Position: Executive Director
Email Address: nancy@marinrcd.org

Nancy Scolari has been the Executive Director of the District for 28 years helping farmers and ranchers with the application of practices that improve…

Position: Operations and Impacts Director
Email Address: elise@marinrcd.org

Elise Suronen has 14 years of experience in restoration ecology and natural resources as a researcher, project and program manager.  Throughout her…

Position: Urban Streams Program Manager
Email Address: Sarah@marinrcd.org

Sarah has been working since 2009 in the field of restoration and natural resources management with a focus on riparian systems and salmonid habitat…

Position: Water Quality Program Manager
Email Address: gerhard@marinrcd.org

Gerhard Epke is a watershed scientist whose work focuses on the relationship between land management and the creeks and waterbodies of Marin County…

Position: Monitoring & GIS Program Manager
Email Address: preston@marinrcd.org

Preston grew up in Ventura, California and studied Environmental Studies and Biology at UC Santa Cruz, where he became enamored with the natural world…

Position: Carbon Farming Program Manager
Email Address: sarahs@marinrcd.org

Sarah comes from a background in urban agriculture and community food systems. She holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture with a minor in Agricultural…

Position: Rangeland Ecologist
Email Address: lee@marinrcd.org

Lee grew up in and around the Bay Area, and comes to the RCD with a background in ecology, education, and land stewardship. He got his start studying…

Position: Soil Conservation Technician
Email Address: fiona@marinrcd.org

After spending her childhood exploring the open spaces of Marin, Fiona earned her B.S. in Environmental Management and Protection with a minor in…

Position: Board and Operations Manager
Email Address: cora@marinrcd.org

Cora Richard comes to us with experience in the management of a local government special district in Mendocino County. She owns and operates a small…

Position: North Coast Soil Hub Director
Email Address: emilie@marinrcd.org

Emilie joined Marin RCD in March 2021 and serves as the Director for the first regional soil hub in the state, the North Coast Soil Hub. Her position…

Position: North Coast Regional Forest Health Program Manager
Email Address: alex@hcrcd.org

Alex serves the CA North Coast as a Regional Forest Health Program Manager which includes a group of 11 RCDs that coordinate, and streamline program…

Position: Tribal Collaboration Liaison
Email Address: mkatuna@berkeley.edu

Michelle Katuna (she/her, European Jewish and non-Jewish ancestry) grew up in Coast Miwok territory in Sonoma County. Since 2012, she has studied…

Position: Project Manager: Marin Biomass Project
Email Address: chad@marinrcd.org

Chad brings 20 years of experience in environmental research, systems analysis, and lifecycle management to this project as well as more recent…

Position: Coordinator: Marin Carbon Project

Orlena brings a keen sense of curiosity about the spaces where climate change, farming, and finance intersect. She has 6 years of experience working…