Staff, Faculty, and Advisory Committee

Campus Director

Gage Dayton UCSC

Gage Dayton

Administrative Director

UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves

Reserves Staff

Alex Jones UCSC

Alex Jones

Manager

UCSC Campus Natural Reserve

Elizabeth Howard

Director

Younger Lagoon Reserve

Joe Miller

Director

Fort Ord Natural Reserve

Patrick Robinson

Director

Año Nuevo Reserve

Mark Readdie

Resident Director

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Chad Moura

Director

Santa Cruz Mountains Reserve

Vaughan Williams

Restoration Field Manager

Younger Lagoon Reserve

Eric Medina

Research, Education, Outreach, and Restoration Steward

Younger Lagoon Reserve

Summer Alinaeem

UCSC Natural Reserves Field Researcher

Sean McStay at Fort Ord

Sean McStay

Lead Reserve Steward

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Mackneal Byers UCSC

Mackneal Byers

Reserve Steward

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Feynner Arias

Reserve Steward Emeritus

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Sean Mcstay UCSC

Nora Grant

Lead Resource Attendant/Weed Management

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Thomas Savoie

Assistant Steward

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Samantha Montejano

UCSC Natural Reserves Field Researcher

UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves Advisory Committee

The committee provides oversight of on and off campus natural reserves of instructional and research interest. It is responsible for developing program vision and policy for the management and use of the UCSC Campus Reserve, Santa Cruz Mountains Reserve, and of the four UC Natural Reserves System holdings:  Año Nuevo Island Reserve, Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Younger Lagoon Reserve and Fort Ord Reserve. The committee coordinates with the system-wide NRS Advisory Committee that advises on policy for all NRS reserves.

Faculty Advisors

Don Croll UCSC

Don Croll

Faculty Director of the UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves

Karen Holl UCSC

Karen Holl

Faculty Advisor

Younger lagoon Reserve

Peter Raimondi

Faculty Advisor

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Dan Costa UCSC

Daniel Costa

Faculty Advisor

Año Nuevo Reserve

Greg Gilbert UCSC

Greg Gilbert

Faculty Advisor

UCSC Campus Natural Reserve

Chris Wilmers UCSC

Chris Wilmers

Faculty Advisor

Santa Cruz Mountains Reserve

Laurel Fox at UCSC Fort Ord Natural Reserve with Bandit the King snake

Laurel Fox

Faculty Advisor

Fort Ord Natural Reserve

Staff and Non-Senate Advisors

Chris Lay UCSC

Chris Lay

Administrative Director and Lecturer

Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History

Sylvie Childress UCSC

Sylvie Childress

Director

UC Santa Cruz Greenhouses

Graduate Students

to be announced

Undergraduate Students

Anabelle Carter UCSC Fort Ord Natural Reserve Student Assistant

Anabelle Carter

Undergraduate Student

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Last modified: Mar 15, 2024