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Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith joined the California Climate Hub in August 2020 and is a Program Specialist, focusing on Wildlands, Wildfire, and Climate.

Jennifer previously held positions as an ecology research assistant with the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in Moscow, Idaho, and most recently as a program manager with the Consortium for Energy Efficiency in Boston, Massachusetts. Jennifer has extensive experience managing large committees of diverse stakeholders, supporting research projects, and facilitating working groups. She will be bringing her skills and experience to her Hub position where she will serve as the program manager for the State of California Forest Management Task Forces’ Science Advisory Panel. In this role, Jennifer will work with stakeholders and researchers to enhance decision making capacity for forest management implementation; identify critical information, resource gaps, and research needs; and design and develop science-based translational products and support tools to meet the needs of California's forestlands stakeholders. Jennifer holds a B.S. and M.S. in wildlife biology from Humboldt State University and Michigan State University, respectively. 

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Title/Position

  • Program Specialist

Affiliation

Address

USDA California Climate Hub
1 Shields Ave.
Institute of the Environment
University of California, Davis
Davis CA 95616

Phone Number

Email

jatsmith@ucdavis.edu

Focus Area