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Staff

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Center Staff

Andy Balestracci
Galbreath Logistics Manager
balestracc@sonoma.edu
Suzzane DeCoursey
Suzanne DeCoursey
Education Manager
decourse@sonoma.edu
Schulz 3050
Claudia Luke, PhD
Center Director, SSU Sustainability Programs Director
lukec@sonoma.edu
Schulz 3048
w: 707-664-3519 c: 707-536-8915
Cali Pearce
Preserves Manager
capearce@sonoma.edu
Salazar 1040
707.664.3501
Margot Rawlins
Margot Rawlins
Galbreath Program Coordinator
rawlinsm@sonoma.edu
Kerry Winninger
Kerry Wininger
Educational Outreach & Communications Lead
winingek@sonoma.edu
w: 707-664-4056
Julie Wittmann
Naturalist Education Specialist
julie.wittmann@sonoma.edu
707-888-9545

Student Employees

Student employees contribute significantly to Center operations. We would not be who we are without their ideas, enthusiasm and hard work.

Current Employees

  • Javier Ruelas-Topete, Marketing & Outreach Associate, 2024-present
  • Millie Strawn, Preserve Steward, 2024-present
  • Tessa Thompson, Preserve Steward and Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2024-present

Past Employees

  • Claudia Mayo, Marketing & Outreach Associate, 2022-2024
  • Chloe Winsemius, Education Assistant and Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2023-2024
  • Ellyse Cappellano, Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2021-2022
  • Quinn Concannon, Preserve Steward, 2020-2022
  • Zachary Duke, Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2021-2022
  • Emily Ledford, Copeland Creek Restoration Team Leader, Preserve Steward, 2020-2022
  • James Jackson, Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2021-2022
  • Melia Zimmerman, Preserve Steward, 2021-2024
  • Karsten Steinhorst, Virtual Field Technician, 2020-2023
  • Adrian Torti-Feener, Virtual Field Education Assistant, 2022-2023
  • Patrick Campbell, Marketing & Outreach Associate, 2022
  • Jason Hill, Sustainability Communications Assistant, 2022
  • Brieanne Forbes, Virtual Field Education Assistant, 2021-2022
  • Nicole Zellers, Marketing & Outreach Associate, 2021-2022
  • Olivia Hughes, Sustainability Communications Assistant, 2021
  • Amira Bailey, Marketing & Outreach Associate, 2021
  • Zach Landau, Preserve Steward, 2020-2021
  • Julia Crowley, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2020-2021
  • Savanna Thomas, Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2020-2021
  • Dillon Henderson, Copeland Creek Restoration Assistant, 2020
  • Kassandra Walker, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2020
  • Elif Myers, Sustainability Associate, 2020 
  • Sophia Pruden, Preserve Steward, 2020
  • Peter Forte, Preserve Steward, 2020
  • Kyle Page, Preserve Steward, 2019-2020
  • Julianne Bradbury, Teaching Associate, 2019-2020
  • Melanie Rodriguez, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2019-2020
  • John Pocklington, Preserve Steward, 2018-2020
  • Megan McGuire, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2019
  • Alessandra Phelan-Roberts, Teaching Associate, 2018-2019
  • Jaime Johnson, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2018-2019
  • Makayla Freed, Preserve Steward, 2017-2019
  • Taylor Moran, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2018
  • Dustin Howland, Teaching Associate, 2017-2018
  • Emily Rosa, Preserve Steward, 2017-2018
  • Alice Tennigkeit, Marketing & Communications Associate, 2017-2018
  • Maxwell Belote Broussard, Preserve Steward, 2017
  • Julie Wittmann, Teaching Associate, 2016- 2017
  • Manuel Hernandez, Preserve Steward, 2016-2017
  • Garrett Shipway, Preserve Steward, 2015-2016
  • Kerry Wininger, Teaching Associate, 2013-2016
  • Maya Hoholick, Preserve Steward, 2014-2015
  • Jeff Johnson, Preserve Steward, 2011-2012, 2014
  • Andrew McCrory, Preserve Steward, 2013
  • Zachary Beltz, Preserve Steward, 2012-2013
  • David Golden, Preserve Steward, 2012-2013
  • Dave Ness, Instructional Student Assistant, 2012-2013
  • Emmanuel Barra, Preserve Steward, 2012
  • Eliot Bilecki, Preserve Steward, 2011-2012
  • Danielle Martinez, Preserve Steward, 2010-2011
  • Jennifer Sloat, Preserve Steward,  2010-2011
  • Josh Stithem, Teaching Associate, 2009-2010
  • John Allison, Preserve Steward, 2009-2010
  • Connor Ross, Preserve Steward, 2009-2010