Management Board

The SJV Management Board maintains leadership, resources, and support to accomplish strategic organizational goals and objectives. The Board comprises binational representatives from each state in the SJV region. Members of the Board include representatives from federal and state agencies, corporations, and non-profit conservation organizations, as well as private citizens interested in the conservation of birds and their habitats within the boundaries of the SJV. Contact Jennie Duberstein to learn more about the board or how to become involved.

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Francisco Abarca 
International and Borderlands Program Manager, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Clare Aslan
Assistant Research Professor, Northern Arizona University

Humberto Berlanga García
NABCI Coordinator, Mexico, CONABIO

Greg Butcher 
Migratory Bird Program Coordinator, USDA Forest Service International Programs

Gustavo Danemann
Executive Director, Pronatura Noroeste

Horacio de la Cueva 
Research Scientist, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)

Ana Luisa Figueroa
Director, NW Mexico Region, CONANP; Director, APFF Islas del Golfo de California; Director, RB Isla San Pedro Mártir

Jeffrey Fleming
Deputy Regional Director, USFWS Region 2

Mónica Franco Ortiz
Mexico Director, WILDCOAST

Geoff Geupel 
Director, Strategic Partnerships, Point Blue Conservation Science

Emma Havstad
Southern California Ecologist, River Partners

Leslie Hay
Regional Wildlife Program Leader, U.S. Forest Service

Jonathan Hayes
Executive Director, Audubon Southwest

Sallie Hejl
Research Coordinator, Desert Southwest CESU, National Park Service

Junko Hoshi
Conservation Planner, Science Institute, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Elroy Masters – Vice Chair
Fish and Wildlife Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office

Lorayne Meltzer
Executive Director, Prescott College’s Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies

Federico Méndez Sánchez – Chair
Executive Director, Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C.

Pamela Nagler
Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Sonoran Desert Research Station

Eduardo Palacios
Research Scientist, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)

Arvind Panjabi
Director of International Programs, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 

Aimee Roberson
Southwest Regional Director, American Bird Conservancy

Ignacio Vilchis
Associate Director, Applied Animal Ecology, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

James Weigand
Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management, California State Office