Mark Anderson is director of conservation science for The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern U.S. Region. He provides science leadership, ecological analysis, and landscape assessments for conservation efforts across twenty-two eastern states. He holds a doctorate in ecology from University of New Hampshire and has published widely on climate change resilience, large landscape conservation, biodiversity and forest […]

Jeff Appel is a practicing attorney in Salt Lake City. He is also a member of the board of directors of a land trust, and has extensive experience with both water rights and conservation easements.

Guille Barbosa, executive projects manager at Big Sur Land Trust helped develop, implement and track the organization’s first IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access) Plan. Guille is involved with community engagement outside of the Land Trust’s traditional region and forms part of the City of Salinas Master Plan Steering Committee to advocate for more parks […]