The Management Board is the guiding body of the SJV. It provides vision and guidance to pursue our mission. The Management Board is a multinational team from across the SJV region in the U.S. and Mexico. Board Members include representatives from federal and state agencies, non-profit conservation organizations, universities, as well as private citizens interested in the conservation of birds and their habitats within the boundaries of the SJV.
Contact Jennie Duberstein to learn more about the board or how to become involved.
Get to Know the SJV Management Board
Francisco Abarca
International and Borderlands Program Manager, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Blake Barbaree
Senior Ecologist, Point Blue Conservation Science
Humberto Berlanga García
NABCI Coordinator, Mexico, CONABIO
David Borré
Northern Mexico Regional Coordinator, USDA Forest Service International Programs
Roberto Carmona Piña
Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Eduardo Carrera González
CEO & National Executive Director, Ducks Unlimited Mexico
Gustavo Danemann
Executive Director, Pronatura Noroeste
Horacio de la Cueva
Research Scientist, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)
Jeffrey Fleming
Deputy Regional Director, USFWS Region 2
Ana Luisa Figueroa
Director, NW Mexico Region, CONANP; Director, APFF Islas del Golfo de California; Director, RB Isla San Pedro Mártir
Mónica Franco Ortíz
Mexico Director, WILDCOAST
Fernando Gavito
Executive Director, Terra Peninsular
Emma Havstad
Senior Restoration Ecologist, River Partners
Leslie Hay
Regional Wildlife Program Leader, U.S. Forest Service
Jonathan Hayes
Executive Director, Audubon Southwest
Sallie Hejl
Research Coordinator, Desert Southwest CESU, National Park Service
Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta
Director, Coastal Solutions Fellows Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Junko Hoshi
Regional Conservation Planner, Science Institute, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Everardo Mariano Meléndez
Regional Director, Baja California Penninsula, CONANP
Lorayne Meltzer
Executive Director, Prescott College’s Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies
Federico Méndez Sánchez – Chair
Executive Director, Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C.
Pamela Nagler
Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Sonoran Desert Research Station
Arvind Panjabi
Director of International Programs, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Tiffany Shepherd
Wildlife Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office
Ignacio Vilchis
Associate Director, Applied Animal Ecology, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research