Leadership Team

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COuncil

Scott Edwards
Professor and Chair of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology: Curator of Ornithology and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Francesca Grifo
State Director, Maryland Ornithological Society: Founding Director of the Scientific Integrity Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists; and former director of the Center for Biodiversity Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History

Nigella Hillgarth
Evolutionary Biologist, Conservation Photographer, and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington

Susannah B. Lerman
Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service

Wayne Petersen, Director, Massachusetts Important Bird Area (IBA) Program Mass Audubon (retired); Editor/co-author of MA Breeding Bird Atlas 1 & 2, Birds of Massachusetts, and Field Guide to Birds of Massachusetts; Advisory Council of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program

Andrew Vitz
State Ornithologist, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

We are grateful for the participation and ongoing support and advice of our Scientific Advisory Council members.