Eli is an aquatic ecologist/hydrologist at Eureka-based consulting firm Riverbend Sciences. He has worked in California and Oregon watersheds for over 20 years, specializing in statistical analysis of large, complex datasets and has authored many technical analyses on streamflow, water temperature, water quality, and algae in the Klamath and Eel River watersheds. He also assisted with development and implementation of salmon and steelhead recovery plans throughout California.

Amy has been an environmental leader for over twenty years. As a land use attorney in Kansas City, Missouri she worked on major public-private partnerships to rebuild the city’s urban core. She served as the first staff attorney at Friends of the San Juans in Washington State where she worked to protect wetlands, marine resources and the endangered southern resident killer whales. Also in Washington, she represented the Makah Tribe of Neah Bay to create the nation’s first Tribal Office of Marin Affairs that addressed state and federal oil spill prevention and response policy.