Staff

The Longleaf Alliance staff work across the range of the longleaf pine to advance longleaf ecosystem restoration and conservation. Our main office is located in Andalusia, Alabama at the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center and the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership Team is based in Milton, Florida, but we also have folks working out of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Lynnsey Basala

Vice President for Development

Ad Platt

Vice President for Operations

Ryan Bollinger

Regional Initiatives Director & LIT Consul

Vernon Compton

Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP) Director

Lisa Lord

Conservation Programs Director

Charlie Abeles

Wildlife Biologist

Drew Arnold

Western Technical Assistance & Training Specialist

Karen Zilliox Brown

Resource Specialist

Sarah Crate

Outreach Communications Coordinator

Jennie Haskell

Coastal Partnerships Coordinator

Chloe Holst

Natural Resource Technician I

Michael Hubbard

Natural Resource Technician I

Whitney Johnson

Database Manager

Julianne Jones

Biological Restoration Team Lead

Jessie Jordan

GIS Coordinator

Joel Lett

Invasive Species Technician

Jasmine Little

Natural Resource Technician I

Mark McClellan

Restoration Coordinator

Emma McKee

Invasive Species Coordinator

Cameron Meredith

Biological Restoration Technician

Ashlynn Moretti

Biological Restoration Technician

Kay Nail

Accounting Specialist

Alan Patterson

Natural Resource Technician I

Diana Rodas

Biological Restoration Technician

Sean Seid

Biological Restoration Technician

Kaiden Spurlock

Natural Resource Supervisor

MaryBeth Stager

Biological Restoration Technician

Haley Welshoff

Wildlife Technician

Casey White

Administrative Assistant