Our people and nature experts

  • Karr, Kendra
    Senior Scientist II, Ocean Research & Development

    Areas of expertise: Marine protected areas, ocean conservation, food systems, climate-resilient fisheries, data-limited scientific assessment (stocks and ecosystems) and adaptive management, ecosystem-based management, designing equitable management systems, effective governance for sustainable management, scaling successful solutions, designing behavioral science-based interventions for marine conservation problems

  • Kelso, Karly
    Director, Climate Resilient Food Systems

    Areas of expertise: Blue foods, food systems, Asia-Pacific, fishery management design, small-scale fisheries, rights-based management

  • Kleisner, Kristin
    Associate Vice President, Oceans Science

    Areas of expertise: Climate change and fisheries, bio-economic modeling, indicators of ocean health and fisheries status

  • Kodis, Maliʻo
    Manager, Partnerships, Climate Corps

    Areas of expertise: Developing emerging climate leaders, building corporate, public, and non-profit partnerships, corporate sustainability, strategic climate change mitigation and adaptation

  • Kuzdas, Christopher
    Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water management and governance; public policy; decision support; social-ecological systems; risk management; rural development and planning

  • Lavallee, Jocelyn
    Agricultural Soil Carbon Scientist

    Areas of expertise: soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, carbon sequestration, natural climate solutions

  • Lentz, Andrew
    Director of Federal Affairs, Agriculture Policy

    Areas of expertise: Agriculture and food policy, climate-smart agriculture, diversity, equity and inclusion, government relations, political strategy, international diplomacy, coalition building

  • Litsinger, Emilie
    Associate Vice President, Asia Pacific Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Program, catch shares, marine protected areas

  • Lovejoy, Michelle
    Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts & Watersheds North Carolina

    Areas of expertise: nonprofit management, landscape-scale conservation initiatives, innovative ecosystem services financing, collaborative partnership management, conservation leadership, local community engagement

  • McDow, Will
    Senior Director, Climate Resilient Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: environmental markets, mitigation policy, working lands conservation

  • McLaughlin, David
    Senior Economist

    Areas of expertise: Agricultural and Resource Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Econometrics, Causal Inference, Data Science

  • McLellan, Eileen
    Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Water quality, watershed protection and restoration, ecological resilience, land use planning, rural development, environmental policy

  • Miller, Valerie
    Director, Cuba Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Shark Conservation, Latin America & the Caribbean, Cooperative Resource Management

  • Mimikakis, John
    Vice President, Asia-Pacific Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Programs, catch shares

  • Monast, Maggie
    Senior Director, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Environmental economics and policy, agricultural finance and sustainability, agricultural supply chains

  • Moran, Kevin
    Associate Vice President, Regional Affairs

    Areas of expertise: Public policy, water law and management, coalitions, ballot campaigns and organizational leadership

  • Moritsch, Monica
    Blue Carbon Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Marine ecology, blue carbon ecosystems and coastal and marine climate resilience

  • Moroge, Mark
    Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions

    Areas of expertise: Climate change mitigation and adaptation; forest conservation, environmental policy, environmental markets, sustainable development, sustainability standards, corporate partnerships, coalition building.

  • Myatt, Mike
    Senior Director, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water policy, water governance, coalition building, strategic planning, groundwater management, stakeholder engagement.

  • Oldfield, Emily
    Agricultural Soil Carbon Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Soil organic matter, carbon sequestration, natural climate solutions