Wendy Millet
Board Member
Wendy Millet is director of the TomKat Ranch a cattle ranch in Pescadero, CA with a mission to raise healthy food on working lands...
Ellen Kwiatkowski
Co-Director, Central Coast Region
Ellen has over 25 years of non-profit experience leading, developing, and implementing projects and initiatives for community benefit.
Ellen Snow
Resourceful Communities Faith and Food Coordinator
Ellen serves as a Faith and Food Coordinator for Resourceful Communities, where she enjoys working with rural churches, nonprofits, and faith coalitions to support and grow local food ministries through technical assistance and capacity-building.
Emma Anders
Hawai’i Sentinel Landscape Coordinator
Emma Anders started as the Coordinator of the Hawaiʻi Sentinel Landscape (HSL) in spring of 2025. A graduate of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Emma grew up in Waimea on Hawaiʻi island where she developed a deep appreciation for the wet ʻōhiʻa forests of Kohala and the clear and warm waters of West Hawaiʻi coral ecosystems.
Espe Villarreal
Advancement Associate
Espe Villarreal joins the LegacyWorks team with background in a blend of fundraising, strategic communications, and relationship-building.
Hannah Quenga
Resilience Specialist, Avon Park AFR Sentinel Landscape
Hannah, a recent graduate from Stetson University, holds a B.S. in Environmental Science with a concentration in Geospatial Analysis, complemented by a minor in Public Health.
James (Jake) B. Hodge
General Counsel
James (Jake) B. Hodge, Esquire, has practiced law for 30+ years and specializes in complex real estate, business, financial, environmental and conservation transactions.
James Corbett
Financial Analyst
Interested in the growing interface between conservation and finance, James developed knowledge bases in both realms before joining the team as a financial analyst in 2023.
James Honey
Baja CA Sur Regional Deputy Director
James Honey has nearly 20 years’ experience in coordination of complex environmental and economic solutions…
Jessica Elliott
Director of Executive Administration
Jessica brings a wide array of experience to her role from both the administrative management…
Joy Brown
Resilience Specialist, Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape
Joy grew up in the Florida Panhandle where she spent her days running through the woods, swimming in cold tannic creeks and fishing in bays with her family. It was her family that developed and inspired her love of the outdoors.
Julie Gonzalez
Project Manager
Julie has extensive experience engaging with communities and organizations to advance equity for marginalized communities in conservation efforts.
Keilana Sugano
Sentinel Landscapes Culture & Communications Associate
Keilana is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Anthropology and Geography…
Kayli Overland
Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape Coordinator
Kayli Overland has worked in the non-profit, environmental field since graduating college in 2018, but has fostered an appreciation and stewardship of the natural world since childhood.
Laura Bell
East Yellowstone Regional Director
Laura made northwest Wyoming her home in the mid-seventies, and in the last forty years has worked as a sheepherder, cowboy, grazing manager for the Bighorn National Forest …
Liliana Paredes Lozano
Associate Researcher
Liliana Paredes Lozano is a Marine Biologist with a master's in Marine and Coastal Sciences, specializing in Sustainable Management.
Luisa Cortes
Senior Grants Administrator
Luisa is an outcome-focused and meticulous professional with 18 years of specialized experience in managing sponsored awards, providing expert research finance and accounting support to universities, academic medical centers, and non-profits.
Marco Lueras
Eastern New Mexico Sentinel Landscape Coordinator
Marco Antonio Lueras is the Eastern New Mexico Sentinel Landscape Coordinator, where he collaborates with diverse state, federal, and private partners to advance conservation initiatives across the ENMSL Partnership.
Marguerite Leek
Resourceful Communities Faith and Food Coordinator
Marguerite has long held a passion for just food systems. Marguerite serves as a Faith and Food Coordinator for Resourceful Communities, where she works with rural United Methodist churches to support innovative food projects through technical assistance and capacity building.
