Mattole Salmon Group Staff 2009
Mattole Salmon Group Staff: (top row, from left) Drew Barber, Michael Evanson, Will Kelly, Chris Root, Sean James, Linda Yonts, (Bottom row, from left) Jennifer Hayes, Kate Cenci, Sarah Burstein, and Keytra Meyer. Not pictured: Amy Baier, and Campbell Thompson.
Board Members
David Simpson, Gail Rosin, Michael Evenson, Ray Lingel, Lindsay Merryman, Campbell Thompson and Jill Grbavac.
Administrative Staff
Keytra Meyer, Executive Director
Keytra graduated from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. Her experience in fisheries includes six years with the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service in Arcata, CA. Following her Federal service, Keytra was the Associate Director for the MSG from March 2006 until August 2008, at which time she became the Executive Director and has since held the position.
Kate Cenci, Program Assistant
Kate holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Michigan State University. She has been working for the MSG since 2007, first as an AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Program intern and later as the Program Assistant and Estuary Water Quality Monitoring Project Coordinator. In her service with MSG, Kate has worked on a multitude of water quality monitoring, instream habitat enhancement, and salmonid monitoring projects.
Jennifer Hayes, Resources Coordinator
Jennifer has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources planning and Interpretation from Humboldt State University. She served two consecutive years with the AmeriCoprs Watershed Stewards Project at the Mattole Restoration Council.
Linda Yonts, Bookkeeper
Linda is a local landowner, and has been the bookkeeper since 1997.
Project Coordinators
Amy Baier
Amy has a Bachelor's of Science in Horticulture, and a minor in Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she also worked on forestry surveys for the University Lab. She has worked for the MSG since 2004, her first year as an intern through the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project.
Drew Barber
Drew has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Restoration from Prescott College, and has been doing various restoration projects in the Mattole since 1996; Drew has completed over five CDFG-contracted large wood structures in the lower Mattole since 2000.
Sean James
Sean James has been a project coordinator since 2004. Sean has a Bachelor of Science in Biology received from the University of Texas-Austin, and is a local landowner.
Cam Thompson
Cam has been working with the MSG since 1996. He has worked with the CDFG and with Humboldt State University Foundation on wildlife surveys. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology Evolution and Behavior from UC San Diego.
AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project Members
Sarah Burstein
Sarah has a degree in Biology from Colorado College and previous fisheries experience with Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida. This is Sarah's second year with MSG.
Matthew Hanington
Originally from New York, Matt joins us from his previous AmeriCorps gig with the Yurok Tribe Environmental Program.
