2026 Executive Board
Camdilla Wirth
Camdilla is a Conservation Biologist with Sequoia Riverlands Trust, working in mitigation site monitoring and management. She helps Sequoia Riverlands Trust manage approximately 9,000 acres in the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County. Camdilla is looking forward to advancing the chapter’s goals in the coming year and serving the diverse California central coast community of wildlife professionals and students.
President
Jackie Hancock
Jackie has served on the California Central Coast Chapter board for many years. This is her second time through the presidency tract, with the first during the pandemic. Jackie graduated from Cal Poly SLO with a bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Systematic Biology and a master’s degree in biology. Jackie has been an endangered species biologist for 24 years at Fort Hunter Liggett. Jackie looks forward to continuing to help make this Chapter excel.
Immediate Past President
President ElectCynthia Martinson
Cynthia is a wildlife biologist at Rincon Consultants, Inc. She has engaged in various field projects, including wildlife surveys, offshore fisheries monitoring, and endangered species conservation. She aims to enhance our understanding of wildlife behavior, ecology, and habitat dynamics, while collaborating with local communities, government agencies, and environmental organizations to promote education, outreach, and effective conservation strategies for diverse species and ecosystems.
William Fox
TreasurerWilliam is an Environmental Scientist with the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department and he looks forward to his second term as Chapter Treasurer.
SecretaryAndrea Dransfield Kraus
Andrea is a Biologist at Dudek, Inc. and a Necropsy Technician at Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit (CIRCU) in Santa Barbara. She has served as Chapter Secretary last year and is looking forward to another year working in outreach.
Michaela Robbins
Chapter RepresentativeMichaela currently serves as the immediate Past President of The Wildlife Society’s California Central Coast Chapter and has served on the Executive Board since 2014. She is looking forward to joining the Western Section as Chapter Representative, a first for her. Michaela has led the chapter in creating and organizing workshops, symposia, and lecture series.