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Leadership Team

Stephanie Carlson headshot

Stephanie Carlson

Faculty Co-Director
A.S. Leopold Chair in Wildlife Biology
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Arthur Middleton

Arthur Middleton

Faculty Co-Director
Goertz Professor of Wildlife Management
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Madhavi Colton

Madhavi Colton

Executive Director
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Isa Woo

Isa Woo

Deputy Director
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Staff

Kristin Barker

Kristin Barker

Program Director,
Beyond Yellowstone Living Lab
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Sean McMahon

Sean McMahon

Wildlife Group Program Manager
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Tucker Russell

Tucker Russell

Tribal Liasion
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Suzanne Spencer

Suzanne Spencer

Communications Manager
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Postdoctoral Researchers & Graduate Student Fellows

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis

Working Lands Postdoctoral Fellow
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Raphaela Buzbee

Raphaela Buzbee

Graduate Student Scholar
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Amy Fingerle

Amy Fingerle

Graduate Student Scholar
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Distinguished & Visiting Scholars

Robert Bonnie

Robert Bonnie

Distinguished Scholar
Former Undersecretary, United States Department of Agriculture
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Dr. Sharon Zou headshot

Dr. Sharon Zou

Visiting Scholar
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Affiliates

Welcome David Harmon, new Stone Center Affiliate - Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship

David Harmon

Managing Co-Editor, Parks Stewardship Program
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Advisory Group

Our Advisory Group comprises funders, agencies, faculty, and partners. Advisors share expertise with our staff and faculty, help us reach new partners, audiences, and funders, and identify and evaluate opportunities for growth. They include:

  • David Ackerly, Professor and Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources
  • Sylvia Bierhuis, Executive Director, Foundation Relations and Corporate Philanthropy
  • Robert Bonnie, Distinguished Scholar, Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship
  • Justin Brashares, Professor and G.R. & W.M. Goertz Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
  • Bob Golledge, Principal, Golledge Strategies & Special Advisor to the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation
  • Jon Jarvis, Former Director of the National Park Service
  • Nick Lapham, President and Treasurer, BAND Foundation
  • Mary Power, Professor Emeriti, Integrative Biology, and Faculty Manager of the Angelo Coast Range Reserve
  • Cathy Stone, President, the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation
  • Kevin Washburn, Professor of Law

UC Berkeley Faculty Partners

The following UC Berkeley faculty members are collaborating with the Stone Center on specific projects, including the American Keystones initiative, Wildlife Seminar Series, graduate student courses, and the Conservation Roadmap:

  • Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa, Assistant Professor of Conservation Science, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
  • Justin Brashares, Professor and G.R. & W.M. Goertz Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
  • Holly Doremus, Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Research & James H. House and and Hiram H. Hurd Professor of Environmental Regulation, UC Berkeley Law
  • Jason Springarn-Koff, Professor of Journalism and Knight Chair of Climate Journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism