Madison Yablonski is the policy associate at PERC, assisting in policy strategy and government affairs efforts to implement key policy reforms based on PERC’s groundbreaking research. She graduated from the University of Oregon in 2021 with a B.A. in Public Relations and International Affairs with a focus on diplomacy. Prior to joining the PERC team,Continue reading “Madison Yablonski”
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Morgan Varner
Dr. Morgan Varner is the director of research at Tall Timbers where he coordinates research efforts including fire science, rare species, and game bird management. His research interest includes biodiversity conservation and how management activities promote or diminish ecological function. Morgan also guides non-research programs in prescribed fire training and private lands prescribed fire implementation,Continue reading “Morgan Varner”
Tim Hawkes
Tim Hawkes represents Utah’s House District 18 and works in the brine shrimp industry to help protect the Great Salt Lake. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade as Utah state director for Trout Unlimited.
Nick Hagerty
Dr. Nick Hagerty is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Montana State University.
Daniel Bigelow
Daniel Bigelow is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics at Oregon State University.
Heidi Schweizer
Heidi Schweizer is an assistant professor of agricultural economics at North Carolina State University.
Sarah E. Null
Sarah E. Null is an associate professor in the Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University.
James Priest
James Priest was a 2022-2023 conservation law fellow with PERC’s Conservation Law and Policy Center. James graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2019 with a B.A. in philosophy and a B.A. in history. He is currently a third-year law student at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. Prior toContinue reading “James Priest”
Christina Babbitt
Christina Babbitt is a former director of Climate Resilient Water Systems at the Environmental Defense Fund. She is currently a University of California, Berkeley Haas Executive MBA candidate.
Ellen Bruno
Ellen Bruno is an assistant professor of cooperative extension in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.