Who We Are
Co-chairs Drs. David Ackerly, Dean of UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources and Lisa Micheli of Pepperwood’s Dwight Center for Conservation Science lead a team of hydrologists, biologists and conservation planners from multiple University of California campuses, United States Geological Survey (USGS), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Sonoma State University (SSU), Stanford University, California Academy of Sciences, Point Blue Conservation Science, the Creekside Center for Earth Observation, and with support from the National Science Foundation. TBC3 and its members are active participants in the new California Biodiversity Network supporting Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-82-20. Meet some of our core members.
TBC3 Steering Committee
- David Ackerly, TBC3 Co-chair – UC Berkeley (dackerly@berkeley.edu)
- Lisa Micheli, TBC3 Co-chair – Pepperwood (lmicheli@pepperwoodpreserve.org)
- Tosha Comendant – Pepperwood (tcomendant@pepperwoodpreserve.org)
- Alan Flint – USGS California Water Science Center (aflint@usgs.gov)
- Lorraine Flint – USGS California Water Science Center (lflint@usgs.gov)
- Lisa Bentley – Sonoma State University (lisa.bentley@sonoma.edu)
- Matthew Clark – Sonoma State University (matthew.clark@sonoma.edu)
- Adina Merenlender – UC Berkeley (adinam@berkeley.edu)
- Alicia Torregrosa – USGS Menlo Park (atorregrosa@usgs.gov)
- Sam Veloz – Point Blue Conservation Science (sveloz@pointblue.org)
- Stuart Weiss – Creekside Center for Earth Observation (stu@creeksidescience.com)
- Max Moritz – UC Santa Barbara (mmoritz@bren.ucsb.edu)
- James Thorne – UC Davis (jhthorne@ucdavis.edu)
- Christina Sloop – CA Department of Fish & Wildlife (christina.sloop@wildlife.ca.gov)
TBC3 Research Affiliates
- Ryan Ferrell – Pepperwood (rferrell@pepperwoodpreserve.org)
- Michelle Halbur – Pepperwood (mhalbur@pepperwoodpreserve.org)
- Devyn Friedfel – Pepperwood (dfriedfel@pepperwoodpreserve.org)
- Meagan Oldfather – UC Berkeley (meagan.oldfather@colorado.
edu) - Prahlada Papper – UC Berkeley (prahlada@berkeley.edu)
- Melina Kozanitas – UC Berkeley (melinak@berkeley.edu)
- Rachel Olliff Yang – UC Berkeley (rlolliff@berkeley.edu)
- Michelle Stern – USGS (mstern@usgs.gov)
- Arthur Dawson – Baseline Consulting (baseline@vom.com)
- Mark Tukman – Tukman Geospatial (mark@tukmangeospatial.net)
- Dave Marvin – SALO AI (dave@salo.ai)