Archives for “People & Places”
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Staff spotlight: Victor Schwalm(he/him), Stewardship Technician
November 19, 2024
Victor most recently worked at Marin Water in partnership with Grizzlycorps, a UC Berkeley Americorps program. While there, he worked with the watershed department to coordinate volunteer programs including rare species monitoring, habitat restoration days and trail crew events. Before …
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Staff spotlight: Wald Zimmerman (they/he), Stewardship Technician
October 22, 2024
Born and raised in Sonoma County, Wald has a BA from San Francisco State University in Geography with a focus on Natural Resources Management and a minor in Biology. Since his graduation, Wald has explored his many interests professionally and …
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Staff spotlight: Samantha Delucchi (she/her), Administrative Aide
September 23, 2024
Meet the newest addition to our grants team, Samantha! She grew up in Sonoma County and attended the University of Portland where she earned degrees in Political Science and Spanish, with an emphasis in environmental studies. After spending a year …
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Staff spotlight: Eric Ross (he/him), GIS Analyst
August 26, 2024
Eric is coming to us from working in Sacramento as a Data Manager, primarily focused on a contract with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. In this capacity Eric developed tools for collecting data in the field, automated field data …
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Staff spotlight: Alex Young, Conservation GIS Coordinator
July 24, 2024
Alex grew up in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts and moved around the west before settling in Sonoma County nearly 20 years ago. Attending nature camps as a kid and spending much of his time outdoors hiking, biking, skiing, …
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Staff spotlight: Monica Delmartini, Stewardship Specialist
June 24, 2024
Monica grew up on California’s Central Coast and spent years living and working in the southern Sierra Nevada before moving to the North Bay Area more than a decade ago. Before joining Ag + Open Space, she worked for the …
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Staff spotlight: Mary Thayer, Executive Secretary
May 23, 2024
Mary is a California native who graduated from Madison High School in San Diego and attended college in San Bernardino and Sacramento before graduating with an AA degree from Santa Rosa Junior College. Mary now lives in Rohnert Park, and …
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Lorri Duckworth remembered
May 23, 2024
We at Ag + Open Space are profoundly saddened by the recent passing of long-time farmer and community advocate, Lorri Duckworth. As some of our most well-known easement landowners, Lorri, her husband Oscar, and their children have been inspirational in …
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Staff spotlight: Catherine Iantosca, Senior Stewardship Specialist
April 23, 2024
Catherine grew up in Santa Rosa and studied environmental science at Sonoma State and UC Santa Barbara. She has worked with Ag + Open Space for 6 years, originally as a Stewardship Technician and currently as a Senior Stewardship Specialist. …
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Staff spotlight: Olivia Fiori (she/her), Acquisition Specialist
March 27, 2024
Prior to working at Ag + Open Space, Olivia worked at The Conservation Fund for nearly 9 years, where she focused on sustainable timber harvesting, forest monitoring, wildlife management (including working with northern spotted owls), archaeological surveys, erosion control and …