Meet the Staff

John

John Buckley - executive director

As CSERC’s director, John oversees all the fieldwork, monitoring, water quality sampling, wildlife surveys, and visits to proposed development sites. But the majority of his time is spent serving as a key voice for nature at meetings, hearings, collaborative sessions, and all the other critical places where CSERC is needed. He has personally presented nature programs to nearly 150,000 participants. He loves being out in the wild mountains doing fieldwork and searching for rare wildlife species.

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Stan Dodson - program manager

Stan helps with member outreach, land planning and advocacy, and wildlife monitoring and meadow surveys. Stan brings a life-long love for our local mountains, a wealth of non-profit leadership experience, plus degrees in forestry, natural resources, and watershed management from Columbia College in Sonora. You’ll often find him either skiing at Dodge Ridge, hiking in the high country, or rafting on our local rivers.

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Chelsea in Yosemite

 

Chelsea Lewandowski - conservation coordinator

Chelsea grew up on a small, family farm in rural northern Wisconsin. That upbringing cemented her appreciation and respect for nature and all living creatures. It was also the driving force for her earning a B.S. in Environmental Science and then a law degree. After practicing law in the Pacific Northwest for nearly two decades, she is excited to now call our mountain region home. She is honored to be able to help protect the wild beauty of the Central Sierra and assist CSERC with its important work.

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Cierra Torrez - seasonal field specialist

Cierra grew up in Santa Barbara, CA, where she enjoyed camping and hiking in the mountains to get the best views of the ocean. She spent many years working with animal rescue organizations before moving to the mountains she was named after. Her deep passion for wildlife led to her pursuing a degree in forestry and natural resources at Columbia College. Cierra will be assisting CSERC with fieldwork, including wildlife research, meadow surveys, and forest watchdog monitoring.

Contact: [email protected]

Heather Campbell - website translator

Over 10 years with CSERC, Heather has led field monitoring and has been a key designer of the Center’s website.  At this time, she works remotely from the North Coast of California — assisting with the website and serving as CSERC’s translator for providing web articles in Spanish.

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