Meet the Team

Emily Forkey joined TRCP as Digital Coordinator in February of 2024. After graduating from Niagara University with a BS in Marketing + Communication Studies, she moved from her hometown in Buffalo, NY to Northern Virginia to pursue her digital marketing career.

Emily has always been a nature lover who is passionate about sustainability and conservation. She spent her childhood outside fishing with her family, boating and camping.

In her free time, you can find her in nature, hiking and camping in beautiful places. She currently resides in Washington, DC with her two cats, Rootie and Frankie.

Greg Booth joined the TRCP team as Controller in May 2023.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton, Greg began his career with Ernst & Young in southern California where he became a licensed CPA. It was after relocating to Missouri that his interest of flyfishing and turkey hunting was born and has since flourished. It was not until Greg took a position at the world headquarters of an international church that he found his nonprofit calling. After 22 years, he continues to uphold the fiduciary obligation of all nonprofits to be good stewards over the resources entrusted to them to support the organization’s mission.

Greg spent the last five years as the Director of Finance and Administration at the national headquarters Camp Fire, one of the oldest youth development organizations in the country. It was during that time that he saw the critical importance of an affirming organizational culture and actively upholding values that recognize and appreciate the worth of all persons, not just for the work they perform but for the people they are.

Having been privileged to have parents who provided outdoor opportunities whether in the woods, on the water, or in the desert, Greg has come to appreciate the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful environment in which we live. He also recognizes the responsibility to protect that environment and those opportunities for future generations. When not playing with spreadsheets, hunting or fishing, Greg spends his free time cycling or sailing. He and his wife enjoy their two dogs and their growing family, which now includes two grandchildren.

Aaron Field joined the TRCP as director of private lands conservation in June of 2022.

Previously, Aaron worked with North Dakota State University Extension and the North Dakota State Soil Conservation Committee as a leadership development specialist focusing on Soil Conservation District supervisors and staff. Aaron also spent four years as an assistant professor in the Agriculture and Rangeland Management program at Chadron State College in western Nebraska, where he taught courses in rangeland ecology and management.

Aaron earned his PhD in range science and an MS in natural resources management from North Dakota State University. His research there focused on monitoring changes in rangeland plant communities under different combinations of livestock and wildlife grazing. He also holds a BS in biology from the University of Jamestown.

Aaron resides in western Minnesota, where he enjoys fishing and hunting, especially for upland birds and waterfowl with his American Water Spaniels.

Tristan is a lifelong Oregonian, who grew up on a soggy piece of ground in the Willamette Valley. On his family farm he cultivated a persistent sense of curiosity of and commitment to the natural side of the world’s order. His work life started early in that rural setting and after graduating from Oregon State University it has run the gamut from major metropolitan areas to mountain towns, all the while maintaining an abiding and demonstrable commitment to Oregon’s conservation community, eventually bringing him to the TRCP team.

He currently lives in Central Oregon with his wife, Samantha, where they spend their free time hunting,
foraging and otherwise enjoying the richness of Oregon’s varied wildlife.
As TRCP’s Oregon Field Representative, he works to build a durable appreciation for and commitment to the resources and institutions that furnish so many Oregonians’ ways of life.

Jamelle Ellis joined the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership in 2022.

Jamelle spent the last three years as an environmental sustainability consultant specializing in developing mitigation strategies and environmental science research models for public and private organizations. She has more than 20 years of research experience focused on environmental contaminant delineation, exposures, and human health impacts. Jamelle has a broad range of experience in the environmental field, with engineering and science roles in academia, private, and public sectors. She has served as the technical liaison for remediation of hazardous waste at DOD sites and has extensive knowledge of federal environmental regulations including RCRA, CWA, NEPA, and MSFCMA.  She has also served as the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health grant to establish and evaluate baseline health assessments related to environmental exposures associated with port expansion.

Jamelle earned her M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Science from Clemson University where she studied spectral evaluation of petroleum products in-ground at a DOE Site. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of South Carolina where she studied exposures to methylmercury through fishing and fish consumption patterns.

She is a native of Charleston, SC and enjoys bicycling, water sports, gardening, and going on new adventures with her family.

Josh joined the TRCP as its Wyoming community partnerships coordinator in November 2021. He became Wyoming field manager in February 2023.

Prior to joining the TRCP, Josh worked as a Professional Naturalist in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for over a decade, seeking to instill a conservation ethos in visitors from all over the world. With a background in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University, Josh is also an avid photographer and film producer, including the recent conservation film Denizens of the Steep.

When not working with diverse stakeholders to ensure a future for Wyoming’s wildlife, Josh enjoys pursuing high country mule deer and elk, fly fishing, whitewater rafting, backpacking, backcountry skiing, and many of the other outdoor activities that make Wyoming special. Josh and his lab mutt Ollie live in Cody, Wyoming.

Sarah has over a decade of experience in environmental and conservation policy specific to the Southwest region. Most recently, she worked for the Forest Service managing recreation, special use permitting, wilderness, and wild and scenic rivers in northern New Mexico. Prior to that, she conducted her graduate research on the role of conservation policy in protecting New Mexico’s rivers. Sarah is an extrovert and enjoys making connections with people from diverse backgrounds who have shared goals for protecting the natural places we all use and love.

Originally from Flagstaff, Arizona, Sarah spent her youth camping, rafting, and hiking with her family around the Southwest. Prior to her federal service, she worked for many years as an outdoor guide and environmental educator throughout the Southwest and internationally. Sarah holds a double bachelor’s degree in Spanish and creative writing and a master’s degree in environmental science and policy.

Besides getting outdoors, where you’ll find her most weekends, her favorite pastime is traveling. She’s also a silversmith and hibernates in her jewelry-making studio during the winter months. Lately she has been learning to fly fish and loves the quiet time in nature it offers. Sarah currently resides in Santa Fe with her partner, Tom, and adventure dog, Mowgli.

Michael joined the TRCP in the summer of 2018. He is a native Oregonian who grew up on a small farm just a stone’s throw from the mouth of the mighty Columbia River. Early childhood trips salmon fishing on the Columbia and learning to stalk elk in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest hooked him with a passion for hunting and fishing in his home state.

Michael attended the University of Montana, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Biology, and has since worked for federal agencies and nonprofits. Most recently, he led the development and implementation of public and private land stewardship projects throughout eastern Oregon.

He currently lives outside of Sisters, Oregon, with his wife and two boys. In his time off, you can find him with his family, camping, fishing, and hunting in the many diverse landscapes of Oregon’s wild country.

Joshua Walters joined the TRCP as its director of program development in October 2021.

Joshua is an experienced nonprofit fundraising and financial management professional, and he has worked in higher education fundraising and financial services in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Morgantown, W. Va.

A native of West Virginia, Joshua is a passionate outdoorsman and conservationist. He volunteers with the Ruffed Grouse Society and the National Wild Turkey Federation. In his spare time, you’ll find him at his cabin surrounded by the Monongahela National Forest and with his English setter, Berkeley, hunting ruffed grouse in the Appalachian Mountains.

Madeleine West joined the TRCP in January 2019.

Previously, West served as assistant director for parks, wildlife, and lands at the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. In this capacity, she developed state-level policy primarily related to wildlife, outdoor recreation, state lands, and forestry issues. She also led DNR’s engagement in federal policies related to sage grouse and mitigation. She had been with the agency since 2013.

West has also served as wildlife program director at the Western Governors’ Association, lobbied in the Colorado State legislature, consulted as a mediator/facilitator in Washington, D.C., and liaised with Congress while with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Oceans, Environment, and Science.

West holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental and natural resource policy from Bates College. She resides in Denver, Colorado and enjoys spending time outside with her family.

Liz Ogilvie is our chief communications and operations officer. She leads the communications team on marketing, public relations, and partner outreach. She also oversees the operations of our three offices, staff, and finance. Before joining the TRCP in 2021, she worked in various segments of the recreational fishing industry—from retail to television to nonprofits—for more than 25 years. Her work on the national industry initiative to Recruit, Retain, and Reactivate anglers was honored by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies as well as corporate partners, Lew’s Fishing and Fishing League Worldwide. She was also featured in the report “The Outdoors Drives Jobs: Career Paths in the Outdoor Recreation Economy,” published by the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable.

Fly fishing is Liz’s passion, and she loves to share her global adventures in the hopes to inspire more women in their own travel. She also spent seven years as a fly fishing instructor with L.L.Bean and continues to volunteer with local and national charities to bring more enthusiasts to the sport.

Kendra Davis joined the TRCP in January 2012. She has an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Middlebury College. Before joining the TRCP, Kendra worked in development for Trout Unlimited. Her affinity for the outdoors stems from a childhood spent camping and skiing in the Adirondacks. Outside of work, Kendra enjoys singing in an a cappella group and exploring the mountains and coast of Maine with her family.

Communication Focus: Federal Public Lands, Public Hunting and Fishing Access, Big Game Migrations, and general Western state conservation.

Noah Davis joined the TRCP team as a Communications Manager in February 2023.

The former conservation and wildlife editor for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Davis is an award-winning writer who has published work focused on hunting, fishing, and conservation in the country’s top publications for the last decade. He’s excited to share the stories that will engage hunters and anglers to stand up for and conserve the landscapes and access points they hold dear.

Raised in central Pennsylvania where he learned to fly fish for native brook trout and hunt big-woods whitetails, Davis also loves to chase Westslope cutthroats and mountain mule deer in the northern Rockies.

Sam Kasner joined the TRCP as its development and events manager in March 2022.

Prior to working with the TRCP, Sam worked as an events coordinator for the World Wildlife Fund, where she managed donor events across the country. Sam earned her MBA at the University of Mary Washington while working as a graduate assistant for new student orientation. She also earned her BS in Psychology from UMW.

Born in New York City, Sam grew up in Northern Virginia playing soccer, reading, hiking, and camping. Sam currently resides in DC and can be found at various sporting events, trying different restaurants, or on long walks with her dog, Kanto.

Lynn Gill joined the TRCP as its director of operations and people in June 2022.

Gill has over twenty years of experience in human resources and operations, including 11 years in nonprofit Human Resources.  Most recently she was the Director of Human Resources at Jefferson Consulting Group, a K street professional services firm.  At TRCP, Gill oversees all human resources and office operations.

Originally from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, she grew up spending time at her family cabin on the banks of the South Branch of the Tionesta Creek in Warren County.  Some of her fondest memories are her father teaching her how to fish, shoot, and helping him paint and tie the lead jigs he poured.  Hiking, boating on the Alleghany reservoir, and tubing on the creek were all popular pastimes.

Gill graduated with her bachelor’s degree from The American University in Washington, DC and holds a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification.  She currently resides in DC with her husband Hal and spends her free time reading and tending to her herb garden.

Alex Funk joined the TRCP in August 2021 as its director of water resources and senior counsel.

In his role with the TRCP, Funk focuses on water policy and strategy. Funk previously served as the Agricultural and Rural Resiliency Policy Specialist at the Colorado Water Conservation Board, where he acted as the agency’s liaison to agricultural stakeholders on federal and state water policy issues. In this role, he also assisted with the implementation of the Colorado Water Plan and represented CWCB in multiple venues, including Colorado’s Natural Working Lands Task Force and the Colorado River Basin Salinity Forum. Previously, Funk was the Western policy director for the National Young Farmers Coalition, focusing on Farm Bill policy, and a fellow with American Rivers.

Funk earned his Juris Doctorate from Vermont Law School and his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Planning from Virginia Tech. He serves on the South Platte Forum Board and the Colorado State University Food-Energy-Water Graduate Program external advisory board. He lives in Denver, Colo., with his family and can frequently be found mountain biking, backpacking, climbing fourteeners, and paddling his kayak around the West.

Zach joined TRCP as the director of government relations in July 2023. 

Prior to joining TRCP, he spent nearly three years as the policy director for the Western Landowners Alliance. In this role, he led WLA’s government relations, policy development and advocacy work spanning a range of public and working lands conservation issues. Before that, Bodhane spent six years as the policy advisor for conservation and wildlife at the Western Governors’ Association. At WGA, he led broad stakeholder initiatives aimed at developing common ground solutions through the WGA Species Conservation and ESA Initiative and the WGA Working Lands Roundtable. 

Bodhane holds a B.S. in Natural Resources Management with a double minor in Fishery Biology and Watershed Science from Colorado State University. 

Originally from Colorado, Zach now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, son and dog. Despite missing the West, he enjoys the opportunity to get out of the city to mountain bike, hike and fish.

Jaclyn Lunaas joined the TRCP in September 2021 as its forage fish associate. She became forage fish program manager in January 2023.

Jaclyn’s work focuses on menhaden conservation in the Gulf and Atlantic, as well as on federal forage fish management issues and Atlantic herring advocacy. Her primary efforts involve working with national and local partners to create science-based solutions to forage fish management, in order to enhance the health of sportfish populations. Originally from Missouri, Jaclyn earned her bachelor’s degree in biology and marine science from the University of Alabama. She later became a scuba diving instructor in Panama and managed a diving company while working on coral reef conservation and community outreach initiatives. Jaclyn received her Master’s in Marine Conservation from the University of Oviedo in Spain, where she worked on state-level policy for the Asturian algae fishery. In her free time, Jaclyn enjoys scuba diving, water sports, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.

James Wicks joined the TRCP team as Digital Marketing Manager in May 2023.

Formerly the Digital Media Specialist for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, James worked in still image, video production and digital media marketing. James is also a freelance photographer who’s been published in some of the country’s leading hunting and fly fishing publications. He studied Media Arts at the University of Montana.

A lifelong outdoorsman, James firmly believes in the mission of the TRCP and hopes to highlight the stories of conservation work, policy and the individuals who work to ensure the future of hunting and fishing. James Lives with his wife Susanna and two children in Missoula, MT. On the weekends they spend time outdoors, rafting, hiking, skiing, hunting and fishing.

Ian Nakayama joined the TRCP in June 2021 as its government relations associate.

He has worked in legislative offices since 2019, previously as an intern in Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s office, and for Delegate Paul Krizek in the Virginia General Assembly.

A native Virginian, Nakayama studied Physics at the University of Virginia. He grew up fishing with his family and enjoys running, backpacking, and golfing in his free time.

Al Clark is our chief development officer. He brings significant conservation experience, most recently serving the National Wild Turkey Federation as its national director of development. Al is a native of upstate South Carolina and has over 21 years of experience in development with 18 years focused on major gift fundraising. He started in development in 2004 at Furman University, then joined Wofford College where he worked as the assistant athletic director for development and major gifts. Al then moved to Ducks Unlimited where he was the director of development for the Carolinas for four years.

He and his wife, who he met while attending Wofford College, have been married for 20 years and have a 10-year-old son. Al grew up on a family farm chasing whitetails and bass fishing. While he didn’t get the conservation bug until his thirties, these passions have led Al and his family to leave a legacy of conservation.

Alex Aguirre joined the TRCP as the Wyoming Community Partnerships Coordinator in May of 2023.

Prior to joining the TRCP, Alex directed Dano Youth Camp, a nonprofit located in Park County, Wyoming whose mission is to develop young leaders by taking youth on extended backpacking trips. His duties included participant recruitment, staff hiring, public outreach, fundraising, and leading trips. Alex graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science in Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Management in May of 2020.

Growing up in northwest Wyoming, Alex was introduced to spending time outdoors from a young age, and his appreciation for wildlife and nature only grew. He spends his free time outside and enjoys many activities including skiing, fishing, hunting, and camping. Bowhunting is his passion, and he especially enjoys accompanying family and friends on their own hunts. High country mule deer have his heart, but he still believes archery elk hunting is hard to beat. Alex resides in Powell, Wyoming with his dog, Mitty, who accompanies him on his many adventures.

Carlina has worked in various facets of the non-profit industry – from healthcare to foundation work. Most recently she worked as the Development Operations Officer for a healthcare non-profit in Ohio. There she over saw the planning and execution of two large donor-focused events and lead the optimization the internal donor database.

Croston is excited to bring her project management and event planning experience to the TRCP. She looks forward to curating events that further the TRCP’s mission, to preserve our nation’s wild spaces and to preserve public access to these spaces.

Croston grew up spending her summers in Southern Ohio swimming in creeks, riding ATVs, and getting lost in the woods – pastimes she is currently passing on to her daughter. Most spring and summer days you’ll find her kayaking the Cuyahoga River or hiking in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Ryan Chapin joined the TRCP team as the Montana Field Manager in September 2024. Ryan has enjoyed a conservation career in Montana and the Rocky Mountain West, first with Five Valleys Land Trust as Stewardship Director and, more recently, with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation as Lands Operations Manager. Ryan takes pride in building strong partnerships and has played a key role in many conservation and public access projects and initiatives throughout his career. He is excited to share his passion for hunting and angling on public lands in a way that promotes solid public land policy and management in Montana and beyond.

Raised in the farmlands of Ohio, Ryan fell in love with the woods and fields, prompting a move to Montana as a young adult.  He’s worked in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, attended Montana State University, and once rode a train from Moscow to Beijing. Ryan lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife Kate, where they enjoy the outdoors with their two children.

Colin Kinsman is the Water Policy and Legal intern at TRCP, working with the Center for Water Policy to research the status of the water-related conservation economy throughout the West. Colin is studying environmental and natural resources policy in the Masters of the Environment program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Originally from Colorado Springs, Colin loves to rock climb, mountaineer, ski and pack-raft throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Rob Thornberry, who joined the TRCP in February 2016 as the Idaho Field Representative, has spent his life chasing animals and fish across the West’s stunning public lands. A journalism graduate from the University of Colorado, Rob reported on outdoor issues for nearly three decades and wrote a weekly outdoor column for The Post Register in Idaho.

Public lands have been his playground since he first started chasing sage grouse across the rolling hills of northwestern Colorado. When not working to ensure sportsmen’s access to public lands, Rob can be found swinging a steelhead fly, busting through rapids, or hunting for elk in his beloved eastern Idaho. He and his wife Margaret are proud parents of two grown children.

McKay joined TRCP as the Energy Policy Advisor in September of 2024. Having spent the majority of her career with the Bureau of Land Management, McKay earned a variety of experience in natural resource management, federal leasing policy and critical incident management. After her time in the Army, she earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming in Agriculture Communications, where she became fascinated with the challenge of translating federal policies into more accessible terminology for the public. She recently joined the Homeward Bound Initiative, a global leadership program for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine. McKay teaches guitar lessons at Sheridan Community College and volunteers as an officer with her local Search and Rescue unit and the National Ski Patrol.

McKay grew up hunting and fishing with her family in Oregon. She enjoys making her outdoor activities increasingly more dangerous and expensive by taking up archery and acquiring horses.

Ryan Lockwood joined the TRCP as communications manager in April 2023. He oversees communications and public relations for campaigns centered on marine fisheries conservation; Florida Everglades and Mississippi River Delta restoration; Pennsylvania watershed and sporting access protections; and aquatic invasive species awareness. His portfolio will soon expand to include Colorado River conservation initiatives.

His prior background blends communications expertise with a passion for natural resources conservation. He dedicated 10 years to managing communications, wildfire information, and public relations at the Colorado State Forest Service, and prior to that served as an editor and digital communications professional in the private sector. Holding degrees in both environmental science and technical journalism, Lockwood also has garnered fieldwork experience in the environmental science, wildlife management, and ecological research arenas.

Always eager to convey the importance of scientific research, he has previously co-authored studies related to watershed health, wildlife ecology, and the calibration of NASA satellite imagery. On the other end of the writing spectrum, his innate drive as a storyteller helped him author two published ocean-thriller novels.

Lockwood is a lifelong sportsman. He grew up hunting elk, deer, and pheasants in Colorado, and later learned to stalk invasive wild boars and often tried (but frequently failed) to land slot redfish and gig flounder in the inshore waters of coastal Florida. His hobbies also include scuba diving, surfing, and mountain climbing, and he prefers to spend his weekends outside with his wife and two kids.

Ryan DuLaney joined TRCP as our Lower/Middle Mississippi River Representative in February 2026.

Ryan previously served as General Manager at Grindle Slough Farms in Arkansas where, since 2015, he led habitat restoration efforts and managed a comprehensive waterfowl hunting program for Turner Enterprises Inc. In addition to his work at Grindle Slough, Ryan has partnered with conservation-minded landowners across the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, overseeing the acquisition, restoration, and development of high-quality waterfowl hunting properties. He has also contributed in various capacities to support waterfowl research and R3 (recruitment, retention, and reactivation) initiatives funded by the Turner Foundation. Ryan is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he earned a degree in Forestry with a concentration in Wildlife Management, and is a Certified Wildlife Biologist as well as a licensed commercial drone pilot.

Ryan resides in Memphis, Tennessee, where he enjoys access to the immense natural resources of the Mississippi River Valley. His wife, Meagan, and their golden retrievers, Ryder and Birdie, are his constant companions and support his dedication to a conservation-minded lifestyle.

Joel Webster has dedicated the past two decades to working alongside hunters, anglers, wildlife professionals, and policymakers to conserve fish and wildlife habitat for sportsmen and sportswomen.

As a key leader at the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Webster collaborates with the organization’s policy team, external partners, and decision-makers to advance conservation and public access initiatives across private lands, public lands, water, and marine fisheries. Since joining TRCP in 2007, he has played a pivotal role in shaping federal and state policies related to wildlife migration corridors, forest management, special places conservation, energy development, and public access.

Webster serves on the federal Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council, where he advises the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on habitat and access policy. He is also the vice chair of the American Wildlife Conservation Partners, a coalition of 50 leading hunting and conservation organizations.

Webster is a passionate big game hunter and enjoys spending time outdoors with his family. He holds a Master of Environmental Studies from the University of Montana and resides in Missoula, Montana.

Chris Macaluso is the Center for Marine Fisheries and Mississippi River Program Director for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. He works with a host of advocacy and conservation organizations to advance habitat restoration efforts across the Gulf and improve federal fisheries management law and policy.

Macaluso is an avid angler and duck hunter and a lifelong Louisiana resident who has worked in the outdoors communication field for more than 20 years, hosting hunting and fishing radio shows and working as a freelance outdoor and sports writer, radio and TV host. He became the first-ever communications director for the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in 2006 and handled media relations for the Authority during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

He left state-government in late 2010 to work as the Coastal Outreach Coordinator for the non-profit Louisiana Wildlife Federation helping to start the Vanishing Paradise Campaign that worked with outdoorsmen and the hunting and fishing industry to pass the RESTORE Act in 2012 before taking his current role at TRCP in 2013.

He and his wife Katie have a young son and daughter who both enjoy spending time in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana and the beaches along the Gulf Coast.

As the Colorado Program Manager for the TRCP, Liz focuses on federal and state policy and planning initiatives that will affect Colorado’s high-value wildlife habitat and opportunities to hunt and fish. In order to effectively track important processes and develop well-informed positions, Lizcoordinates with state and federal agencies’ staff; participates in Colorado-focused cooperatives, working groups, and alliances; and communicates regularly with staff and volunteers from numerous local, state, and national organizations representing a wide range of interests.

In Colorado and nationally, TRCP’s mission is to guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish, and Liz’s input into USFS Forest Management Plans, BLM Resource Management Plans, energy leasing and development proposals, regulation changes, recreation development proposals, state and Congressional legislation, state and federal rulemakings, and state plans is all intended to achieve this important mission.

Liz’s curiosity about public land access and how decisions are made inspired her to earn a Master’s degree in Environmental and Natural Resources Policy at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her curiosity about why the natural world is the way it is led her to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Geology at the University of California Santa Cruz. She lives in Denver but feels very lucky to also spend a lot of time in Grand County.

Chelsea Pardo joined the TRCP as the Alaska Senior Program Manager in December 2024. She lives in the Mat-Su Valley in Alaska. Chelsea holds an Associate of Applied Science in Fisheries Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alaska. She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration with a focus on public policy analysis.

Chelsea’s professional background is centered on conservation across the non-profit, private, and governmental sectors in Alaska, Montana, and New Hampshire. Most recently, she managed the Governor’s Permit Program through the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Conservation Division. In this role, she collaborated with non-profit organizations to raffle or auction hunting and bear viewing permits, raising funds for statewide wildlife management and research efforts.

Outside of work, Chelsea serves on the board of directors for the Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation, which provides grants to local organizations for trail and park development. She also enjoys spending time with her yellow lab, Winston, and getting outdoors to hike, camp, mountain bike, fly fish, or hunt.

Daniel Morgan joined the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership as Director of Communications in May 2023.

Daniel is a life-long outdoorsman and fly-fishing enthusiast. His love for the outdoors originates from the time spent with his grandfather exploring the woods and streams of upstate NY each summer during his youth. He attended college at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and following graduation, Daniel pursued his passion for the outdoors professionally.

Most recently, Daniel spent five years as Vice President of Marketing at Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, a national non-profit serving military personnel and veterans through the sport of fly fishing. During his tenure, he was responsible for the organization’s marketing, communications, and partnerships supporting over 200 program locations serving thousands of veterans in need annually.

In 2016, Daniel was selected to serve on Facebook’s prestigious U.S. Small-Medium Business Council and currently serves as a founding member of Meta’s Boost Leaders Network. He is a long-time volunteer in his community with Trout Unlimited, the Cazenovia Lake Association, and Madison County Watershed Council.

Daniel resides in upstate New York with his wife and two sons. When not at work, you can find him prowling his nearby woods and trout streams with fly-rod in hand.