Sonoma State University

Kerry Wininger

Director

Kerry Winninger
Kerry Wininger
she/her

Contact

w: 707-664-4056
[email protected]

Office

Salazar 1042

Kerry has served as CEI's Director since July of 2025. Following her previous role as Educational Outreach & Program Development Lead for The Center, she continues to collaborate with community leaders in government, non-profit, education, and business to bring environmental challenges they're facing into the academic space across all disciplines, and lead our Education into Action efforts for community-engaged research and creative inquiry projects. She believes that a diverse, engaged community is crucial to addressing environmental challenges, and strives to foster inclusivity, such as through prioritizing accessible events, supporting a Bilingual Educator Student Assistant to infuse Spanish language into events and resources, and by collaborating with partners from a wide variety of backgrounds.

With undergraduate degrees from UC Berkeley in both Integrative Biology and Theater, and a Master of Science in Biology from SSU, Kerry values the role each side of our brains plays in this pursuit. She has worked with various environmental organizations as a researcher, educator, developer, and naturalist. She is a passionate communicator, presenting research at international conferences and in scientific journals, and working with the media. She also serves as a board member for The Organization for Biological Field Stations, Secretary for California Native Plant Society’s Milo Baker Chapter, "Live from the Field" Coordinator for The Virtual Field, and Advisor to the North Bay Science Discovery Day.

Sonoma State University acknowledges the Coast Miwok, Central and Southern Pomo, and the Wappo as the traditional stewards of our preserved lands. Let it be acknowledged that the Sonoma State University campus is located within the traditional homelands of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Sonoma State offers deep gratitude to the original stewards of this land and recognizes its immense historical, spiritual, and personal significance to the Native nations and peoples of this region.

Sonoma State University reconoce a los Miwok de la costa (Coast Miwok), los Pomo del centro y del sur (Central and Southern Pomo), y los Wappo como los guardianes tradicionales de nuestros terrenos preservados. Cabe destacar que el campus de Sonoma State University está ubicado dentro de las tierras tradicionales de los Indios Federados de Graton Rancheria (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria). Sonoma State expresa su profunda gratitud a los guardianes originales de esta tierra y reconoce el inmenso significado histórico, espiritual, y personal a las naciones y pueblos indígenas de esta región.