Program Staff & Advisory Board
Erika Zavaleta
Former Faculty Co-Director
HHMI Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz
Justin A. Cummings
Former Founding UCSC DDCSP Director Emeritus
Mayor of Santa Cruz
Daniel Hernández
Former Guest Faculty
Professor of Biology at Carleton College
Abraham Borker
Former Faculty Co-Director
Assistant Teaching Professorof Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz
Advisory Board
Mary Adelzadeh
First Nations Development Institute
Melanie Allen
Les Jardins Chez Marlène, Benin Africa
Mark Carr
UC Santa Cruz
Gabriella Chavarria
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
Richard Cudney
Gage Dayton
UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves System
Bernie Tershy
UC Santa Cruz
Scott Edwards
Harvard University
John Carlos Garza
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kristy Kroeker
UC Santa Cruz
Ana Luz Porzecanski
American Museum of Natural History
Chris Schell
UC Berkeley
Jennifer Sokolove
Water Foundation