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(modified 1 Sep 2026. Only those with valid email addresses included, these not shown for security reasons. Contact Michael Simpson for additions/changes.)
Nancy Accola   Plant enthusiast, Temecula
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    
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
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
Erin Bergman   Senior Biologist/Certified Arborist, DUDEK, Encinitas
Joseph A. Betzler   Senior Biologist / Botanist, AECOM, San Diego
Jennifer Blackbird    
Elisabeth Boemark   Horticulturist, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido
Bianca Bonilla   Executive Director, Botanical Community Development Initiatives
Angelia Bottiani    
Peter Bowler   Professor, University of California Irvine
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.
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    
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    
Charlene De La Torre    
Brooke Dekker   Preserve Manager, Center for Natural Lands Management, San Diego
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
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
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
Brande Eide   Managing Director, San Diego Botanic Garden
Debra Emerson    
Anita Eng   Fish and Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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    
Naomi Fraga   Associate Professor of Botany, Claremont Graduate University; Director of Conservation Programs, California Botanic Garden
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
Michael Golden   Biologist, Grossmont College, Plant Enthusiast
Carlos Gonzalez    
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.
Bruce Hanson   Restoration Ecologist, 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
Bonnie Hendricks   Senior Ecologist, AEMCOM, San Diego
Larry Hendrickson   Botanist, California State Parks
Daniel Hetzel    
Donald Hill Jr.   Amateur botanist, San Diego
Sam Hill    
Madisen Hinkley    
Kindra Hixon    
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
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
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
David Levin    
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
Josue Lopez    
Louisa Lorenzo    
Megan Lulow    
Makenzie Mabry   Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Museum of Natural History
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
Mike Mayer   Professor, University of San Diego, 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
Todd Michael   Chief Science Officer, S. D. Botanic Garden; Research Prof., Salk Institute for Biol. Studies; Adjunct Prof. U.C. San Diego
Samantha Mihalic    
Laurel Milton   Landscape Design
Maya Minagawa    
Steve Montgomery   Wildlife Biologist, SJM Biological Consultants/Ecorp Consulting
Paulette Morales    
Ralph Moran Jr    
Adrian Moreno    
Glen Morrison   University of California, Riverside
Geoffrey Morse   Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego
Keir Morse   Botanist
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
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    
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    
Lauren Quon   Forest Botanist, Cleveland National Forest
Niveditha Ramadoss   PhD student - San Diego State University and University of California Riverside, Evolutionary ecology
Sarah Ratay   Botanist, The Nature Conservancy-Oregon
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
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
Fred Roberts   Botanist, Oceanside
Jim Roberts   Amateur botanist
Jose Robins    
Jim Rocks   Rocks Biological Consulting, San Diego, CA
Amy Rouillard   Plant Enthusiast, San Diego
Adrian Ruvalcaba    
Rachel Sadowski   Conservation Horticulturist, San Diego Botanic Garden
Marisol Sanchez    
Vince Scheidt   ED, California Native Plant Society
Katharina T. Schmidt    
Julie Schneider-Ljubenkov   Botanical artist, Dancing Coyote Ranch
Stuart Schwab   Post-doc, U.C. San Diego
Karen Searcy    
Rebekah Shane   San Diego Botanic Garden
Stephanie Shigematsu   Curator of Horticulture, San Diego Zoo Horticulture
Julie Simonsen   Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Carlsbad
Michael G. Simpson   Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, San Diego State University
Emily Sluiman   California Native Horticultural Foundation
Karagan Smith   PhD student, U. C. San Diego
Jonathan Snapp-Cook   Independent Botanist
Sarah Solis    
Fred Sproul   Botanist at large
Tina Stanley   Conservation Program Associate, Center for Plant Conservation
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    
Pricilla Ta    
Drew Talley    
Nathan Taylor   Student, San Diego State University
Katelyn Theiss   Natural history enthusiast
James Thiede   Ecologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Carlsbad / Palm Springs
Christina Torres    
Vincent Trang    
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
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
Casey Woodall   Horticulturist, San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Rebecca Yokoyama   Student, San Diego State University
Jenn Yost   Associate Professor, Cal Poly State University; Director, Hoover Herbarium (OBI)