IBP’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 | Steve Allan, Secretary Steve Allan, Ph.D., is the CEO of Options Counseling and Community Services, an agency that serves children, adults, and families in twelve Oregon counties. Currently, Options provides behavioral health and psychiatry services to Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members and provides home-based interventions to families in which there are child safety concerns. Steve was introduced to birding by Dave DeSante more than 30 years ago, and carries binoculars with him everywhere. He enjoys discovering new birds, finding familiar birds in new places, and visiting regularly with favorite birds. |
 | Martin Bern Martin Bern is a litigation partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco. He obtained a law degree from Berkeley Law in 1990, a Master's degree from UC Berkeley in Political Science in 1986, and a Bachelor's degree from Tufts University in International Relations and Economics in 1984. Martin previously served as President of the Board of the Truckee Donner Land Trust during an aggressive period of land acquisition and preservation in the Northern Sierra. He also served two terms as an elected Director of the Sierra Lakes County Water District. Recently, Martin has provided pro bono representation to Ventana Wildlife Society in connection with efforts to protect California Condors from poisoning by lead bullets, and the California Native Plant Society in connection with efforts to protect Live Oak trees threatened by proposed development. He joined the IBP Board in 2019. Martin's CV |
 | David F. DeSante, President David DeSante founded IBP in 1989 and was Executive Director until 2008. He created the MAPS and MoSI Programs. Dave earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and has held Assistant Professorships at Stanford and Reed College. His research interests include population dynamics, winter ecology, biogeography, and migration and navigation. Dave has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers, monographs, and books, and over 160 technical reports. He has won numerous national conservation awards, including the Partners in Flight Investigator's Award (for IBP), Conservationist of the Year from the Western Chapter of the Wildlife Society, the Chandler Robbins Conservation and Education Award from the American Birding Association, and The Lifetime Achievement Award from Partners in Flight. David's CV |
 | Cordell Green Cordell Green received an M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford, in Computer Science. He is interested in how computers can help research in bird population studies. He is CEO of the Kestrel Institute, a computer science research institute concerned with safe software. |
 | Dayna Mauer Dayna Mauer started her relationship with IBP in 2006 as an intern. Looking for opportunities to further her birding knowledge and interest, she applied to survey for Great Gray Owls in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. She has since continued working on many projects, including Willow Flycatcher surveys in Yosemite National Park and IBP’s initial pilot study to survey for Black-backed Woodpeckers. In 2016 she joined the IBP Board of Directors. Dayna balances time at IBP with her regular job being an Emmy-nominated special effects compositor for television shows. |
 | Deborah Mills, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Deborah joined IBP in 2016. She currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for the organization and was elected Treasurer in 2019. Deborah is a Certified Financial Planner and has spent 30 years building businesses. Her passion lives in finance, technology and operations. Her mission: making the world a better place. Deborah is an avid environmentalist and bird lover. |
 | Edward R. Pandolfino Ed Pandolfino earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Washington State University. After twenty years working in various management positions in the medical device industry, he retired in 1999 and has since devoted his time to ornithology. Ed has served as president of Western Field Ornithologists, vice-president of San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, conservation chair for Sierra Foothills Audubon Society, and Regional Editor for Northern California for North American Birds. He has published more than three dozen articles on status, distribution, behavior of western birds. He co-authored with Ted Beedy, Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution published by U.C. Press in May 2013. He has conducted ornithological field research and consulted for the US Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, Point Blue, Sacramento Valley Conservancy, and Williams Wildland Consulting. Ed's CV |
 | Ivan Samuels Ivan Samuels joined the board of IBP in 2011. He holds bachelor's degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master's degree in Zoology from the University of Florida. Ivan developed a passion for birds at age 12, and this soon led to broader interests in ecology and conservation biology. He has conducted field research with birds in seven countries, and even worked as a field technician for IBP in 2004. He is currently the Executive Director of March Conservation Fund, a grant-making foundation that supports conservation organizations in the US and Latin America. Ivan serves on the board of four Bay Area conservation organizations. He is also a forest landowner, and has a keen interest in how land management can improve forest health for the benefit of both wildlife and people. |
 | Rodney Siegel Rodney Siegel joined IBP in 1998 as a research scientist, after completing his B.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. at U.C. Davis. He splits his time between working as a research scientist for IBP’s Sierra Nevada Bird Observatory and as IBP’s Executive Director. His research includes the effects of fire and fire management on Black-backed Woodpecker and other forest birds, the conservation of meadow birds in the Sierra Nevada, the ecology and conservation of owls, and the effects of climate change on forest birds. He is particularly interested in research that has practical applications for management and conservation. Rodney has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-authored multiple conservation strategies for California birds. Rodney's CV |
