LEADERSHIP

Ron Pulliam
Founder

Kurt Vaughn
Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Doug Smith
​President

Jose Manuel Perez
Board Member

Ann Gosline
Board Member

Lynn Davison 
Secretary

Ron Pulliam
Board Member

Laura Monti
​Board Member

Chuck Klingenstein​
Treasurer

Kate Tirion
Board Member

German Robles
Board Member

Valer Clark
Board Member

Roberto Contreras Navarro IV
Board Member

Cynthia Bower
Board Member

ADMINISTRATION
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Alexandria Hawkins
​Finance Manager

Brandon Doles
Bookkeeper

Sarah Taylor, CFRE
Development & Communications Director

Rocío La Pierre
Communications Specialist

Yari Cortez
​Grants and Contracts Administrator

NATIVE PLANT PROGRAM 

​Francesca Claverie
Native Plant Program Manager

Travis Gerckens
Farm & Maintenance Project Lead

Perin McNelis
Assistant Manager, Native Plant Program

Casey Jacobs
Horticulture Technician

Andrea Fleder
Horticulture Technician

EDUCATION PROGRAM

Denisse Ortega Lorona
​Education Director

Jordan Sene
Youth Education Program Coordinator

Caleb Weaver
​Youth Education Program Manager

Damien Carlos
Ṣu:dagī ‘O Wud Doakag Facilitator

Juliet Jivanti
Education Coordinator

WATERSHED & HABITAT RESTORATION

Tess Wagner
​​Restoration Program Manager 

Cholla Rose Nicoll
​Borderlands Wildlife Preserve Lead Technician

Zach Farley
Restoration Crew Leader

Nicole Luna
Watershed Restoration Technician

Eduardo Gracia
Field and Restoration Technician

2021 INTERNS

Anays Blanco
BRN Sonoran Intern

Arriana Ochoa
BECY Intern

Jorge Chacon
BRN Sonoran Intern

Sophia Lattanzio
Native Plant Program Intern

Duke Norton
BECY Intern

Sydney McCay
​Native Plant Program Intern