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(modified 31 May 2026; Note: personal email addresses have been removed for security reasons)
Nancy Accola   Plant enthusiast, Temecula
Parshu Acharya   Botanist/Senior Biologist, WRA, Inc.
Alli Adams   San Diego Botanic Garden
Rebekah Adams   Horticulture student, Cuyamaca College
Layla Aerne-Hains   Collections Manager, SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum
Hamad Ahmad   SDSU Alumnus
Sarah Albertson    
Karla Giselle Alcaraz   Environmental Science Associates
Doug Allen   Environmental Biologist III, City of San Diego
Robert (Bob) Allen   Author, photographer, plant and bug enthusiast
Sara Allen    
Mia Almanza    
Victoria Alvarez    
Rebecca Alvidrez   Biologist, City of San Diego; Certified Field Botanist, CNPS
Stacy Anderson   Research Coordinator, Native Plant Seed Bank, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
Jonathan Appelbaum   Restoration Ecologist at San Diego Canyonlands
Paulina Arellano    
Anna Arft   Education and Botany Departments, San Diego Natural History Museum
Kaysee Arrowsmith   Pollination Biology, University of Texas, Austin
Arsalan Azam   Plant enthusiast
Nusayr Azam   Plant enthusiast
James Bailey    
Jasmine Bakker   Environmental Consultant
Kathleen Balazs   Preserve Manager, Center for Natural Lands Management
Michelle Balk   Balk Biological, Inc.
Adrienne Ballwey   Amateur Botanist
Ashlyn Bahrychuk   Ecologist, AECOM, San Diego
Blake Bass   Lead Propagation Manager at Moosa Creek
Nathaniel Bazer    
Julia Bebout    
Kevin Belsky    
Xanthe Belsky    
Nuri Benet-Pierce   Research Associate, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego
Brenda Bennett   Biological Consulting
Noel Bennett   San Diego Botanic Garden
Eileen Berbeo   PhD student, California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA
Erin Bergman   Senior Biologist/Certified Arborist, DUDEK, Encinitas
Joseph A. Betzler   Senior Biologist / Botanist, AECOM, San Diego
Jennifer Blackbird    
Sierra Blaker   Collections Assistant, San Diego Natural History Museum; student UCSD
Elisabeth Boemark   Horticulturist, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido
Bianca Bonilla   Executive Director, Botanical Community Development Initiatives
Natalie Borchardt   Project biologist, Chambers Group Inc.
Angelia Bottiani    
Peter Bowler   Professor, University of California Irvine
Ryan Buck   Plant enthusiast, Graduate student San Diego State University
Jeremy Bugarchich   Curator, San Diego Botanic Garden
Amy Bulone   Horticulturist
Darren Burton   Senior Natural Resource Specialist at SDG&E
Darin Busby   Principal Biologist, Busby Biological Services, Inc.
Melissa Busby   Principal Biologist, Busby Biological Services, Inc.
Monica Bustamante   SciCon - RaMP program, San Diego Botanic Garden
Bob Byrnes   Amateur botanist, San Diego
Alonso González Cabello   Ecologist, AECOM, San Diego
Keoni Calantas   Rocks Biological Consulting
Andria Califf   Gardener, SDSU Herbarium Assistant
Kekoa Cantwell   Tribal Climate Resilience Specialist, San Diego Botanic Garden
Edgar Carrillo    
Sjana Carter    
Eduardo Charvel    
Tom Chester   Botanist, Fallbrook, CA
Cim Cizem    
Natalie Clagett    
Christina Clark   Senior Environmental Specialist at SDG&E
Kevin B. Clark   Director of BioServices, San Diego Natural History Museum
Elsa Cleland   Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego
Michelle Cloud-Hughes   Sole Proprietor, Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, San Diego, CA
Julie Coffey    
Chloe Cost    
Mike Crouse   Farmer, Amateur Botanist, Bonsall
Rebecca Crowe   Collections Manager, U.C. Irvine Arboretum and Herbarium
Brittany Cummings   Botany enthusiast
Justin Daniel   President, CNPS SD and Imperial Co. chapter
Marcelle Darby   Botany enthusiast
Tracey Daschbach    
Christine Dawson    
Carlos A. (Charlie) de la Rosa   Natural Lands Manager, San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research
Charlene De La Torre    
Brooke Dekker   Preserve Manager, Center for Natural Lands Management, San Diego
Steven Del Favero   GIS Coordinator, Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest
Mariana Delgado Fernández   Ecotono Consultoría Ambiental, Expediciones Botánicas
Craig Denson   Native Plant enthusiast, San Diego
Joe DeWolf   San Diego Botanic Garden
Rosalinda Diaz   Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Audrey Dickinson   San Diego Botanic Garden
James Dillane   Amateur botanist, Escondido
Marc Doalson   Senior Environmental Specialist, San Diego Gas & Electric
Mark Dodero   Environmental Science Associates
Annie Dolan   Aspiring botanist, San Diego
Madeleine Doney    
Daniel Donovan   Field Botanist, San Diego Natural History Museum
Lysa DuCharme    
Jonathan Dunn   Plant Ecologist, AECOM, San Diego
Tamsen Dunn   PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, San Diego State University
Lydia Duran   Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Colin Durkin   Assistant Biologist, Chambers Group, Inc., San Diego
Bill Edwards   Volunteer (Canyoneer), San Diego Natural History Museum
Suzan Ehdaie   North County Transit District, Oceanside, California
Brande Eide   Managing Director, San Diego Botanic Garden
Debra Emerson    
John Evans    
Justin Felder   Student, Masters in Conservation and Restoration Science, University of California, Irvine
Abbie Ferrieri   Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Agriculture, San Diego City College & MiraCosta Community College
Emile Fiesler   President, BioVeyda - Minimally-invasive Biological Inventories, Surveys, and Biodiversity Assessments
Amanda Fisher   Assistant Professor and Herbarium Curator (LOB), California State University, Long Beach
Leslie Fisher   Botanist and Ecologist
Ryan Fitch   Restoration Ecologist/Seed Botanist, AECOM, Clover Flats Habitat Restoration Facility, Campo
Lluvia Flores-Renteria   Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University
Nicholas Fontaine    
Susan French   Geologist and amateur botanist, San Diego
César García Valderrama   Sociedad de Plantas Nativas de Baja California
Giovanni Gil   Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Cheryl Goddard   Executive Director, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy
Sarah Godfrey    
Michael Golden   Biologist, Grossmont College, Plant Enthusiast
Carlos Gonzalez    
Michael Gonzales   Natural Resources Project Manager, Michael Baker International
Alec Goodman   Rocks Biological Consulting
Lee Gordon   CNPS San Diego Garden Committee
Nikki Gordon    
Patricia Gordon-Reedy   Senior Botanist/Vegetation Ecologist, Conservation Biology Institute
Laurie Gorman   Senior Biologist, Chambers Group, Inc.
Diane Green   Planner with the City of San Diego
Matt Guilliams   Ken & Shirley Tucker Plant Systematist, Curator Clifton Smith Herbarium, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Kyle Gunther   Environmental consultant; former M.S. student, San Diego State University, Flores-Rentería lab
Tony Gurnoe   Director of Horticulture, San Diego Botanic Garden
Lori Hamelehle   Guatay Mountain Nursery
R. Lee Hamm   Wildlife Biologist, Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest
Greg Hampton   Staff Biologist/Botanist, ECORP Consulting, Inc.
Avery Hansen   Recent graduate U.C. Santa Cruz in plant sciences
Bruce Hanson   Restoration Ecologist, San Diego
Tyler Hanson   Project Manager, Soil Ecology and Restoration Group, San Diego
Kate Harper   Senior Consulting Botanist & Wildlife Biologist, Harper Biological Consulting
Daniel Hartsook   Plant enthusiast
Jenna Hartsook   AECOM
Kristen Hasenstab-Lehman   Conservation Geneticist and Lab Manager, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Emma Havstad   San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, Oceanside
Katie Heineman    
Bonnie Hendricks   Senior Ecologist, AEMCOM, San Diego
Larry Hendrickson   Botanist, California State Parks
Daniel Hetzel    
Laura Hernandez   Project Manager Soil Ecology Restoration Group
Donald Hill Jr.   Amateur botanist, San Diego
Sam Hill    
Madisen Hinkley    
Kindra Hixon    
Stephen Hodges   Botanist, Botanical Community Development Initiatives, Research Associate, California Botanic Garden
Allie Hoff   Graduate Student, Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Christa Horn   Conservation Program Specialist, Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido
Ella Horvath    
Alice Hossfeld   Biology major, San Diego State University, San Diego
Linnea Howard    
Jasmine Hubbard   Graduate student, U.C. San Diego
Ryan Huffman    
Amy Huie   Plant Enthusiast, El Cajon
Sandra Hyasat    
Theresa Hyde   Amateur botanist, Murrieta, CA
Jennifer Jacobs   Plant enthusiast
Nancy Janssen   Paradise Gardeners, San Diego, CA
Ana Laura de Wallau John   Biologist (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM/Brazil)
Melanie Johnson-Rocks   Rocks Biological Consulting, San Diego, CA
Andy Jones    
Lorraine Kelley   Grower with RECON Native Plants, San Diego
Paul Kemp   University of San Diego
Ed Kentner   Botanist, Oceanside, CA
Miki Kern   Biologist, HELIX Environmental Planning
Colin Khoury   Global Conservation Lead, Crop Trust & Project Manager, New York Botanical Garden
Holly Smit Kicklighter   ICF and ASK Environmental Senior Biologist
Sarah Kimball    
Alan King   Amateur botanist, retired real-time software engineer/programmer
Josh Kohn   Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego
Caitlin Kreutz   Parks & Recreation Assistant Manager, Horticulturist, Rancho Santa Fe Association
Erik LaCoste   Senior Biologist, Busby Biological Services, Inc.
John La Grange    
Julie Lambert   Senior Project Manager, Soil Ecology and Restoration Group
Reena Lam   Biologist, ECORP Consulting, Inc.
Dawn Lawson    
Audrey Layden    
Sandy Leatherman   Leatherman Bioconsulting, Inc., Yorba Linda
Anna Leavitt   Senior Biologist/Project Manager, RECON Environmental, Inc., San Diego
Allison Lee   Park Ranger, Agua Caliente and Vallecito County Parks
Andrew Lee   Student, San Diego State University
David Levin    
Allana Leighton   Undergraduate ecology student, San Diego State University
Mel Letterman   B.S. student, California State University, Fullerton
Stephanie Lewis    
Diana Lindsay    
Amy Litt   Associate Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside
Yazmin Lommel    
Josue Lopez    
Louisa Lorenzo    
Megan Lulow    
Makenzie Mabry   Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Museum of Natural History
Joyce Machinski   Center for Plant Conservation at San Diego Zoo Global
Syd Magner   Assistant field botanist, California State Parks (Anza-Borrego, Cuyamaca Rancho, Palomar Mountain)
Robert (Bob) Mangan   Greenhouse manager, San Diego State University
Kathleen "Kat" Marshall   Amateur Botanist, Plant Propagator and Landscape Designer, San Diego
Avrie Martello   PhD student, University of California Riverside
Emily Marusin    
Mike Mayer   Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego
Kaelin McAtee   Amateur Botanist, San Diego
Sean McBride    
Alex McElwee-Adame   M.S. student, San Diego State University, Flores-Rentería lab
Brenda McMillan   Botanist, Environmental Science Associates (ESA), San Diego
Scott McMillan   Senior Habitat Restoration Ecologist/Botanist, Dudek, Encinitas
Holly McMullen   Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Design, Southwestern College
Whitney Meier   Senior Horticulturist, San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Jonathan Mercado   Biologist, Helix Environmental Planning
Korie Merrill   Center for Natural Lands Management; Preserve Manager in Orange County
Samantha Mihalic    
Elizabeth R. Milano   Geneticist, Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Betsy Miller   Project Manager, MSCP, Parks Planning and Resiliency, San Diego
Laurel Milton   Landscape Design
Maya Minagawa    
Steve Montgomery   Wildlife Biologist, SJM Biological Consultants/Ecorp Consulting
Jennifer Moore   Forest Botanist, Cleveland National Forest, Supervisor’s Office, San Diego
Paulette Morales    
Thomas Morales    
Ralph Moran Jr    
Adrian Moreno    
Glen Morrison   University of California, Riverside
Geoffrey Morse   Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego
Keir Morse   PhD student, California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA
Camille Movafagian   Student, San Diego State University
Margie Mulligan   Botanist; Department Associate, Botany Department, San Diego Natural History Museum
Jennifer Naegele    
Ben Naman   Director of Medicinal Plants Research, San Diego Botanic Garden
Lauren Nareau   Currently Department of Anthropology, York University, relocating to San Diego
Stacy Nigro   Principal Biologist, HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc., Carlsbad
Ashley Noble   San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Dale Noonkester   County Park Ranger, Canyoneer Leader for the S.D. Natural History Museum
Carina Novik   Environmental Biologist, City of San Diego
Ari Novy   President and CEO, San Diego Botanic Garden; Chief Scientist, Leichtag Foundation
Andrea Nunes   Volunteer, S.D. Nat. History Museum
Thomas Oberbauer   Senior Scientist, AECOM, Inc., San Diego
Amy Orduno    
Meredith Osborne   Environmental Scientist (Botany), Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region, San Diego
Andre Pak   Student, San Diego State University
Linda Pardy   Canyoneer, volunteer with San Diego Natural History Museum
Karen Parke    
Austin Parker   Assistant Habitat Manager, San Diego Habitat Conservancy
Danielle Parsons   Graduate Student, Biology, San Diego State University
Eric Piehel   Biologist, AECOM, Inc., San Diego
Carlos Portillo    
Linda Post   Horticulture Manager, San Diego Zoo, Safari Park
Kristine Preston   USGS Ecologist for the San Diego Management and Monitoring Program (SDMMP)
Michael Prigge   Project scientist and lab manage, Mark Estelle’s lab, UCSD
Brant Primrose   Primrose Biological Services
David Pryor    
Joyce Qiao   Habitat Restoration/Seed Lab Technician, Soil Ecology and Restoration Group (SDSURF), San Diego
Lauren Quon   Forest Botanist, Cleveland National Forest
Nicole Rafferty   Assistant Professor, Dept of Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology, U.C., Riverside
Niveditha Ramadoss   PhD student - San Diego State University and University of California Riverside, Evolutionary ecology
John M. Randall   Lead Scientist, Land Program, The Nature Conservancy, California Chapter
Lesley Randall   Horticulture Manager, San Diego Zoo Global
Sarah Ratay   Botanist, The Nature Conservancy-Oregon
Ashley Regan   Student, San Diego State University
Jon P. Rebman   Curator/Chair, Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum
Wilnelia Recart González   Pollination Ecology, Assistant Professor, University of San Diego
Sharon Reeve   Garden Designer and Amateur Botanist, La Mesa
Jaxon Reiter   PhD Student, Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside
Don Rideout   Plant enthusiast, Encinitas
Caidy Riggs   Student, San Diego State University
Jim Riley    
Vince Rivas   Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Andrew Rivera   Plant enthusiast
Joseph Rivera   Associate Conservation Manager, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy
Robin Rivet   Amateur botanist, arborist, horticulturist
Linda Robb   Project Manager/Restoration Ecologist, AECOM, San Diego
Fred Roberts   Botanist, Oceanside
Jim Roberts   Amateur botanist
Jose Robins    
Jim Rocks   Rocks Biological Consulting, San Diego, CA
Jeannine Ross   Associate Restoration Ecologist, RECON Environmental, Inc., San Diego
Amy Rouillard   Plant Enthusiast, San Diego
Adrian Ruvalcaba    
Elizabeth Ryan   PhD candidate, University of California San Diego
Rachel Sadowski   Conservation Horticulturist, San Diego Botanic Garden
Marisol Sanchez    
Reyna Sauza    
Gerry Scheid   Senior Biologist RECON Environmental, Inc.
Vince Scheidt   ED, California Native Plant Society
Katharina T. Schmidt    
Julie Schneider-Ljubenkov   Botanical artist, Dancing Coyote Ranch
Karen Searcy    
Rebekah Shane   San Diego Botanic Garden
Stephanie Shigematsu   Curator of Horticulture, San Diego Zoo Horticulture
Justin Shorty   Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Julie Simonsen   Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Carlsbad
Michael G. Simpson   Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, San Diego State University
Tim Sisneros   Laboratory, Field, and Collections Data Specialist, San Diego Botanic Garden
Emily Sluiman   California Native Horticultural Foundation
Andrew Smisek   Biologist, RECON Environmental, Inc., San Diego
Karagan Smith   PhD student, U. C. San Diego
Jonathan Snapp-Cook   Independent Botanist
Alison Snyder   San Diego Botanic Garden
Joseph Sochor   California Native Plant Enthusiast, San Diego
Sarah Solis    
Fred Sproul   Botanist at large
Tina Stanley   Conservation Program Associate, Center for Plant Conservation
Scarlet Steele   Student, San Diego State University
Stephanie Steele   Postdoctoral Associate, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
Kara Stenger   Sustainable Agriculture and Nursery/ Crop Production and Management, Mira Costa College
Jillian Stephens   Biologist, Glenn Lukos Associates
Bobbie Stephenson   CNPS-SD Newsletter Editor and Secretary
Nan Sterman   Botanist, Horticulturist, Journalist, Designer. Nan Sterman, Waterwise Gardener & A Growing Passion TV
Morgan Stickrod   Future student, University of California, Riverside
Brandon Stidum   Senior Biologist. Merkel and Associates, Inc.
Rebecca Stiling   Nature Collective/San Elijo Lagoon
Spring Strahm   Conservation ecologist, Conservation Biology Institute
Bill Sullivan   Anza-Borrego Desert Wanderer, San Diego
Gina Sullivan   Information Technology, San Diego State University
J. R. Sundberg   Botanist/Biologist, RECON Environmental, Inc., San Diego
Emma Suster   Medicinal Plant and Nursery Collections Technician, San Diego Botanic Garden
Clara Swanson    
W. Larry Sward    
Agnes Szakacs    
Pricilla Ta    
Drew Talley    
Adam Taylor   Ecologist, National Park Service
Nathan Taylor   Student, San Diego State University
Katelyn Theiss   Natural history enthusiast
James Thiede   Ecologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Carlsbad / Palm Springs
Gail Thurston   Lead Horticulturist, Horticulture Department, Safari Park, San Diego Zoo
Robert Thurston   Lead Horticulturist, Horticulture Department, Safari Park, San Diego Zoo
Anne Marie Tipton   Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Christina Torres    
Vincent Trang    
Dillon Travis   Ph.D. candidate, University of California San Diego, pollination ecology
Kellie Uyeda   Post-doctoral scholar Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve & Dept. of Geography, SDSU
Kayo Valenti   Biologist, RECON Environmental, Inc., San Diego
Amy Vandergast   Research Geneticist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Ron Vanderhoff   Orange County CNPS/Horticulturist
Sula Vanderplank   Research associate, San Diego Natural History Museum & San Diego State University
Daniela Varela    
Jim Varnell   Volunteer (Canyoneer), San Diego Natural History Museum
Terri Varnell   Volunteer (Canyoneer), San Diego Natural History Museum
Stacey Vielma   Canyoneer Vice President, S.D. Natural History Museum Plant enthusiast; Outdoor Education Instructor
Jessie Vinje   Botanist/Biologist, Conservation Biology Institute
Zuzana Volny    
Kathy Waggoner   Student, Horticulture Department, Cuyamaca College
Jordan Waits   Graduate Student, Flores-Rentería lab, San Diego State University
Alicia Wallace    
Elizabeth Waters   Professor, San Diego State University
José Waterton   PhD, University of California San Diego
Jenny Williams    
Lindsay Willrick   HELIX Environmental Planning, La Mesa
Kirsten Winter   Forest Biologist, Cleveland National Forest
Lisa F Wood   Principal Planner, City of San Diego Environmental Services Department
Casey Woodall   Horticulturist, San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Danielle Wozniak   Biology major, San Diego State University
Rebecca Yokoyama   Student, San Diego State University
Jenn Yost   Associate Professor, Cal Poly State University; Director, Hoover Herbarium (OBI)