Round River Staff and Board Meeting on the Goshute Reservation, May 2011.

Susie Dain-Owens, Associate Director, Student Programs. Susie holds a BA in Anthropology from Dartmouth College and an MA in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She first became involved with Round River as an intern in 2005 in Atlin, British Columbia, and returned to the Taku to conduct her MA research in 2007. Her research focused on the power dynamics and knowledge sharing in co-management of the Taku salmon fishery. Susie also leads Round River programs in the Taku and Namibia.

Barbara Dugelby, Conservation Scientist, Director Latin America Program. Barbara has a MS in resource economics and policy and a Ph.D. in ecology and anthropology from Duke University. From 1995 to 1998 she served as Human Ecologist for The Nature Conservancy and from 1998 to 2002 the Wildlands Ecologist for The Wildlands Project. Dr. Dugelby’s research and work has focused on tropical forest ecology and conservation, protected area design and management and community-based resource management. She has conducted worked in North America, Indonesia, and throughout Latin America.

Kimberly Heinemeyer, Lead Conservation Scientist. Kim graduated from the University of California, Davis in 1988 with a BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. She completed her MS in Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana in 1993. Kim completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2002 focusing on carnivore ecology and conservation.

Rebekah Karimi graduated with a BSc in Zoology with a concentration in Animal Behavior from Michigan State University in 2003.  She worked as a field assistant studying baboon behavior for two years in Botswana and Kenya.  In 2009, she earned her MSc from Georgia Southern University.  Her research focused on human-elephant conflict, specifically crop damage and potential elephant deterrents, in a rural Tanzanian community.

Vehi Kasupi, Kunene Project Coordinator & Conservation Assistant. Vehi is a Namibian citizen and member of the Himba Tribe of northwestern Namiba.  He has been involved in conservation work in the Kunene Region for over 10 years, working as a naturalist and guide for Wilderness Safaris, and participating in the communal conservancy movement since its beginnings in the latter half of the 1990’s.  He joined Round River in 2006, assisting with the Namibia student program and taking a lead role on the Kunene Regional Ecological Analysis (KREA) project.

Doug Milek, Director of Student Programs. Doug received a BA in Biology from the University of Wyoming, and an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana.  He has been involved with numerous wildlife research projects throughout the Western United States.  Doug has directed the Round River Student Program since 2002.

Gavin Noyes, Colorado Plateau Program Director. Gavin earned a BA in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan. Gavin is a Utah native who has been active in land conservation issues for more than a decade. Before coming to Round River he served as Executive Director of two non-profit organizations, Save Our Canyons, aimed at protecting the beauty and wildness of the Wasatch mountains, and Local First Utah, focused on strengthening communities and local economies in Utah. Gavin also operates a small business, creating wood fired ceramic art.

Amanda Salb, Conservation Scientist. Amanda earned her BA in Biological Sciences from Mount Holyoke College, her DVM from Louisiana State University, and her MSc from the University of Calgary.  Her master's research focused on the epidemiology of anthrax in wild wood bison in northern Canada.  A lover of all things furred, feathered, and scaled, she practiced as a veterinarian for 7 years.  Most recently, she served as a project manager with Ya’axché Conservation Trust, promoting neotropical migratory bird habitat conservation in Belize.

Dennis Sizemore, Executive Director. Dennis holds a BS from New Mexico State University and a MS from the University of Montana in Wildlife Ecology. His 30 years of conservation work experience includes law enforcement, management, education, and research. A co-founder of Round River, Dennis has served as the organization's executive director since its inception in 2001. Dennis also serves as a board member of the Taku-Atlin Conservancy and the Pax Natura Foundation.

Rick Tingey, GIS Specialist. Rick's BS degree is from the University of Utah in Geography. Rick is the principal GIS analyst for Round River. He has contributed to the BC Central Coast, Coastal Mountains and Forest, Taku River and the Muskwa-Kechika conservation area designs. Rick also assists with field research activities in the Taku, BC Coast, Namibia, Chile and Muskwa-Kechika. Rick was awarded the Special Achievement Award in Conservation from ESRI in 2005 and 2011.

Round River Associates

Bryan Evans, Conservation Associate.  Bryan has BA in Commerce and Finance from the University of British Columbia, 1984 and a MS in Natural Resource and Environmental Management from Simon Fraser University, 1997. He has been a consultant in natural resource management and environmental policy for 10 years, focusing on land use planning, protected areas and ecological forestry.

Christopher Filardi, Conservation Associate. At Yale University, Christopher completed his MS in the School of Forestry and his PhD. in Zoology at the University of Washington. Christopher, whose research activities have centered upon avian ecology in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Christopher currently works for the American Natural History Museum. He remains involved with Round River student programs and research activities on the coast of British Columbia.

Jennifer Lalley, Conservation Associate.  Jennifer received an MSc in conservation biology from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (University of Kent), and a PhD in biogeography and conservation (University of Oxford). She has worked in African conservation and ecotourism development at the grassroots level since 1995. Her research and publications have focused on biodiversity and ecosystem management issues, and her current work includes focal species habitat assessment and ecosystem-based land use analyses in northwest Namibia.

Michael Magee, Conservation Associate.  Michael has over 18 years experience in government strategy, political campaigns and campaign financing. Political clients have included the government of Ontario, the New Democratic Party of Ontario, and the Federal Liberal Party of Canada. His civil society clients have included Oxfam Canada, The African Nation Congress, Ontario Coalition for Social Justice, the Lubicon Cree, Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace Canada, and the Tides Canada Foundation. Michael is the former Director of Development and Public Affairs for the Sierra Legal Defense Fund.  Mike now serves as Chief of Staff for the Major's Office of Vancouver.

Anna Noson, Conservation Associate. Anna holds a BA in Biology from Colorado College and a MS in Wildlife Science from Oregon State University. Her research focuses on avian conservation and fire ecology. She is involved in Round River’s research on the British Columbia Coast and Taku River and assists with student programs in Namibia and Ecuador.

Jerry Scoville, Naturalist in Residence.  Jerry holds a BS in biology from The Evergreen State College, an MS in communications from the University of Utah, and a MS in biology from Utah State University. He has been affiliated with Round River for eighteen years, working on the Mexican Wolf, Border Cat, Great Bear, Namibia and Taku projects.  Most recently he has been investigating the life-history traits of frogs in the Solomon Islands, Melanesia, and assisting in setting up monitoring protocols in mid-coast British Columbia, Canada.  Jerry serves as an Adjunct Professor with Central Washington University.