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Alli Banting
Columbia Valley Conservation Coordinator

Born and raised in the East Kootenay, Alli has always felt a deep connection to the region’s landscapes and wildlife. Since 2014, she has called the Invermere area home, nestled along the Columbia Wetlands. With over a decade of experience working in the Mountain National Parks and more than 15 years as a field biologist, her career has been anything but boring —...
John Bergenske
Strategic Advisor

John was a leader in the 20-year process to create and complete the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy. He has been instrumental in designation of protected areas and parks in the East Kootenay, coordinated environmental appeals against industrial polluters, worked to establish the Southern Rocky Mountain Conservation Area, the Columbia Wetlands and East Columbia Lake Wildlife Management Areas.
Casey Brennan
Conservation Director

Casey and his family live work and play in Fernie in the heart of Canada's beautiful Southern Rockies. Casey is 'happy to be home' helping to lead the amazing team at Wildsight and helping to connect with communities in order to better conserve and protect this exceptionally special place in the world.
Amelia Caddy
Communications & Philanthropy Lead

Amelia oversees Wildsight’s communications and fundraising programs. With a background in journalism, she has worked for various Australian magazines and news outlets. Now, she uses her skills to bring science to life, and create compelling campaigns to defend the mountains she loves. When not wordsmithing, she’s usually chipping away at steep ice or cruxing out on tiny crimps.
Tim Chapman
Program Manager, Youth Climate Corps (East Region)

Born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, Tim grew up camping and road tripping with his parents, and at a young age developed an appreciation for nature and wild places. Driven by a passion to teach others, learn, and share knowledge and experience, he was drawn to his current role with Wildsight and the Youth Climate Corps. On a constant search for new adventures,...
Dawn Deydey
Beyond Recycling Coordinator
Educator

Founder of the Rocky Mountain Education Series, Dawn Deydey brings the experience and understanding of for over a decade of Beyond Recycling coordination and development to the table. As Community Program Coordinator for the Wildsight Elk Valley Branch, her ability to weave environmental education and community action into successful programming that moves our community towards sustainability has been proven repeatedly.
Robyn Duncan
Executive Director
Jumbo Wild Campaign Lead

Robyn is the Executive Director of Wildsight and the campaign lead for Jumbo Wild. Born and raised in Kimberley, BC, Robyn fell in love with the mountains at an early age. Her work is driven by her passion for wilderness and wild places and a strong belief that we can minimize our footprint on the planet. She has been with Wildsight since 2006.
Reanne Harvey
Branch Manager
North Columbia Conservation Coordinator

Reanne first came to Revelstoke in 2017, before spending several years in Nova Scotia working with environmental non-profits on marine conservation issues. She is thrilled to be back in the mountains, and is passionate about inclusive, community-led conservation and access to nature. Reanne hopes to use the skills and knowledge gained from her work on environmental advocacy campaigns, as well as her BSc...
Eric Hsiung
Finance and Administration Coordinator

Growing up in Calgary, Eric made regular family trips out to the Banff National Park, but it wasn’t until high school when he truly started exploring the mountains through climbing, hiking, biking, and backpacking. Getting tired of the weekend warrior lifestyle, Eric decided to make the move away from the city and into Kootenay life. Eric has found his lifestyle balance being in...
Jill Jennings
Education Coordinator

Jill has been working in environmental education in many capacities throughout her career. She is passionate about nurturing the natural world around her and fostering environmental stewardship in people of all ages.
Lorene Keitch
Communications Specialist

Lorene joined the team to share the work of Wildsight with the world. Her formative years were spent in Cranbrook where she tromped through the trails, hiked the wild mountains and swam in cold, clear lakes. She is keen to keep these wild spaces for her own children and the generations to come. With a passion for the written word, Lorene presents the...
Mel Lavery
Program Manager, Youth Climate Corps (West Region - on leave)

When Mel discovered hiking when she was 19, she hung up her roller-skates and headed for the hills. Over the next decade, Mel lived a nomadic life, spanning continents as an Outdoor Educator. She witnessed how transformative working outside was while leading backpacking leadership expeditions. When she stumbled on Nelson, BC a part of her heart suctioned to the bridge and hasn’t been...
Graeme Lee Rowlands
Director of Water and Climate

Graeme serves as program manager for the Columbia River Field School and the Youth Climate Corps. He is passionate about the relationships that underpin the ways we make decisions about rivers and the climate. In 2017, Graeme spent 35 days biking and kayaking up the Columbia River from sea-to-source. He now lives in Golden but enjoys visiting familiar places and faces across the...
Randal Macnair
Elk Valley Conservation Coordinator

Randal moved to Fernie in the 1990’s and with his wife Lisa raised their family in the Kootenays. Randal is the publisher of Oolichan Books, prior to which he was a museum curator and consultant, working throughout western Canada with museums in human and natural history. He spent much of his life in public service with 15 years as a member of Fernie...
Monica Nissen
Education Director

A passion for the wilderness and a gift for teaching have drawn Monica into the field of environmental education where she has worked both inside and outside the classroom for the past 15 years.
Eddie Petryshen
Conservation Specialist

Eddie is an East Kootenay local yokel, a conservationist and a human and coffee powered adventurer. Eddie works to improve logging practices on the ground and at a provincial level, he works on old growth protection, caribou recovery, recreation and land-use planning.
Wyatt Petryshen
Science Policy Advisor

Wyatt is the Science Policy Advisor for Wildsight, where he volunteers his time examining the intersection between scientific research and policy implementation. Born and raised in Calgary, Wyatt spent most of his free time exploring the mountain tops, old-growth forests, and everything in between in the East Kootenay. Wyatt graduated in 2018 with a B.Sc. (Honours First Class) in Geology and Geophysics from...
Dave Quinn
Go Wild! Coordinator
Educator

Born in Cranbrook, Dave is a wildlife biologist, educator, wilderness guide, writer and photographer whose work is driven by his passion for wilderness and wild spaces. His work with endangered mountain caribou and badgers, threatened fisher and grizzly, as well as lynx and other species has helped shape his understanding of the Kootenay backcountry and its wildlife, and help guide his efforts to...
Hanna Sander Green
Operations Director

Hanna is happy to be supporting Wildsight’s work of protecting the wild places that surround her. She’s a systems thinker who loves efficiency, numbers, and problem-solving. Hanna lives in Golden, where she can be found in her vegetable garden, in the kitchen making a pot of soup, or out in the mountains.
Lars Sander-Green
IT Director, Communications & Philanthropy Analyst

Lars helps shape Wildsight's communications and fundraising strategies and provides the technical infrastructure that underpins our work. He optimizes Wildsight's capacity by making systems efficient, numbers tell stories and technology sing. Lars loves to turn science into compelling narratives, driven by the love of the wild that we share, and to craft communications strategies that get results.
Jenna Schulhof
Columbia Valley Conservation Coordinator (On Leave)

Jenna is the Columbia Valley Conservation Coordinator. Jenna has lived between BC’s coast mountains and the Rockies her whole life and has made Golden, BC her home since 2020. Her enthusiasm for healthy ecosystems and wild spaces has always shaped her work. This has led her to various roles including ecological monitoring as a resource conservation officer in six mountain national parks and...
Brianna Thompson
Program Coordinator, Youth Climate Corps (West region)

Brianna was born and raised in Calgary spending her summers camping, hiking and biking and generally falling in love with adventuring outside. After completing a Master’s in Land and Water Systems in Vancouver she fell in love with community development when she started her own not-for-profit urban food security farm. She had the privilege of being able to support many youth volunteers in...
Simon Wiebe
Mining Policy and Impacts Researcher

Simon is a former mineral exploration geologist and the current Mining Policy and Impacts Researcher for Wildsight. Growing up near Invermere, he gained an appreciation for the mountains and a love of spending time in nature, whether he is hiking, trail running, fossil hunting or cross country skiing. Always curious, he enjoys looking closely to develop understanding and is happy to be working...
Siobhan Winters
Communications Officer

Siobhan has always been passionate about the wilderness. A strong desire to protect the planet and the creatures that reside here led Siobhan to be heavily involved in the non-profit sector over the last decade. From rehabilitating wildlife and fostering kittens to spearheading rescue missions, Siobhan does whatever she can to advocate for the environment. In her spare time, she loves cuddling her...

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Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.