Steve Dakin

Adobe

Steve is a Bay Area native whose love of hiking and cycling has deepened his appreciation for the region’s natural beauty.

As a Director of Engineering at Adobe, he focuses on building solutions that benefit everyone. He joined Save The Bay’s Board of Directors to combine his passion for the environment and the Bay Area with his technical expertise, to help preserve the beauty of the San Francisco Bay for all to enjoy.

Carmela Krantz

WOVEN

Carmela moved to San Francisco right after college and has called it home ever since. She is drawn to its diversity – of people, places, and the stunning natural beauty of the Bay Area.

An HR professional, she has spent most of her career working with startups and growing businesses. In 2017, she founded a human resources consulting firm, where she often applies her superpower: having difficult yet productive conversations that others tend to avoid.

Joy Leilei Shih-Casado

Ko Olina

Joy Leilei Shih-Casado is an ocean conservationist with a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a masters in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and a bachelor’s in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley. Her research has focused on coral reefs in French Polynesia, Hawaiʻi, and the Florida Keys, as well as invasive species, symbionts, and microbial nutrient cycling.

She works actively on plastic pollution policy at the local, state, and national levels. She has served on the Executive Committees of the Surfrider Foundation and the Sierra Club in both California and Hawaii and currently chairs the Sierra Club National Marine Team. A master, resuce, and scientific diver, Joy enjoys freediving and hiking with her three dogs and family in her free time. 

Diane Oshima

City and Port of San Francisco

Diane is a Bay Area native with a career in urban environmental planning and stewardship for the City and Port of San Francisco.  As the former Planning and Environment Director at the Port, she led community initiatives to develop the Port’s Waterfront Master Plan, along with diverse shoreline public access, and park and development projects serving San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Passionate about fostering genuine community connections, Diane believes in learning together – especially in the age of climate change – to ensure the San Francisco Bay waterfront remains an invaluable public and environmental resource for all.

Adrienne Donley

Unicycive

Adrienne Donley serves as Vice President of People and Culture at Unicycive, bringing over 20 years of experience supporting life sciences companies in developing solutions that improve patients’ lives. She has led efforts to build high-performing teams and organizations, holding leadership roles at Genentech, Abbott Labs, VeriSign, K2, and Intelligence Technologies. Her work focuses on scaling organizations, fostering adaptability, and enhancing team effectiveness.

A Bay Area native, Adrienne has a lifelong passion for the outdoors and enjoys hiking the hills of Marin County with her husband and daughter. She is deeply committed to advancing scalable climate adaptation solutions and is honored to support Save The Bay’s mission.

Nancy Fee

Architectural Historian

Nancy is a San Francisco native who returned to her hometown after earning a PhD in Art History from Columbia University. She has taught architectural history at Mills College, UC Davis, and other institutions, fostering a deep appreciation for the region’s rich history.

She is dedicated to ensuring that people of all backgrounds and from across the Bay Area can experience and enjoy the beauty of the Bay.

Lauren Swezey

Lauren is a Bay Area native who began her career as a journalist for Sunset Magazine, covering sustainable gardening and landscape design.

Her passion for green building and sustainable development led her to Meta, where she collaborated with internationally acclaimed architects to create environmentally responsible, resource-efficient buildings. During that time, she also partnered with local and regional nonprofits, including Save The Bay, to help protect and restore wetlands and endangered species adjacent to Meta’s headquarters.

Lauren also serves on the Advisory Council for Canopy and Ecumenical Hunger Program.

Terry Young

Environmental Scientist

Terry is a scientist dedicated to environmental protection, most recently serving as Chair of the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Her career has included advising Bay Area environmental groups and serving on U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board. She values Save The Bay’s focus on nature-based solutions to address climate change and new-generation chemical pollution.

Yoon Kim

PwC

Yoon is a Principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Sustainability Practice, where she helps companies identify and quantify climate and nature-related risks and opportunities to inform strategic decision-making and bolster resilience and sustainability.

She joined Save the Bay’s Board of Directors to combine her passion for catalyzing climate change adaptation with her love for the diverse, rich ecosystems of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Chirag Amin

Chirag has lived in San Jose for three decades and, like fellow members of Save The Bay, holds deep appreciation for San Francisco Bay.

She began her career in the tech sector before pivoting in the last decade to sustainability and social impact initiatives focused on water resilience, climate action, labor rights, and disability inclusion. She joined Save The Bay to support the protection and restoration of the Bay’s wetlands through nature-based solutions, which are essential for building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Christopher Hockett

UC Berkeley Law School

Chris is a retired partner in Davis Polk’s Northern California office, where he focused on complex litigation and strategic problem solving for leading businesses. He currently serves as a mediator and arbitrator in business disputes, and teaches negotiations and advanced antitrust courses at Berkeley Law and University of Virginia.

Chris has been involved in conservation and environmental causes for over 20 years, and loves spending time on the Bay and shoreline.

Dennis DeBroeck

Retired Attorney & Conservation Advocate

Dennis is a retired partner from Fenwick & West, where he provided strategic legal and business advice to startups and publicly traded companies.

A long-time Bay Area resident, he is committed to addressing climate change and environmental inequities through the restoration and preservation of the Bay and surrounding environment. He has served on the boards of Peninsula Open Space Trust and PIE Ranch, as well as the Advisory Council for Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.

Dennis and his wife are avid hikers and passionate about exploring the regions culture and cuisine.

Peter Laidlaw

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Peter works for the J.P. Morgan Private Bank, providing investment and planning advice to wealthy families.

Originally from the East Coast, he has called the Bay Area home for over a decade and is committed to preserving and protecting the ecosystems and natural resources. He is proud to continue the legacy of his wife’s family, who have been dedicated conservationists in the region for over 100 years, and to instill an appreciation for California’s beauty in his two young children.

Hugh Le

PwC

Hugh Le is a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Strategy&, focusing on corporate strategy and energy transition. He helps companies address climate resiliency, sustainability, and enterprise transformations. He is passionate about protecting our Bay and bringing together solutions across business, policy, education, and individual change. He is serving Save The Bay so that our Bay can be enjoyed by future generations.

Erin Pang

Policy Manager

epang@savesfbay.org

Having grown up in the Bay Area, Erin is excited to join Save The Bay and work towards equitable climate policies for the region. Her previous experience includes advocating for renewable energy policy at Environment New Mexico and working on California local government outreach and engagement programs at SGA Marketing. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, painting, and being outdoors.

Josh Quigley

Policy Manager

jquigley@savesfbay.org

Josh is the Policy Manager for Save The Bay working to secure funding to restore Bay wetlands and enact regulations to restrict pollution and promote climate adaptation. Prior to joining Save The Bay, Josh worked as a federal legislative staffer for both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Laura Walsh

Policy Manager

lwalsh@savesfbay.org

Laura studied sea level rise at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and has been working in climate resilience and water management for ten years.

Miriam Lucking

Restoration Operations Specialist

mlucking@savesfbay.org

Mimi (she/her) grew up in Seattle, Washington before attending Mills College, where she studied Biology with a concentration in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. She has spent time in outdoor education teaching students at San Mateo Outdoor Education, as well as in restoration serving on a Washington Conservation Corps crew restoring salmon habitat. She has also dabbled in organic farming and animal behavior research and she is passionate about preserving ecosystems and building climate resilience.

Meg Kikkeri

Native Plant Nursery Assistant

mkikkeri@savesfbay.org

Meg (they/them) is the Native Plant Nursery Assistant.

Melody Settelmayer

Director of Communications

msettelmayer@savesfbay.org

Melody is a communications professional with more than a decade of experience working for environmental nonprofits. She moved to the Bay Area from Arcata, CA for college and has been here ever since. In her spare time, she can be found exploring hiking trails and climbing spots near and far. She earned a B.A. in US History from the University of California, Berkeley and resides in Oakland with two friendly rescue cats and a rapidly expanding indoor jungle.

Masha Gutkin

Director of Individual Giving

mgutkin@savesfbay.org

Masha is a strategic leader, fundraiser, and storyteller whose experience was forged building successful community-based initiatives. She is passionate about working with people to put their values into action. Born in the Soviet Union, Masha came to the United States as a refugee. Prior to Save The Bay, her career was mainly in human services, particularly fundraising for refugee resettlement and community-building led by and for former refugees. She is a Certified California Naturalist, a Master Birder in training, and enjoys swimming in, birding on and around, and rowing on the Bay.

Gwendolyn Tornatore

Chief Advancement Officer

gtornatore@savesfbay.org

Gwendolyn’s passion for mission-driven work is everlasting. She is a visionary, where strategy, creativity and passion are the hallmarks of her 25-year career in fundraising and communications. She values and invests in building a collaborative team environment that develops farseeing strategies, effective organizational structures, and impactful results. In her spare time, mountain trails and ridge lines are where she roams with her family and their dog, Klondike. 

Hillary Kantmann

Office and Technology Manager

hkantmann@savesfbay.org

Hillary is an administrative generalist with a wide range of professional experience. She’s had many fun and interesting jobs, including harvesting walnuts, running a woodshop, and sculpting giant props for parade floats, but especially enjoys work that benefits her community in some way. When not working, she spends time gardening, cooking, working on crafts or repair projects, and seeing live music.

Delanie Lowe

Communications Manager

dlowe@savesfbay.org

Delanie is a visual communications designer with experience in marketing and development in-house for non-profit, scientific, and environmental institutions. She specializes in graphic design, video production, branding, and content strategy. Outside of work she enjoys running, hiking, and crafting.

Haymar Lim

Education Program Coordinator

hlim@savesfbay.org

Haymar (she/they) grew up bicoastally in California and New York. Her love for estuaries and environmental justice began in high school with her involvement with the Village Community Boathouse, an organization providing free public rowing and estuary education in New York Harbor. Haymar’s work at McGill University, the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Yurok Tribe Environmental Program and Richardson Bay Audubon has brought her to Save The Bay with a deep sense of purpose to serve the most vulnerable, be they wildlife or human. Her hobbies include photography, songwriting, knitting, rock climbing, hiking and generally existing outdoors.

Daniella Perez Garcia

Restoration Engagement Specialist

dperezgarcia@savesfbay.org

Daniella (she/her) is a first-generation Latinx, born and raised in LA. She graduated from Davis with a B.S. in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning and an emphasis in Conservation Management. Daniella is extremely passionate about working in the field of environmental education and restoration, specifically making it an accessible and inclusive space for all! Coming from the STRAW program at Point Blue, Daniella has experience in transition zone, tidal marsh, and riparian restoration with kiddos. She looks forward to collaborating with more communities throughout the Bay Area. Daniella’s hobbies include: reading, eating new food, breweries, music (especially festivals and shows), rewatching New Girl and then doing it again, and loving on her cat.

Charlie Onorati

Community and Corporate Partnerships Manager

gonorati@savesfbay.org

GianCarlo “Charlie” Onorati was born and raised in LA and grew up exploring the Santa Monica Mountains. In 2014 he moved to the Bay Area in 2014 to teach at San Mateo Outdoor Education and has stayed in the Bay ever since. He has worked in youth development and environmental education all over California and loves to bring students out to the shoreline to explore their connection and build a sense of responsibility. Charlie likes to return to the redwoods frequently and hike and explore all over the region. 

Leslie Cheng

Individual Giving Officer

lcheng@savesfbay.org

Leslie is the Individual Giving Officer at Save The Bay and is proud to support building climate resiliency in the place she calls home. Prior to joining us, Leslie spent seven years engaging the vibrant Oakland and Bay Area community through visitor experience and membership at the Oakland Museum of California. In her downtime, you can find her arranging florals and getting muddy with her family and dog, Moose.

Alyssa Alfonso

Restoration Projects Specialist

aalfonso@savesfbay.org

Alyssa Alfonso is a second-generation Filipino American that was born and raised in San Francisco. Her excitement for the natural world began at young age exploring local beaches and tide pools around the Bay Area. She is passionate about wildlife conservation and creating an environmental and social impact through habitat restoration of the San Francisco Bay. On her free time, you can find her splitting pins at local bowling alleys and exploring trails with her dog, Jack.

Hayley Currier

Policy Manager

hcurrier@savesfbay.org

Hayley is a Save The Bay Policy Manager focused on equitable climate resilience. She focuses on multi-benefit green infrastructure, ensuring our region’s land use planning is addressing the impacts of climate change. Before joining Save The Bay’s team, she worked on land use planning policy advocacy related to transportation, housing, open space, and agriculture at Greenbelt Alliance and TransForm. She is passionate about deconstructing systems of oppression and ensuring our land and water ecosystems are healthy and abundant. She has a master’s in Environmental Policy and Planning and Environmental Justice from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. When not advocating, Hayley can be found puttering in her garden or swimming in alpine lakes.

Donnie Fowler

Meta

Donnie joined the Board of Save The Bay in 2011 after working on a successful campaign to defeat California’s Prop 23, which would have overturned California’s climate and clean energy laws. Fowler regularly braves the annual Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. He asks, “How lucky are Bay Area residents to be able to experience all this in our backyard?”

Jay Pierrepont

Equilibrium

Jay Pierrepont is a Principle and the President/COO of Asset Management of Equilibrium, a firm with sustainability at its core. Originally from New York, he settled in San Francisco where you might find him acing sailing lessons.

April Anderson

Corporate & Community Partnerships Coordinator

aanderson@savesfbay.org

Bio coming soon

Amy Stoddard

Associate Director of Institutional Philanthropy

astoddard@savesfbay.org

Amy Stoddard’s career has been anchored in the nonprofit sector since 2004, with a focus on fundraising and a specialization in grant writing/management. She joined Save The Bay in 2019, where she guides fund development via foundations/corporate partners. Prior, she managed grants at Planned Parenthood Northern California for four years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from UC Santa Cruz in Community Studies, with a minor in Literature.

Katie Reitter

Senior Leadership Gifts Officer

kreitter@savesfbay.org

Katie is a charitable fundraiser who has worked for 15 years at leading Bay Area organizations. For nine years prior to joining Save The Bay Katie worked in Development at Planned Parenthood Northern California. Katie is a Bay Area native who feels proud to help protect our beautiful San Francisco Bay and the surrounding communities from the threats of climate change.

Jessie Olson

Habitat Restoration Director

jolson@savesfbay.org

Jessie Olson is Save The Bay’s Habitat Restoration Director. In nearly eight years at Save The Bay, she built our diverse set of native plant nurseries to support new, larger transition zone habitat restoration projects on the shoreline. We’ve propagated and installed more than 300,000 native plants under her leadership. Jessie brings over 13 years of experience working in natural resource management, habitat restoration, and project implementation to the organization.

Erica Nordby

Finance & Admin Manager

enordby@savesfbay.org

Erica is a lifelong resident of the Bay Area. Her career path has consisted of honing accounting, office administration and management skills in different iterations for about 15 years. She spends her free time with friends, enjoying local restaurants, watching bands, and exploring nature. She feels lucky to work for an organization that is so closely aligned with her deepest intentions to protect and repair our beautiful Bay.

Jesse McKeen-Scott

Restoration Program Manager

jmckeen-scott@savesfbay.org

Jesse is the Restoration Program Manager at Save the Bay. She comes from a background in conservation education and people operations and has a passion for building connections between people and place. She is drawn to shoreline ecosystems because of the complexities of these habitats and the need for collaborative human engagement to protect and restore these systems. Some of her favorite parts of a workday include witnessing native seedlings emerge from the soil and hearing students share what they think of when they picture the San Francisco Bay.

Henry Hoffman

Temporary Policy Associate

hhoffman@savesfbay.org

Henry was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but spent the majority of his childhood in Washington, DC. He attended Skidmore College and majored in Environmental Studies, discovering his passion for environmental research while studying abroad in Panama. Prior to joining Save The Bay, Henry worked in the workforce development field, primarily developing and expanding programs supporting individuals with barriers to employment.

Robin Erickson

Chief Financial Officer

rerickson@savesfbay.org

Robin has worked in the nonprofit sector for 25 years with a focus on finance and human resources.  She received a B.A. in International Relations and Japanese from UC Davis and recently finished a five year term on the Board of Directors for Diabetes Youth Families. Out in the wild you’re likely to find Robin hiking, biking, paddle boarding, or gardening with her son.

Allison Chan

Political Director

allison@savesfbay.org

Allison is the Political Director at Save The Bay, where she works to advance equitable climate adaptation, sustainable development, and Bay health through policy and advocacy. Prior to Save The Bay, Allison worked for the Ocean Foundation’s Coastal Ocean Values Center, developing economic indicators of ecosystem health in Santa Monica Bay, Morro Bay, and Elkhorn Slough. Allison has a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara.

Gem Datuin

Operations Manager

gdatuin@savesfbay.org

Gem is Save The Bay’s Operations Manager. They were born & raised in the island of Guåhan, but moved to the Bay Area in 2015 and has been living on Ohlone land ever since. Outside of Save The Bay, Gem enjoys playing guitar and percussion with their band, Coraza, and has a deep love for being involved with Bay Area organizations that focus on Queer and Trans liberation and the Arts, including API Equality of Northern California (APIENC) and Kearny Street Workshop.

Millie Calzada

Native Plant Nursery Manager

mcalzada@savesfbay.org

Millie brings a wealth of experience working with native plants from seed collection to habitat restoration in the field, including work with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in overseeing seed collection of over 50 native species in the Presidio. Millie is a Certified UC Climate Steward and is passionate about engaging members of the public to realize their own power and role in combatting climate change. We’re excited for them to bring their science communication and volunteer management skills to our team.