Our ecosystems experts


  • Ahlen, Jenny Director, Supply Chain, EDF+Business

    Areas of expertise: Green supply chain

    Office: Bentonville, Arkansas

  • Anderson, Katie Project Manager, Supply Chain

    Areas of expertise: Corporate sustainability strategy, agricultural supply chain sustainability, deforestation, nutrient efficiency

    Office: Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Archer, Audrey Habitat Exchange Program Specialist

    Areas of expertise: Landscape ecology, conservation planning, ecosystem services, habitat markets, geospatial analysis

    Office: Austin, Texas

  • Babbitt, Christina Manager, CA Groundwater Program

    Areas of expertise: Water resources management; water policy; groundwater management; adaptive management and resilience of impaired watersheds; institutional design and governance; social-ecological systems; strategic planning

    Office: San Francisco

  • Barcikowska, Monika Postdoctoral Scientist: Climate

    Areas of expertise: Global and regional climate change and variability; analysis of extreme climate and weather events (e.g. precipitation, drought, tropical and mid-latitude storms); climatic signal decomposition methods

    Office: New York City

  • Brodnax, Sara Senior Manager, Habitat Markets

    Areas of expertise: habitat markets, ecosystem services, agricultural sustainability, working lands, wildlife conservation, endangered species

  • Chapman, Karen Manager, Agriculture Sustainability

    Areas of expertise: nutrient loss, fertilizer management, supply chain solutions, endangered species, environmental justice

  • Cochran, Steve Associate Vice President, Coastal Protection

    Areas of expertise: Ecosystems, coastal protection, natural infrastructure, coastal resiliency, rivers and deltas

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Cunniff, Shannon Director, Coastal Resilience

    Areas of expertise: Ecosystems, coastal resilience, climate adaptation, natural infrastructure, rivers and deltas, water engineering

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Eagle, Alison Scientist, Sustainable Agriculture Program

    Areas of expertise: Nutrient cycling, crop production, soil science, ecosystem services, agricultural sustainability, climate change, land use, and natural resource economics.

    Office: Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Eideberg, Callie Senior Policy Manager, Ecosystems Sustainable Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Agriculture, conservation, policy and politics

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Ely, Cassandra Manager, Office of Chief Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, methane, natural gas local distribution, air quality, and geoengineering

    Office: San Francisco

  • Festa, David H. Senior Vice President, Ecosystems

    Areas of expertise: Ecosystem resilience, environmental markets, sustainable agriculture, food security, habitat exchanges, natural infrastructure, natural resources management and policy, recreational and commercial fishing

    Office: San Francisco

  • Friedman, Suzy Senior Director, Agricultural Sustainability

    Areas of expertise: environmental science and policy, nutrient use efficiency, agricultural sustainability, agricultural supply chains, USDA conservation programs, precision agriculture

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • García Briones, Ana Lucía Senior Specialist, CA Groundwater Program

    Areas of expertise: Water policy, research, community engagement and participatory decision making

    Office: San Francisco

  • Garza, Pablo California Political Director, Ecosystems

    Areas of expertise: Environmental and water policy, public funding, legislative process, political strategy

    Office: Sacramento, California

  • Gordon, Doria Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Invasive species risk assessment, biodiversity conservation, fire ecology, restoration ecology, ecosystem resilience

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Hall, Maurice Associate VP, Ecosystems – Water

    Areas of expertise: Water management, water policy, hydrology, water resources engineering, aquatic ecosystems, sustainable agriculture, irrigated agriculture, water quality, natural infrastructure, civil engineering

    Office: Sacramento, California

  • Hamburg, Steven Chief Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Systems ecology, Biogeochemistry, Climate change impacts, Forest ecology, Soils, C cycle

    Office: Boston

  • Hayden, Ann Senior Director, CA Habitat Exchange & Western Water

    Areas of expertise: environmental markets, riparian and wetland habitat, rivers and deltas

    Office: San Francisco