuments, and other protected places, and the landscapes that surround them.
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Chris Watson A Senior Program Manager in the Southeast region, Chris Watson works on landscape connectivity, beyond boundary protection, future parks/park expansions, urban parks and wildlands, and Native American cultural connectedness to the parks.
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Christa Cherava Christa joined NPCA as an intern in 2005 to gain exposure to natural resource policy. Today she focuses on air quality, landscape, and water issues on a national level.
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Christina Hazard Christina Hazard joined NPCA in 2006 and is the Senior Manager of Policy Information for the Government Affairs team.
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Christine R. Goepfert Chris is the Senior Program Manager for NPCA's Upper Midwest Field Office in St. Paul, MN.
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Colin Deverell Colin is the Program Manager for NPCA’s Midwest Regional Office in Chicago, Illinois.
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Cortney Worrall Cortney is the Senior Regional Director for the Northeast office, based in New York City.
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Cory MacNulty Cory’s focus as Senior Program Manager in the Southwest Region is primarily on issues concerning the national parks in Utah.
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Dallas Kelley-Kerr Dallas leads our Texas Centennial work as the Campaign Manager.
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David Lamfrom David, the Director of the California Desert and National Wildlife programs, uses his passion and knowledge of our natural, cultural and historical resources to inspire others to learn about and protect our national parks.
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David Nimkin David is the Senior Regional Director for NPCA's Southwest region. Alongside his team, he helps protect the parks of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
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Dennis Arguelles Dennis, Los Angeles Program Manager, works on park protection and expansion efforts as well as engaging diverse and underserved communities not traditionally connected to the national parks.
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Diane Gerrish Diane Gerrish serves as the Regional Director of Development for the Midwest. Diane connects National Parks Conservation Association's most generous Midwest-based supporters with our advocacy and activities to protect our national parks.
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Don Barger Don founded the Southeast Regional Office in 1992, and currently serves as its Senior Regional Director, visiting, loving, and fighting to protect the special parks of this region.
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Emily Douce As the Director of Budget & Appropriations for the Government Affairs team, Emily Douce researches and advocates for additional funding for the national parks, both through appropriations and supplementary sources.
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Emily Jones Emily’s work as Director for the Southeast region revolves around building momentum within local communities and garnering congressional support to ensure our national parks become a national priority.
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Eric Bontrager Eric Bontrager leads communications outreach for NPCA's government affairs, clean air, energy, transportation, and veterans campaigns.
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Ernie Atencio Ernie Atencio fell in love with parks and wild places at a young age and has spent most of his career working in and for those places.
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Erin Mezgar Erin Mezgar serves as the Associate Director of the Trustees for the Parks program.
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Erika Pelletier Erika is the Program Manager for the Texas Regional Office.
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Erika Pollard Erika is a Senior Program Manager in the Southwest region. She focuses primarily on issues concerning the national parks in Utah.
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Garret Visser As Northern Rockies' Yellowstone Wildlife and Outreach Fellow, Garret is passionate about public lands protection and advocacy.
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Graham Taylor Joining the Northwest Regional Office in the summer of 2015, Graham stays busy connecting people to parks in his role as Field Representative.
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Holly Sandbo Holly, the Northern Rockies' Senior Program Coordinator, joined the team in January 2015.
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Jamie Varner Jamie joined NPCA's Center for Park Management in 2008. His current programmatic areas of focus are urban parks and NPCA's Find Your Voice initiative.
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Jacqueline Crucet The Sun Coast Outreach Manager, Jackie works on community engagement initiatives, Florida Bay preservation, youth advocacy, and grants implementation and management.
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Jeffrey Hunter Jeff joined our Southeast Regional Office in Fall 2015, where he is helping to lead our Southern Appalachian Landscape Program.
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Jennifer Barton As Associate Director for Donor Relations, Jennifer Barton works to help donors understand the connection between their philanthropy and NPCA’s efforts on behalf of the national parks.
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Jennifer Errick Jennifer writes, edits, and moderates online content for NPCA.
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Jerry Otero Jerry is the Four Corners Program Manager in our Southwest region.
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Joan Frankevich Joan is a Program Manager for the Alaska Regional Office. Since 1997, she has worked on topics in nearly every park in Alaska helping to ensure that wildlife is protected, visitor experience is enhanced and environmental laws are upheld.
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John Adornato As the Regional Director of the Sun Coast office, John travels throughout the region, from Florida and Louisiana to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, engaging allies and park enthusiasts in our campaign to protect the natural and cultural resources of America’s national parks.
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John Garder John Garder is Senior Director of Budget & Appropriations at NPCA. He is a budget analyst and researcher who advocates for more adequate funding for national parks to diverse audiences, including Congress, the White House, and the Department of the Interior.
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Joy M. Oakes Joining NPCA in 2001, Joy serves as the Senior Regional Director of the Mid-Atlantic, overseeing NPCA’s activities in the region’s five states and the District of Columbia.
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Julia Tesch Julia first joined NPCA as a volunteer in February 2016, and now serves as Admin & Outreach Coordinator in the Northwest Regional Office. There she provides logistical support and connects volunteers with service opportunities in the parks.
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Karen Hevel-Mingo As the Climate Change Program Manager for NPCA, Karen works to educate about impacts to parks and communities. Her goal is to empower people from diverse backgrounds to improve the resiliency of our national parks in the face of a changing climate.
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Kari Tobaygo Kari has over 20 years experience in the prospect research field, with the last five here at NPCA.
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Julie Hogan Julie Hogan is thrilled to have recently joined the Foundation Relations Team at NPCA as Senior Manager. In this role, Julie manages a portfolio of institutional donors and develops fundraising strategies for regional and national programs.
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Kesha Q. Richardson Kesha joined NPCA's Midwest Regional Office in early 2015 as the Program Coordinator to work with the region's partners and volunteers.
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Katherine McKinney Katherine works out of the Washington, D.C., office to assist the NPCA regional staff across the country.
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Kati Schmidt Kati Schmidt is based in Oakland, CA, and leads media outreach and communications for the Pacific, Northwest, Northern Rockies, Alaska, and Southwest regions, along with NPCA's national wildlife initiatives.
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Kevin Dahl Kevin Dahl works as Arizona's Senior Program Manager in the Southwest region. He focuses on issues concerning Arizona's national parks, including such well-known places as Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, and Saguaro.
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Kim Rowsome Kim joined NPCA in 2014, merging her love of national parks with her expertise in donor relations and volunteer engagement.
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Laura Atchison Laura Atchison has been with NPCA since 2005 and is currently Senior Director of Board Relations.
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Laura Loomis Laura Loomis joined the Government Affairs staff of NPCA in 1976 and is currently the department's Deputy Vice President.
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Laura Torres A lover of life and nature, Laura works to engage families and youth in urban communities to build a diverse base of leaders and advocates who support NPCA's local and national campaigns. This includes coordinating Find Your Voice efforts, Civic Voice Lessons and other outreach and engagement strategies.
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Lauren Cosgrove Lauren started working with NPCA in October 2014, and is now Senior Coordinator for the Find Your Voice initiative, engaging and training passionate park advocates in the Northeast.
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Madeleine Starkey Madeleine Starkey is the Senior Executive Assistant to NPCA's President and CEO.
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Lynn McClure Lynn came to NPCA in 2007 to launch the Midwest office in Chicago. As the Regional Director, she leads protection of more than 50 national parks in NPCA’s largest region.
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Mary Murtala Mary Murtala joined NPCA in 2016. In her role as Senior Director for Development Operations, her work is focused on strategy, leadership, and coordination of the administrative operations of the Development Department.
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Melanie McDowell Melanie joined NPCA in March 2015 as the Senior Coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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Michael Jamison Michael joined NPCA’s Glacier Field Office in September 2010. As Senior Program Manager for NPCA’s Crown of the Continent initiative, Michael continues to expand his efforts to promote the narrative of the Crown and of the people who call it home
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Molly Galvin Molly Galvin is the Regional Director of Development for the Northeast. She is based in New York City. Molly connects National Parks Conservation Association's most generous supporters with our advocacy and activities to protect our national parks.
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Morgan Dodd Morgan Dodd has spent more than 35 years building positive relationships and critical financial support for non-profit organizations in higher education, the arts and conservation.
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Natalie Levine Natalie Levine joined the Government Affairs team at NPCA in 2013. In her current role as Program Manager, she works on a variety of topics including visitor use, recreation, natural resources, congressional engagement, and legislative policy and strategy.
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Nathan Miller Nathan Miller joined NPCA in 2009. He believes that everyone deserves clean air, and works to make sure that’s a reality in our national parks.
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Neal Desai Neal joined NPCA's Pacific office in 2004, and is now the Director of Field Operations for this region.
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Nicholas Lund As Senior Manager for the Landscape Conservation Program, Nick focuses his efforts on oil and gas activities in and around our national parks. In his spare time, Nick writes silly things about birds for TheBirdist.com, Audubon, and Slate.
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Nicolas Brulliard Nicolas is a journalist and former geologist who joined NPCA in November 2015. He writes and edits online content for NPCA and serves as associate editor of National Parks magazine.
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Pam Wilson Pam and her team work with charitable foundations across the country to develop funding relationships to support NPCA's work and align with funders priorities for meaningful investments.
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Pamela Goddard Pamela Goddard, Director of NPCA's Chesapeake and Virginia Programs, joined NPCA in 2011 to engage park advocates and decision-makers in the Mid-Atlantic in support of strong park policies. When not busy with this mission, you might find her hanging out with her family outdoors or at hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
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Paul Balle Paul is the Regional Director of Development for the Northwest and Northern Rockies regions. He is based in Seattle.
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Pamela Kemper Pam Kemper joined the Government Affairs team at NPCA as Senior Coordinator in a temporary capacity in March 2014. After “test driving” the position she stepped into the role as a full-time employee.
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Rachel Caldwell Rachel brings a background in natural resources conflict resolution and experience facilitating multi-party processes relating to intractable land and wildlife management conflicts in the Northern Rockies.
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Rachel Mentzer Rachel Mentzer is the Associate Director of Special Events at NPCA. Based in the headquarters office in Washington, D.C., Rachel focuses on creating and implementing an overall vision for NPCA’s events.
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Rob Smith Rob serves as the Regional Director of NPCA's Northwest Regional Office in Seattle, Washington. Rob’s environmental work has included work on land and wildlife protection, climate change, and air quality through lobbying officials and organizing local support for conservation measures.
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Ron Sundergill Ron joined NPCA in 2005. He is the Senior Regional Director for the Pacific office, overseeing the work of the regional office and its four field offices.
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Rona Marech A longtime journalist, Rona Marech joined NPCA in 2014. She is the editor-in-chief of National Parks magazine.
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Ryan Valdez, Ph.D. Ryan Valdez serves as the Senior Manager for Conservation Science & Policy for National Parks Conservation Association. He facilitates the application of multidisciplinary science focused on air/climate, energy, landscapes, water and wildlife toward conservation strategies helping to protect US national parks.
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Sarah Gaines Barmeyer Sarah Barmeyer is senior managing director for NPCA’s Conservation Programs where she coordinates priority initiatives for water restoration, landscape conservation, wildlife, and clean air.
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Sarah Lundstrum Sarah joined NPCA in 2012 as the Glacier Field Representative in Whitefish, Montana. Her work is focused in and around Glacier National Park with an emphasis on community organizing throughout the Crown of the Continent.
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Shane Farnor As online advocacy manager, Shane provides NPCA members and supporters opportunities to take online actions for our national parks. He is based in Joshua Tree, California, and has been with NPCA since 2004.
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Shareeka Spooner Shareeka officially joined NPCA in June 2016 as the Senior Coordinator for the Pacific office. She manages and implements the administrative needs of the region’s staff and assists with specific program functions.
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Sharon Davis Sharon joined NPCA's Mid-Atlantic team in 2017.
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Sharon Mader Sharon joined NPCA in July 2007. She works as a Senior Program Manager in the Northern Rockies region, advocating for the protection of Grand Teton’s outstanding natural and historic resources, and promoting NPCA’s national strategic priorities in Wyoming.
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Stephanie Adams Stephanie joined NPCA in the summer of 2013 as the Yellowstone Wildlife Fellow and is now the Yellowstone Program Manager in the Northern Rockies region.
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Stephanie Heidbreder Stephanie joined NPCA in January 2016 as the Chesapeake Field Representative for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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Stephanie Kodish Stephanie Kodish leads NPCA's effort to protect national park resources, visitors and neighboring communities from air and climate pollution.
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Suzanne Dixon The Senior Regional Director for the Texas office, Suz oversees NPCA's programmatic work in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Timothy Leonard Timothy joined NPCA in 2014 as Regional Coordinator for NPCA's Northeast Regional Office.
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Todd Christopher Todd guides NPCA's content strategy and leads the team that produces our website and magazine. He is also the author of The Green Hour: A Daily Dose of Nature for Happier, Healthier, Smarter Kids.
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Tracy Kramer Tracy is proud to bring twenty years of experience in non-profit marketing and development to her work as Outreach Manager for the Southeast Regional Office.
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Ulla-Britt Reeves Ulla serves as NPCA’s Clean Air Campaign Manager working across the country to galvanize support to strengthen clean air rules to protect national parks.
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Vanessa Mazal Vanessa is the Colorado Senior Program Manager for the Southwest Regional Office and can often be found traipsing through the diverse and beautiful parks of this state.
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Victoria Herrin Victoria joined NPCA in 2012 to work on establishing a new park unit in southeastern Texas, the Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area. She is now the Campaign Director for our Texas Gulf Coast work.
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Vonda M. Harrison Vonda officially joined NPCA in 2016. In her role as Gift Planning Manager, her focus will be on building stronger relations with our Mather Legacy Society members, as well as assisting with marketing efforts to promote bequest and charitable gift annuities to our members.
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Alison Zemanski Heis Alison Zemanski Heis joined NPCA in 2010 and leads media outreach and communications for the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Sun Coast regions as well as NPCA's national water work.
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Amy Hagovsky As Vice President of Communications, Amy Hagovsky leads NPCA’s media and outreach efforts including earned media, social media and online advocacy.
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Eric Bontrager Eric Bontrager leads communications outreach for NPCA's government affairs, clean air, energy, transportation, and veterans campaigns.
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Kati Schmidt Kati Schmidt is based in Oakland, CA, and leads media outreach and communications for the Pacific, Northwest, Northern Rockies, Alaska, and Southwest regions, along with NPCA's national wildlife initiatives.
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Alan Spears Alan joined NPCA in 1999 and is currently the Director of Cultural Resources in the Government Affairs department. He serves as NPCA's resident historian and cultural resources expert. Alan is the only staff person to ever be rescued from a tidal marsh by a Park Police helicopter.
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Ani Kame’enui Ani Kame’enui is the Director of Legislation and Policy for the Government Affairs team and responsible for managing NPCA's policy portfolio across a range of park issues. She comes to NPCA with a background in geology, water resources engineering, and a love for natural resource science and policy.
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Chad Lord Chad Lord serves as the Senior Director for NPCA's Waters program. The program focuses on protecting and restoring America’s greatest natural treasures--large-scale aquatic ecosystems--surrounding national parks.
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Christina Hazard Christina Hazard joined NPCA in 2006 and is the Senior Manager of Policy Information for the Government Affairs team.
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Emily Douce As the Director of Budget & Appropriations for the Government Affairs team, Emily Douce researches and advocates for additional funding for the national parks, both through appropriations and supplementary sources.
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John Garder John Garder is Senior Director of Budget & Appropriations at NPCA. He is a budget analyst and researcher who advocates for more adequate funding for national parks to diverse audiences, including Congress, the White House, and the Department of the Interior.
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Kristen Brengel As the Vice President of Government Affairs, Kristen Brengel leads staff on public lands conservation, natural and cultural resource issues, and park funding. Kristen is responsible for implementing our legislative strategies and working with the administration.
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Laura Loomis Laura Loomis joined the Government Affairs staff of NPCA in 1976 and is currently the department's Deputy Vice President.
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Natalie Levine Natalie Levine joined the Government Affairs team at NPCA in 2013. In her current role as Program Manager, she works on a variety of topics including visitor use, recreation, natural resources, congressional engagement, and legislative policy and strategy.
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Pamela Kemper Pam Kemper joined the Government Affairs team at NPCA as Senior Coordinator in a temporary capacity in March 2014. After “test driving” the position she stepped into the role as a full-time employee.