Erin Vintinner is Biodiversity Specialist and Assistant to the Director of the CBC. In addition to her administrative functions, she provides research and writing support for various CBC projects and contributes content to the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners. Prior to coming to the CBC, Erin served as Research and Expedition Coordinator for the No Water No Life nonprofit photodocumentary project in the Columbia River Basin. She also previously served as a fisheries technician with the USDA Forest Service in Sitka, Alaska and the Bureau of Land Management in Eugene, Oregon. Erin holds an MA in Conservation Biology from Columbia University’s Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and a BA in Biology from Boston University.

Biodiversity Specialist and Assistant to the Director