Jennie Duberstein
Jennie is a wildlife biologist and conservation social scientist who has spent her professional career working to build partnerships for bird and habitat conservation across the United States and northwest Mexico. She has directed environmental education programs, developed community-based conservation projects in the U.S. – Mexico border region, developed and taught courses and workshops on bird identification, ecotourism, and bird monitoring, and has studied species including Double-crested Cormorant and wading birds in Sonora and Yellow-billed Cuckoos in Arizona. Jennie has also worked with young birders for many years, directing field courses, summer camps, and conferences, and generally helping to connect young birders with opportunities and each other. Jennie received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Virginia Tech and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Adam Hannuksela
Adam was born in Arizona, later moving throughout the western U.S. and northern Mexico. Adam received his B.S. from Evergreen State College, and his M.S. in Biology from Central Washington University. In 2002, Adam helped found the Navopatia Field Station in southern Sonora as the Director of Research. In that position, Adam developed internship and training programs for American and Mexican students to learn about conservation biology, natural history, and field biology. In 2006, he started a wintering landbird monitoring program that continues to be the longest running in the region. He has worked extensively with partners in Mexico, assisting with bird monitoring and conservation planning. While working in Sonora and Sinaloa since 2002, Adam also worked half the year throughout the American west, allowing him to study and work with migratory birds throughout their annual life cycle. He has worked as a consultant and conservation biologist for universities, non-profits, all federal land management agencies, Native American tribes, state and municipal agencies, and private companies. Much of Adam’s work with birds includes extensive experience in shrub-steppe and other xeric habitats studying fire ecology, conifer removal, population biology, and grazing impacts on birds.
Celene Moncayo
Celene brings more than twenty years of experience in biological conservation and ecosystem restoration across Chihuahua, Mexico. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, as well as for non-profit organizations. Celene served as the WWF Officer for the Chihuahuan Desert and most recently as the Director for both the Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (APFF) Tutuaca and APFF Papigochic for the National Commission for Natural Protected Areas (CONANP/SEMARNAT). In these positions she played a key role in consolidating significant decrees and pivotal collaborations, including the Tarahumara Sustentable Project funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). She also participated in the Interinstitutional Working Group (GIT) for the binational management of the Conchos River.
Celene has a B.S. from Chihuahua Technological Institute and received her M.S. in Integrated Environmental Management from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, BC.