Leadership

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Throughout its history, NatureBridge has benefited from extraordinary leadership. From our Board of Directors to our environmental science educators, the entire organization is comprised of leaders in their fields who are strongly committed to our mission.

Board of Directors

Ian Yolles, Chair
Carroll C. Yandell, Vice Chair
Brad C. O’Brien, Treasurer
Tracy Thompson, Secretary
Vera Michalchik, Ph.D., Vice Chair for Education
Dan Abrams
Ananda Baron
Matthew A. Baxter, Jr. 
Susan S. Boren
Angela Chen
Sophia Danenberg
Raoul Goff
James F. Hamill
Robert J. Holmes
Thomas C. Kiernan
Jenny Koehler
Kevin T. Newman, Ph.D.
Colin le Duc
Allan J. Prager
Nicole J. Sheehan
Walter Sive
Ben Steele
Liz Valentine

Board Emeritus 
Valerie E. Anders
Garry Brewer, Ph.D.
Linda Brownstein
David "Jay" Flood
Stephen H. Lockhart, M.D., Ph.D. 
Jack Walston

National Park Service Liaison
Martha J. Lee, Deputy Regional Director, Pacific West Region

Regional Boards

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    James F. Hamill, Chair
    Darrin D. Gambelin, Esq., Vice Chair
    Denys K. Duffy, Treasurer
    Stephanie Yu, Secretary
    Matthew A. Baxter, Jr.
    Nancy Dyar
    Monte S. Meyers
    Emily Pimentel
    Adam Pisoni
    Allan J. Prager
    Stuart Ralston
    William W. Thompson
    James S. Titus

    National Park Service Liaison
    Michael T. Reynolds, Superintendent, Yosemite National Park
     

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    Alan F. Krepack, Ph.D., Chair
    Randall E. Reynoso, Vice Chair
    Anne Baxter
    Michael Douroux
    Greg Haddock
    Courtney Hemphill
    Carroll C. Yandell
    Jack Lapidos
    Gretchen LeBuhn, Ph.D.
    Debra Maltenfort, M.D.
    Diane Neal
    Steven Nelson
    Jordan O’Brien
    Christopher Plante
    Mary Poland
    Jennifer Scott
    Ben R. Toland
    Ivy Archer Winters

    Board Emeritus
    Wilford H. Welch

    National Park Service Liaison
    Laura Joss, Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
     

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    Walter Sive, Chair & Treasurer
    Dipa N. Sudra, Secretary
    Laura J. Bailey
    Eric Christensen
    Jeffrey Cook
    Todd Cota
    Jon Evans
    Rebecca Gates
    Valentin Grasparil
    Shawn Harmon
    Ondraus Jenkins
    Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
    Chuck Ritter
    Craig Smith
    Diane Undi-Haga
    Ed Zuckerman

    Emeritus
    Valerie Anders, Board Chair Emeritus
    Greg M. Moga, III

    National Park Service Liaison
    Sarah Creachbaum, Superintendent, Olympic National Park

    Science Liaison
    Jeff Duda, U.S. Geological Survey

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    Kevin T. Newman, Ph.D., Chair
    Chad Barron
    Aaron Bendikson
    Anna Berzins Forkner
    Seth F. Gilman
    Geoffrey C. Given
    Perry Hollowell
    Christopher A. Joseph
    Rachael L. Klein
    Bonnie Solmssen

    National Park Service Liaisons
    David Szymanski, Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    Ethan McKinley, Acting Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park

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    Thomas C. Kiernan, Chair
    Neil M. Goodman
    Reginald “Flip” Hagood
    Lisa K. Holmes
    Thomas Destry Jarvis
    Leib Kaminsky
    Alexander Rose-Henig
    Catherine Scott
    Barbara Semedo
    Laura Sigman, M.D.

    National Park Service Liaison
    Tanya M. Gossett, Superintendent, Prince William Forest Park
     

Education Advisory Council

Nicole M. Ardoin, Ph.D., Chair
Vera Michalchik, Ph.D., Board Liaison
Robert B. Blair, Ph.D.
Daniel C. Edelson, Ph.D.
Mary L. Kiely, Ph.D.
W. Andrew Marcus, Ph.D.
Sonia Ortega, Ph.D.

Senior Leadership Team

Phillip Kilbridge, President & CEO
Aaron Rich, Chief Development Officer
Galen Quaring, Chief Financial Officer
Judy Lin, Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Streufert, Vice President of Education & Pacific Northwest Regional Director
Kristina Rylands, Yosemite Regional Director
Fred Brill, Golden Gate Regional Director
Melissa Johnson, Southern California Regional Director
Autumn Saxton-Ross, Ph.D., Mid-Atlantic Regional Director