Louise has worked on wildlife research, habitat restoration and monitoring, and conservation issues in southern Arizona for the past eight years. At Sky Island Alliance, she works on science-based land management advocacy, and spatial analysis. Her current work is focused on improving land and resource management in the Sky Island region in the face of a changing climate and on finding creative and constructive ways for the conservation community to collaborate with land and resource managers to better steward the resources we all care about. Louise received her Bachelor of Science with honors in Microbiology and Bachelor of Arts in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona. Prior to joining Sky Island Alliance, Louise worked as a field biologist on a variety of projects in southern Arizona including surveying, monitoring and habitat assessment for endangered and sensitive species, riparian habitat restoration and monitoring and morphological and genetic studies for a wild population of house finches.

Natalie is the Climate Change and Wildlife Scientist for Defenders of Wildlife, where she works on issues related to adaptation of natural systems to climate change, including integrating climate change adaptation into conservation planning and decision making.   In her previous position on Defenders' conservation planning team,  she provided capacity and technical support to state agencies in strategic biodiversity protection, with specific attention to incorporating climate change adaptation into the State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs). Prior to joining Defenders, Natalie worked at NatureServe and has held research positions in the fields of animal behavior and science education. Natalie conducted her graduate research at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior.

I am the Provost's Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Central Florida and President of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science. I have a B.S. in Education from the University of Dayton, an M.S. in Ecology from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Florida. I am recognized by ISI HIGHLYCITED.COM (Thomson Scientific) as one of the 500 most highly cited authors in all fields during the most recent review decade (1993-2003). I have served as Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Biology (1993-1997), President of the Society for Conservation Biology (1999-2001), and President of the North American Section of the Society (2006-2008). I am an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. I have served on many boards and advisory panels, including the Board of Governors of the Society for Conservation Biology, the Board of Trustees of the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and Florida’s Acquisition and Restoration Council. I was recently Vice-Chair of a Federal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. My research involves the application of science to species-level and ecosystem-level conservation planning, restoration, and management. I am currently writing a book on southern grasslands, studying the effects of suburban and exurban development on bird communities, and leading a science-policy project on adaptation to sea-level rise in Florida.