She holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Before joining the Center, she worked as a digital marketing consultant for large and small brands, including nonprofit organizations. She also previously worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative staffer.
Contact: Tucson, AZ, 520.623.5252, email Eric Matchett. Taylor McKinnon, Senior Public Lands Campaigner , works to protect public lands and endangered species in the western United States. Fielding an array of issues, he focuses on curbing fossil fuel development on public lands.
Collette Adkins, Carnivore Conservation Director, Senior Attorney, leads the Carnivore Conservation program, where she focuses on combating exploitation and cruel treatment of wolves and other rare wildlife. She received her law degree from the University of Minnesota, where she also earned a master's degree in wildlife conservation.
Contact: Minneapolis, MN, 651.955.3821, email Collette Adkins. Kristine Akland, Staff Attorney, works in the Center’s Endangered Species program. Prior to joining the Center in 2020, she worked in private practice to protect endangered species threatened by logging and overgrazing in the Northwest.
Dianne DuBois, Staff Scientist, works to protect wildlife and wildlands outside U.S. borders in the International program. She holds a bachelor’s in biology from Westfield State University and a master’s in environmental studies, with a concentration in conservation biology, from Antioch University.
Chris Bugbee, Southwest Conservation Advocate, is a field ecologist who specializes in wildlife conservation. He has worked with a diversity of taxa across a wide range of ecosystems, from crocodilians and pythons in the Everglades to mammalian predators like bears and wild cats.