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Staff Bios

Bob Wilson (interim ED) is active in a number of marine environmental organizations.  He is the former Chair of the FMSA board and is currently Treasurer and CFO.  He has been an active Beachwatch and SEALS volunteer.  He is on the GFNMS Sanctuary Advisory Council.  He is a director emeritus of The Marine Mammal Center, is currently Policy Liaison for TMMC and is an animal care volunteer.  Bob is also the Board Chair of Polar Bears International (US) and Vice Chair of PBI (Canada).  He is an attorney and retired from the Federal government.

Bob's Links: The Marine Mammal Center and Polar Bears International

 

Amy Dean.Amy Dean is the Education Manager for FMSA. She manages the student intertidal monitoring projects for the Sanctuary, leads teacher workshops, and develops curriculum for middle and high school students. Amy earned a Masters Degree in Marine Biology from San Francisco State University and has nine years of experience teaching environmental science to students of all ages.

Amy's Links: The Berneses Mountain Dog

 

Dru Devlin.Dru Devlin is a Research Associate for the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. She assists with the management of volunteers, surveys, data and quality control. Ms. Devlin has years experience developing and implementing marine and environmental education programs for adults and children and was the associate director for the Tarlton Institute for Marine Education. She earned both her Master's of Public and Business Administration, and B.A. in Social Ecology from the University of California at Irvine.

Dru's Links: Seafood Watch and Surfline Women

 

Shannon Lyday.Shannon Lyday is the Beach Watch Manager. She coordinates Beach Watch, a long-term monitoring program that utilizes the expertise of over 100 citizen scientists to collect data along the coast. Shannon started out with FMSA as the Education Specialist implementing the high school sandy beach and rocky intertidal monitoring programs. After graduating from the University of Colorado in Environmental Science she worked as a Wolf Project Intern for the Sierra Club and as a Marine Conservation Intern for the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) in the Florida Keys.

Shannon's Links: Kirkwood Snow Report and Tagging of Pacific Pelagic

 

Susanna beck

Susanna Beck is the Development Manager for FMSA. In 2001, Susanna graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.A. in History and minors in Environmental Studies and Critical Gender Studies. Susanna has been involved with several international development organizations around the globe and most recently comes from Maine where she worked with Sustainable Harvest International. As a Bay Area native, however, Susanna says it is good to be back home.

Susanna's Links: Sustainable Harvest International and World of Good

 

Sara HeintzelmanSara Heintzelman is the Education Specialist for FMSA. She facilitates the student intertidal monitoring projects, has a lead role in the management and instruction of SeaCamp as Camp Director, as well as assisting with teacher development and other education programs. Sara earned a BS in Ecology from UC San Diego and a Masters in Marine Science from UC Santa Barbara. Most recently, Sara taught nature education programs for WildCare in San Rafael and has been teaching environmental education programs for over five years.

Sara's Links: Wild Care and Oceans Live

 

Justin Holl Justin Holl is the Visitor Center Manager for FMSA. He manages the Sanctuary Visitor Center education programs, exhibits, and saltwater aquaria. Since graduating from Stanford University with a BS and Masters Degree in Earth Systems, Justin has worked as a Geologist studying coastal erosion for the USGS, as Publications Coordinator for Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and most recently as the Co-Coordinator of Outreach for Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, a marine research laboratory in central Chile.

 

Adrian SkajrAdrian Skaj is a native San Franciscan who graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Women's Studies and a Minor in Holistic Health. She is happy to use her administrative skills to support the fine work accomplished here at FMSA where she serves as the Finance Officer and Whale Watch trip coordinator. Adrian is also an Iyengar Yoga teacher and teaches at Yoga Garden, Iyengar Yoga Institute, YMCA, ClubOne and the USF Koret Center in San Francisco.

Adrian's Links:
 Iyengar Yoga Institute of SF, Vipassana Meditation andStation 46026 - 18NM West of SF

 

Pete WinchPeter Winch is the Visitor Center Naturalist and assists with the running of the visitor center and their educational program. He has a BS in Environmental Science from Plymouth University, England, and has a background as a scientist and as an educator.  He has studied seabirds in Alaska, Hawaii, Baja Mexico and Oregon for US Fish and Wildlife and The Island Ecology Group, and worked as a naturalist for Oceanic Society Expeditions on Whale Watching Trips off California for five years. A self confessed ocean addict, Peter surfs and dives, and is excited to be doing outreach and education for such a remarkable marine sanctuary.

Peter's Links: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Research Vessel Tiburon

 

rudyard

Rudyard Wallen is the accidental webmaster for the Farallones website. A high school drop-out, he cut classes to go exploring or to read at the library. Please contact him for questions, comments, email issues, or to send updates or suggestions. Rudyard's favorite things on the planet include Araceae, moss piglets and other critters, celestial and atmospheric phenomenon, cooking, traveling, little things, and tending his carnivorous plants (the newest from BACPS). All while stumbling through the art of living.

 

 

Stefan Marti is the editor of Upwelling and content manager of the Farallones website. He earned a MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Arts from the University of Alaska. In his free time, he likes to surf and hang out in his garden.

 

 

 

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