Media Contacts
Cat Lazaroff
Communications Director
(202)
772-3270
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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.
| Jeff Aardahl | California Representative |
| Alexandra Adams | Government Relations Associate |
| Pelayo Alvarez | California Rangeland Conservation Coalition Program Director |
| Caitlin Balch-Burnett | Colorado Outreach Representative |
| Joshua Basofin | California Representative |
| Mary Elizabeth Beetham | Director of Legislative Affairs |
| Judy Boshoven | Living Lands Project Manager |
| Rick Brown | Senior Resource Specialist |
| Juan Carlos Cantú | Manager, Mexico Programs |
| Frank Casey | Director, Conservation Economics Program |
| Richard Charter | Senior Policy Advisor for Marine Programs |
| Jamie Rappaport Clark | Executive Vice President |
| Matt Clark | Southwest Representative |
| Jim Curland | Marine Program Associate |
| Aimee Delach | Senior Program Associate |
| Kimberley Delfino | California Program Director |
| Amielle DeWan | Director of Conservation Planning |
| Robert Dewey | Vice President for Government Relations |
| Natalie Dubois | Conservation Planning Associate |
| Karla M. Dutton | Alaska Program Director |
| Theresa Fiorino | Alaska Representative |
| 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 |
| Wm. Robert Irvin | Senior Vice President for Conservation Programs |
| M. Scott Johnson | Arizona Senior Outreach Representative |
| Julie Kates | Refuge Associate, Federal Lands Program |
| Kassandra Kelly | Media Production Specialist |
| Caroline Kennedy | Senior Director of Field Conservation |
| Adam Kron | Staff Attorney |
| Gina L. LaRocco | Conservation Program Associate |
| Michael T. Leahy | Rocky Mountain Region Director |
| Marcia Lesky | Director of National Outreach |
| Caitlin Leutwiler | Communications Associate |
| Erin Lieberman | Federal Lands and Energy Associate |
| Jim Lyons | Senior Director, Renewable Energy |
| Laurie Ann Macdonald | Florida Program Director |
| Tim Male | Vice President of Conservation Policy |
| Noah Matson | Vice President for Climate Change and Natural Resources Adaptation |
| Shannon Miller | Florida Program Coordinator |
| Craig Miller | Southwest Representative |
| John Motsinger | Communications Associate |
| Peter Nelson | Director, Federal Lands Program |
| Sara O'Brien | Private Lands Conservation Associate |
| Jonathan Proctor | Rocky Mountain Region Representative |
| Sandra Young Purohit | Government Relations Associate |
| Jason C. Rylander | Staff Attorney |
| Eva Lee Sargent | Director Southwest Program |
| Rodger Schlickeisen | President and CEO |
| Michael Senatore | Vice President, Conservation Law |
| Suzanne Asha Stone | Northern Rockies Representative |
| Brendan Tate | Government Relations Associate |
| Bruce Taylor | Oregon Biodiversity Program Director |
| Jeremy Terhune | San Joaquin Valley Representative |
| Sara Vickerman | Senior Director, Biodiversity Partnerships |
| Sierra B. Weaver | Staff Attorney |
| Patricia A. White | Director, Habitat & Highways Campaign |
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