Aimee Roberson is the Southwest Regional Director for American Bird Conservancy. Previously, she served as the Coordinator for the Rio Grande Joint Venture, and prior to that worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for many years. Aimee is a lifelong student of Earth’s wisdom and holds degrees in geology (B.A.) and conservation biology (M.S.). She is committed to reciprocity, community, and environmental stewardship, and partners with people and all our relations to ensure that native grasses grow and rivers continue to flow. Aimee provides leadership to conservation partnerships in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico — co-creating a vision; integrating cultural values and ecological knowledge with science for meaningful decision making; and implementing shared strategies for stewarding wildlife, water, and ecosystems.
Aimee currently serves on the boards of the Sonoran Joint Venture, Rio Grande Joint Venture, Big Bend Conservation Alliance, and Regalia Making Relatives, and on the advisory group for the Native American Rangelands Training Initiative. She is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and of Chickasaw descent. She and her husband, Rawles, enjoy growing Indigenous foods, such as Chikashsha tanchi homma (Chickasaw red corn) and isito (Choctaw sweet potato squash).