This is the staff of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and Elkhorn Slough Foundation. Choose the links below to learn more about our slough family.
General questions should be directed to .

Dave Feliz
Reserve Manager
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
(831)728-2822 ext. 302

Dave Feliz has been working on Fish and Wildlife lands since 1988. Originally from Southern California, he has worked on the restoration and management of wetlands in a variety of settings. Over the years, he has set up a variety of active working partnerships to further the management of both upland and wetland habitats. He has an avid interest in birding, finding reptiles and amphibians and outdoor nature photography.

Mark Silberstein
Executive Director
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
(831)728-5939 ext. 231

Trained as a marine zoologist, Mark has worked on the study and conservation of coastal wetlands for three decades. Working with a group of community volunteers, Mark developed the land trust function of the Foundation, which is aggressively working to conserve and restore the Elkhorn Slough, one of the last remaining estuarine wetlands on the central coast. Mark was on a team of conservationists that developed a watershed conservation plan for the Elkhorn watershed that led to significant funding for land acquisitions here. Mark is known for pursuing collaborative approaches to conservation and for a fondness for mud.

Education and Outreach
Peggy Casper - ESNERR Visitor Center Naturalist
Virginia Guhin - ESNERR Coastal Training Program Assistant Coordinator
Grey Hayes - ESNERR Coastal Training Program Coordinator
Cortland Jordan - ESNERR Fish and Wildlife Scientific Aide
Grant Lyon - ESNERR Coastal Training Program Assistant Coordinator
George Merilatt - ESNERR Education Specialist
Kenton Parker - ESNERR Education Program Coordinator / ESNERR Visitor Center Program Coordinator
Varyl White - ESNERR Visitor Center Naturalist / Education Assistant
Tricia Wilson - ESNERR Visitor Center Coordinator and Naturalist / ESF Bookstore Assistant

Research
Nina D’Amore - ESNERR Amphibian and Freshwater Ecologist
Susanne Fork - ESNERR Research Biologist
John Haskins - ESNERR Water Quality Monitoring Scientist
Rikke Kvist Preisler - ESNERR Estuarine Ecologist
Kerstin Wasson - ESNERR Research Coordinator

Land Stewardship
Bree Candiloro - ESNERR Stewardship Specialist
Ken Collins - ESF Land Steward
Kevin Contreras - ESF Land Acquisitions Coordinator
Charlie Endris - GIS Specialist
Corey Hamza - ESNERR Scientific Aide
Kim Hayes - ESF Stewardship Director
Andrea Woolfolk - ESNERR Stewardship Coordinator

Tidal Wetland Project
Monique Fountain - Tidal Wetland Project Director

Administrative and Facilities Support
Amanda Ankenbrandt - ESNERR Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle Bakker - ESNERR Business Services Assistant
Gabriele Estill - ESF Grant Manager
Geoff Lawson - ESNERR Administrative Clerk
Korina Moreno - ESF Administrative Assistant
Kate Raymundo - ESF Administrative Director
Lorili Toth - ESF Director of Development and Communications
Quinn White - ESF Development & Communications Manager
Lisa Zaretsky - ESF Webmaster