Our Boards of Directors
and Advisors
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Board of Directors
Nancy Orr, Treasurer
Nancy learned to love nature at her family's cabin on a wooded lake in Nebraska, and in the Nebraska Sand Hills, where she spent much time on her grandparent's farm.…
Rob Schell
Rob Schell is a wildlife biologist with more than 15 years in the environmental consulting industry. Rob is currently the Wildlife Practice Lead at WRA, Inc., and is based in…
Scott Trageser, Executive Director & President
From catching butterflies by age 2 to discovering new species by age 22, Scott has found his calling as a conservationist, researcher, and award-winning photographer and has dedicated his life…
Board of Advisors
Devin Edmonds
Devin is a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to graduate school, he served as the Program Manager for the Lemur Conservation Foundation, a position he…
Michael Graziano
Mike earned his Ph.D. in ecology from The Ohio State University studying how shifts in dominant plant communities as a result of climate change, lack of disturbance, and invasive species…
Candace M. Hansen-Hendrikx
Candace is a spokeswoman for underappreciated species who holds degrees in Geography, Anthropology and Geographic Information Systems and is also the Director of Communications and Partnerships for the Amphibian Survival…
Ryan Lynch
Ryan received his MS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Florida working on site occupancy models to monitor Anuran populations in the Florida Everglades. During the seven years Ryan…
Paul Maier
Paul earned his Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from UC Riverside and San Diego State, studying the evolutionary past, present, and future of Yosemite toads in California. He has a passion…
Gregory McNamee
Gregory McNamee is a writer, journalist, editor, photographer, and publisher. He is the author or title-page editor of forty books and author of more than 7,500 periodical pieces, including articles,…
Bob Orenstein
Bob is a retired intellectual property attorney and engineer who relocated to Tucson after a 27 year career at General Electric, having worked across a broad spectrum of projects related…
Brian Ravizza
Brian has a long history with The Biodiversity Group. In addition to participating in field studies, he has coordinated and facilitated expeditions to study sites in Ecuador. He has also…