CNCC Chapter Leadership
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President: Genevieve Rozhon
Wildlife Biologist GHD 718 Third Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 267-2298 Genevieve Rozhon is Wildlife Biologist working for the international consulting company, GHD Inc. in Eureka, California. Her focus at GHD is endangered species, ornithology, habitat restoration, and environmental compliance. She has had the great opportunity to work all over the U.S. at wildlife sanctuaries, bird observatories, and federal and state wildlife organizations in Florida, Michigan, South Dakota, New York, Idaho, and California. Her particular area of expertise is raptor breeding, wintering, and migratory behavior. She received her B.S. in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology from U.C. Davis and completed her M.Sc. on the wintering behavior and habitat selection of Rough-legged Hawks in the western U.S. at Humboldt State University. In her free time, she enjoys camping, listening to mystery podcasts, traveling, and baking. She is excited to be leading the CNCC Chapter as President this year and looks forward to providing critical networking and workshop opportunities to North Coast wildlife professionals. |
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President Elect: Kate Howard
Partner Biologist Point Blue Conservation Science in partnership with Natural Resources Conservation Service 5630 S Broadway St Eureka, CA 95503 (707) 694-4853 www.pointblue.org Kate is a Partner Biologist with Point Blue Conservation Science in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. She received her B.S. from Humboldt State University in 2012 and her M.S. through Tarleton State University (TX) in 2015 studying Black-shouldered Kites in sugarcane fields of Swaziland as part of ecologically-based pest management. She spent her first three years as a Partner Biologist in the Yuba-Sutter community in the Sacramento Valley and is now happily back on the North Coast. She has a deep passion for working in her community to help land owners and managers improve ecological health on private lands. |
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Past-President: Sandra Hunt von Arb
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Secretary: Jennifer Olson
Jen Olson is an Environmental Scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Coastal Habitat Conservation Planning group. Her work primarily focuses on environmental review and permitting of projects in Humboldt, Del Norte, and western Trinity County pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Endangered Species Act. Prior to this position with CDFW, she worked on a variety of field research projects in the U.S and Canada, and later worked as a Research Associate for the Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit where she supervised field crews and data management for projects focused on life history variation in songbirds in the U.S, Venezuela, and Malaysian Borneo. Jen is originally from Minnesota and has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. In her free time she enjoys running, finding new places to go backpacking with her husband and her dog, and learning new things about new critters. She’s excited to get more involved with CNCC by serving on the board. |
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Treasurer: Greta Wengert
Dr. Greta Wengert is the Co-founder and Co-director of Integral Ecology Research Center, a non-governmental scientific research organization headquartered in Northwestern California. Greta earned her B.S. in Natural Resources at Cornell University, her M.S. in Wildlife Ecology at Humboldt State University, and her Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, and has over 20 years of ecological research experience throughout California, Nevada, and Oregon. Her research focuses on the relationships among forest vertebrates and how natural and human influences impact these relationships. Currently, Greta leads several research projects which concentrate on the direct and indirect environmental impacts from cannabis cultivation on wildlife populations and their ecosystems in the Western United States. She continues to collaborate with numerous law enforcement and natural resource agencies, and academics in the pursuit to better understand the broad impacts from illegal cannabis cultivation to human and wildlife communities, water resources, and people working in and using western public lands. She leads a growing citizen science program focusing on youth knowledge and appreciation of our natural communities. She is active in professional ecological societies, and is happy to serve as treasurer of the North Coast chapter of the Wildlife Society. |
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Section Representative: Elizabeth Meisman
Lizzi is currently a permanent Forest Science Technician for Humboldt Redwood Company. She’s a jill-of-all-trades in this position working in every department related to the company’s forest management: Wildlife, Forestry, Hydrology, and Geology. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Conservation Biology, with a minor in German Studies, from Humboldt State University in 2016. She has done research on habitat use of mesocarnivores, impacts of anthropogenic landscape change on osprey nesting success and nest site selection, and blood parasites in osprey nestlings. She is extremely active in her community and contributes to long-term monitoring in the local area through volunteering at the Humboldt Bay Bird Observatory. Being a big sister is deeply ingrained in her and she strives to help students and early-career professionals whenever possible, especially through her work on the Student Affairs, Diversity, and Professional Development Committees. Lizzi is passionate about raptor research and hopes to pursue a Master’s degree studying raptors in the near future. |
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Membership Coordinator: Marlen Richmond
Marlen is the Restoration Specialist for the County of Humboldt, working to restore some of Humboldt’s degraded rural areas. She also owns and operates Wild Dog Detection Services, providing canine scent detection teams for conservation projects. She earned her B.S. in Conservation Biology and Vertebrate Ecology from Humboldt State University in 2014. Her work has ranged from tracking kit fox movements in the Utah desert, to running sled dogs in southeast Alaska, and monitoring wind farm performance in central Illinois. When home, she can be found exploring trails with her dogs, paddleboarding our abundant waterways, and home brewing beer. |
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Student Rep. to Chapter: Lindsey Gordon Graduate Student – Humboldt State University
gypsywildlife.com Lindsey received her B.S. in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Biodiversity and Restoration at Northern Illinois University (NIU). Her research focuses on human caused ecological disturbances primarily on endangered amphibians and reptiles. After graduating NIU she assisted on a variety of amphibian and reptile research projects across the United States and Latin America. From working on the first captive breeding program for the critically endangered Hicatee turtle (Dermatemys mawii) in Belize to participating on a long-term monitoring research project and education program for the endangered loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), she has continued to gain skills and experiences that try to understand how humans influence the ectotherms of our planet. Currently, Lindsey is working as a wildlife biologist with Institute for Wildlife Studies while conducting her thesis work at Humboldt State. Her thesis focuses on how climate change and invasive species combine to influence the native Northern red-legged frog (Rana aurora) development and survival. This work will be conducted through an experimental design using large stock tanks and manipulating water levels and introducing the invasive bullfrog to analyze tadpole development. |
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Student Representative - Conservation Unlimited
Chris is a student at Humboldt State University and plans to graduate in 2021 with a major in Wildlife Biology and a minor in Geospatial Science. Before transferring to HSU, he received his A.S. in Natural Science from Santa Rosa Junior College. Most recently he worked an internship with California State Parks performing surveys for the Humboldt marten and Northern Spotted Owl. He has also worked with the Natural Resources Department of Sonoma County Regional Parks, and has enjoyed field work with Nevada State Parks and the Nevada Conservation Corps. Currently, Chris is a volunteer for California State Parks and also works on a fire ecology project involving lupine seed serotiny. Chris can usually be found photographing wildflowers and birds for citizen science projects. He hopes to utilize his position on the CNCC board to help fellow students gain field experience and make valuable connections with wildlife professionals. |