Board and Staff

NAA Staff

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Lisa Smith
Executive Director
lsmith@naturalareas.org
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Amy Wills
Director of Operations
awills@naturalareas.org
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Moira McGinty Klos

Moira McGinty Klos
Director of Programs and Communications
mmcgintyklos@naturalareas.org
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Jaye Friesen
Administrative Assistant
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Contract Support Staff

Sarah Floyd
Outreach and Engagement

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Suzy Johnson
Digital Media Specialist



Natural Areas Journal Editorial Team

Tara Cornelisse, Ph.D.
Editor
tcornelisse@naturalareas.org

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Scott Gillihan
Managing Editor
sgillihan@naturalareas.org

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Cheyenne Moore
Social Media Specialist
cmoore@naturalareas.org

Board of Directors

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Kelly Heintz
President
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks 
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Jim Neal

Jim Neal
Vice President
Caddo Lake Institute
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Alice Heikens
Secretary
Franklin College
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Jim Johannsen
Treasurer
The Conservation Fund
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Ole Amundsen 
LegacyWorks Group
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Darrell Bowman
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
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Cliff Chapman
Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc. 
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Peter Dunwiddie
University of Washington
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Raquel Garcia-Alvarez
Forest Preserves of Cook County 
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Deborah Landau
The Nature Conservancy
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Todd Lopez
Rio Grande Return
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Holli Redekop
Independent Contractor
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Ephraim Zimmerman
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
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Liaisons

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Katie VinZant
National Park Service
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