Our Team
Core Team
San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Natasha Daniels
Senior Environmental Planner
Caitlin Sweeney
Director
Alex Thomsen
Environmental Scientist
Alexis Gabriel
Communications Manager
San Francisco Estuary Institute
April Robinson
Senior Scientist
Sacha Heath, PhD
Senior Scientist
Katie McKnight
Senior Design Manager & Environmental Scientist
Vanessa Lee
Web Designer & Associate Environmental Scientist
Laura Feinstein, PhD
Resilient Landscapes Program Director
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Luisa Valiela
Program Lead, San Francisco Bay Program
Dan Hossfeld
Environmental Protection Specialist
Delta Stewardship Council
Martina Koller
Program Manager, Delta Stewardship Council
Lisamarie Windham-Myers
Lead Scientist, Delta Science Program
Science Review Team
Lita Brydie
Grant Manager, Land Resource Protection
California Department of Conservation
Jay Sah, PhD
Research Professor
Florida International University, Institute for the Environment
Jim Hobbs, PhD
Research Associate
Joy Zedler, PhD
Professor Emeritus – Botany
University of Wisconsin
Karen Thorne, PhD
Research Ecologist
United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Contributing Scientists
Independent Contractor
Tina Swanson, PhD, Lead Scientist
Point Blue
Nadav Nur, PhD, Quantitative Ecology Program Director
Matthew Reiter, PhD, Research Director
Julian Wood, San Francisco Bay Program Leader
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
Nathan Van Schmidt, PhD, Science Director
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Ariella Chelsky, PhD, Senior Scientist
Jay Davis, PhD, Clean Water Program Director
Scott Dusterhoff, PhD, Program Managing Director & Senior Scientist
Kendall Harris, Associate Environmental Scientist
Cate Jaffe, Associate Environmental Scientist
Dan Killam, PhD, Environmental Scientist
Sam Safran, Consulting Ecologist
David Senn, PhD, Program Director
Emma Sevier, Environmental Analyst
Lydia Vaughn, PhD, Senior Scientist
San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Ben Botkin, Priority Conservation Area Grant Manager
Sasha Harris-Lovett, PhD, Lead Environmental Scientist
Miranda Melen, PhD, California Sea Grant State Fellow
Natalie Rossi, California Sea Grant State Fellow
University of California, Davis
Levi Lewis, PhD, Director – Otolith Geochemistry & Fish Ecology Laboratory
United States Geological Survey
Susan DeLa Cruz, PhD, Wildlife Biologist – Western Ecological Research Center
Laurie Hall, PhD, Biologist – Western Ecological Research Center
Tanya Graham, Biologist – Western Ecological Research Center
Website Design & Development
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Lorenzo Flores, Software Engineer
Jennifer Symonds, Environmental Analyst
Tony Hale, PhD, Program Director
Gemma Shusterman, Software Engineering Manager
Ruth Askevold, Senior Designer
Other Contributors
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Kendall Harris, Associate Environmental Scientist
Anthony Khalil, Senior Community Engagement Specialist
Jessie Kong, Stanford University Bill Lane Center Intern
Karen Verpeet, Managing Director
Special thanks to the Puget Sound Partnership for feedback and guidance.
Our Funders
Funding for this project has been provided in full or in part through an agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board. California’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund is capitalized through a variety of funding sources, including grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and state bond proceeds. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the foregoing, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
This material is based upon work supported by the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program, under Contract No. DSC23010.