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(modified 28 Oct 2024; 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
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  
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
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
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
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
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
Justin Daniel President, CNPS SD and Imperial Co. chapter
Marcelle Darby Botany enthusiast
Tracey Daschbach  
Carlos A. (Charlie) de la Rosa Natural Lands Manager, San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research
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
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
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
Susan French Geologist and amateur botanist, San Diego
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
Laura Hernandez Project Manager Soil Ecology Restoration Group
Donald Hill Jr. Amateur botanist, San Diego
Madisen Hinkley  
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
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
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
Colin Khoury Senior Director of Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic 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
Allana Leighton Undergraduate ecology student, San Diego State University
Mel Letterman B.S. student, California State University, Fullerton
Diana Lindsay  
Amy Litt Associate Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside
Yazmin Lommel  
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
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  
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
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
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
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
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
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 Moosa Creek Nursery
Andrew Smisek Biologist, RECON Environmental, Inc., San Diego
Karagan Smith PhD student, U. C. San Diego
Jonathan Snapp-Cook Coordinator and Biologist, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Alison Snyder San Diego Botanic Garden
Joseph Sochor California Native Plant Enthusiast, San Diego
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
Brandon Stidum Senior Biologist. Merkel and Associates, Inc.
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
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
Elizabeth Waters Professor, San Diego State University
José Waterton PhD, University of California San Diego
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)