Who We Are

Meet Our Team

The Center for Large Landscape Conservation is inspired and led by a team of professionals with heart. We bring our expertise and experience to the cause in support of good science and government, on-the-ground practice, and network building.

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Gary Tabor

President

Melly Reuling

VP for Conservation Programs

Deb Kmon Davidson

VP for Conservation Operations

Rob Ament

Senior Conservationist

Tyler Creech

Spatial Ecologist

Elizabeth Fairbank

Road Ecologist

Kendra Hoff

Conservation Program Coordinator

Aaron Laur

International Connectivity Program Manager

Jonathan Peterson

NLC Catalyst Fund Manager

Katie Pidgeon

Operations & Finance Manager

Emma Spence

Wildlife Corridor Field Lab Manager

Zachary Wurtzebach

Corridors & Crossings Program Director

Gabriel Oppler

Conservation Associate

Hannah Feltis

Administrative Assistant

Meg Desmond

Conservation Associate

Anna Wearn

Director of Government Affairs

Terry Tatsey

Senior Advisor

Melissa Butynski

Conservation Coordinator

Grace Stonecipher

International Program Coordinator & Geospatial Analyst

Christine Gianas Weinheimer

Communications Manager

Rebecca Watters

Conservation Outreach Coordinator

Braden Hance

Conservation Associate

Kat Lyons

Conservation Project Coordinator

Sarah Music

Development Manager

Amrita Neelakantan

Conservation Scientist

Kylie Paul

Road Ecologist

Annika Keeley

Senior Conservation Scientist

Megan Parker

Project Director

Mary Collins

International Program Conservation Associate

Laurel Angell

Senior Policy Advisor
Bozeman, MT

Paul Beier

Conservation Research Fellow
Wildlife Corridor’s Gene Flow Study
Regents’ Professor of Conservation Biology
School of Forestry
Northern Arizona University

Patrick Bixler

Conservation Research Fellow
Governance Strategy for Sagebrush Conservation
Assistant Professor of Practice
School of Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin

Anthony Clevenger

Transportation Ecologist
Building a Foundation for Linear Infrastructure Safeguards in Asia
Lead Coordinator
IUCN WCPA-CCSG Latin American and Caribbean Transport Working Group
Harvie Heights, Canada

Peggy Eby

Wildlife Ecologist Consultant
Dynamics of Zoonotic Systems: Human-bat-pathogen interactions
Centre for Ecosystem Science
University of New South Wales, Sydney

Andrew Gregory

Conservation Science Fellow
Assistant Professor of Spatial Ecology
School of Earth, Environment and Society
Bowling Green State University, Ohio

Katie Ireland

Conservation Science Fellow
Bozeman, MT

Marcelo Gonçalves de Lima

Conservation Research Fellow
IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group – Brazil Lead
Biodiversity Manager, Forests
CDP
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jamie K. Reaser, PhD

Consulting Senior Advisor
Stanardsville, Virginia

Tatjana Rosen

Conservation Science Fellow for Central Asia
Conservation Adviser
Caucasus Nature Fund
Technical Adviser
UNEP Vanishing Treasures Project

Barbara Lausche

Conservation Law and Policy Fellow
Chair
IUCN WCPA-CCSG Marine Connectivity Working Group
Director
Marine Policy Institute, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium
Sarasota, Florida

Rafael Antelo Albertos

Coordinator, Wildlife Connect Initiative Peru/Columbia

Jessica DiCarlo, PhD

Geographer
Chevalier Junior Chair and Postdoctoral Fellow in Transportation and Development in China
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
University of British Columbia

Robert Kieval, Chairman

President, Diligence Matters, LLC
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Victoria Mars, Vice Chairman

Board Member, Mars Incorporated
West Chester, Pennsylvania

Douglas Foy, Treasurer

Founder & CEO, Serrafix Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts

Mary C. Pearl, Secretary

Dean, Macaulay Honors College

New York, NY

Vicky Collins

President, Land Preservation Trust
Reisterstown, Maryland

Michael Hankin

President & CEO, Brown Advisory
Baltimore, Maryland

Martin S. Kaplan

Retired Partner, WilmerHale
New York, New York

Thomas McHenry

Retired President & Dean,
Vermont Law School
Pasadena, California

Cynthia McVay

Writer & Artist, Field Farm
Ulster Park, New York

Meg O’Leary

Founder, M2O Group
Big Sky, Montana

Mamie A. Parker

Founder, Ma Parker and Associates
Dulles, Virginia

Rick West

Recent Past President & CEO,
Autry Museum of the American West
Los Angeles, California

Rick Weyerhauser

Senior Natural Resource Strategist,
Sonen Capital
Cambridge, Massachusetts