Founders

NatureMapping Founders


Karen Dvornich - National Director

Karen is the co-founder and National Director of The NatureMapping Program and Outreach Coordinator for the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Washington. She was Project Assistant for Washington Gap Analysis Project, the first statewide assessment of biodiversity. She continues to conduct biodiversity research and implementation of GAP and NatureMapping datasets for county and community planning.

Karen began working with Informal Science Education organizations in 2005 to create a network of NatureMapping Centers through out US educating and supporting schools and communities in conservation planning and field research projects while providing credible data to the NatureMapping database. She has B.S. degrees in Zoology and Animal Behavior and over 20 years experience in telecommunications and information technology.

Contact: vicon@u.washington.edu


Margaret Tudor - National Education Director

Margaret is the co-founder and National Education Director of The NatureMapping Program.

Margaret serves as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Program Manager for Environmental and Wildlife Education. She is also the co-director of the Pacific Education Institute, which conducts formal assessments of student learning.

She received her B.S. in Geology from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, an M.S. in Environmental Health from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Wisconsin.


Dan Hannafious - Program Development

Dan is the Assistant Director for the Hood Canal Project Center, Salmon Enhancement Group. He is responsible for salmon-related projects, education programming, and GIS development.

He serves as a trainier for NatureMapping Data Collection and Monitoring Workshops. He trains new NatureMapping state coordinators at National Meetings and develops workshop materials for community research projects.

Dan has a B.S. degree in Wildlife Science from Oregon State University.

 

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