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Kasey Bader
About KASEY Kasey grew up in Georgia near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Soon after receiving her Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of North Georgia, she moved to central Colorado in pursuit of open spaces and quickly discovered ranching at the intersection of her business background and love of the natural…
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Lori Reed
About LORI Lori was born and raised in Wyoming, though her ventures took her to several other places before landing in neighboring Montana. After receiving a B.S. in Finance from the University of Wyoming, she went east for an internship with then-U.S. Senator Craig Thomas in Washington, D.C. Lori’s passion for habitat conservation developed during…
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Mandi Hirsch
About MANDI Mandi joined the IWJV team in 2019 as the Sagebrush Collaborative Conservation Specialist. In this position, Mandi led the strategic, partner-driven conservation of sagebrush by helping implement the Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands initiative. Now, as the Sagebrush Conservation Coordinator, she works closely with an interdisciplinary team of staff members and partners to…
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Mariah McIntosh
About MARIAH Mariah started working with the IWJV in May of 2020 to support science to implementation capacity within the Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands initiative while working on her Ph.D. In 2022, Mariah joined the new Science to Implementation team full time as the Sagebrush Science to Implementation Specialist to continue to support IWJV…
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Megan McGrath
About MEGAN Megan signed on as IWJV’s Sagebrush Communications Specialist in 2023. Megan’s career as a researcher, science communicator, artist, and naturalist has been motivated by a mission to help communities get in touch with the natural world around them through engaging multimedia storytelling. She is thrilled to bring a diverse skill set to the…
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Teagan Hayes
About TEAGAN Teagan joined IWJV in 2023 as a Science to Implementation (S2I) Specialist. With the S2I team, Teagan’s work helps support landowners and managers in making restoration and conservation decisions using science, data, maps and visualization tools. Teagan completed undergraduate degrees in Zoology and Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She found her way…
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Tina Dennison
About TINA Tina joined IWJV in 2012 as Project Coordinator. As our lead ‘tracker,’ Tina helps with budget tracking and Sage Capacity Team accomplishment reporting, acts as our NAWCA liaison, supports the implementation of the BLM-IWJV sagebrush partnership, and assists with other projects that support the IWJV mission. Tina graduated from the University of Montana…
