Julie Kahrnoff
Parks Program Coordinator, Santa Clara County Parks

Julie Kahrnoff is a Parks Program Coordinator at Santa Clara County Parks and a Part-Time Faculty Member at West Valley College. Julie has been involved leading Junior Wildlife Ranger since its beginning in 2013. As an Interpretive Specialist at the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, Julie lead efforts at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge to start the first Junior Refuge Ranger program. Her expertise in environmental education programming for youth has been an invaluable resource for the program. She is excited to continue her involvement with Junior Wildlife Ranger on the advisory board.

Pat Gordon
​Membership Chair, Ohlone Audubon Society

After working as a research food chemist for 34 years, Pat Gordon wanted to devote her life to giving back to society. So she began teaching biology and joined the Ohlone Audubon Society. There, she leads field trips and participates in local conservation advocacy.
Pat birds not only to add new species to her lifelist, but to “observe wildlife in different habitats, and to see the whole ecosystem working together.” She has visited most of the Earth's "biomes" while birding, from the sub-Antarctic in the south to the Artic in the north and the rainforests in-between. She met Lynnea while teaching and has since enjoyed sharing her extensive knowledge of local birds. Sharing nature with other people, especially young people, is so important. Growing an awareness and appreciation of the environment, is key to the longevity of environmental conservation.

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Emily Porcari
​Legislative and Regulatory Analyst at StateScape

Emily Porcari is interested in the intersection between national policy and environmental science. As Special Assistant to the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service from 2013-2017, Emily enjoyed working on wildlife conservation, specifically monarch butterfly conservation, at a national level. She is pursuing her interest in conservation as a Masters candidate in Environmental Resource Conservation at George Washington University. She is excited to help Junior Wildlife Ranger raise the next generation of environmental stewards.