Kelly Sorenson
Executive Director
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Jane Thompson
Office Manager
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Cathy Hamilton
business support and design specialist
Meredith Evans
Communications and digital media coordinator​
Alena Porte
Education and Outreach ManageR
Mike Stake
Sr. Wildlife Biologist
ecological services
Derek Witmer

non-lead outreach specialist
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Tim Huntington
Architect | Senior Software Engineer | Wildlife photographer
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Joe Burnett
Sr. Wildlife Biologist
CALIFORNIA condor recovery program Manager​
Darren Gross
wildlife biologist
CALIFORNIA condor recovery program
Kara Fadden
wildlife biologist
CALIFORNIA condor recovery program
Danaé Mouton
wildlife biologist
CALIFORNIA condor recovery program
Yulissa Ochoa​
WELLNESS THROUGH NATURE Program Coordinator
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Cece Gutierrez​ 
 Community Bird School and nature Program Coordinator​
Graciela Rodriguez
North Monterey county program Coordinator
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Patricia Castellanos
East Salinas family nature Program Coordinator​​
Matea Meadows-Hills
teen watershed
​program coordinator
Marily Muñoz-Serrano
YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR​
Marci Greenberg
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Teacher and training programs lead
Fern De La Cruz-Reynoso

​​Instructor
Allison Fonti
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​Instructor
Navid Amarlou

​research intern
Brianna Gonzalez​
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Instructor
Alondra Gonzalez Gonzalez
Instructor
Makana Higa
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Instructor
Jocelyn Mendoza
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​​Instructor​
Emiliano Ortega Morales
Instructor
Sophie Poduska
Instructor
Luis Tapia​
Instructor
Julian Valencia
Instructor

   IN MEMORIAM

MIKE TYNER
WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
LAURA HUBRICH
membership
KATIE LANNON
EDUCATION
seasonal education staff
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