Meet the West Interns
2024 Cohort
West Summer Interns
Anneli Chow
River Restoration Intern, American Rivers
Anneli Chow is a rising junior studying earth systems on the biosphere track. She is also interested in pursuing a creative writing minor, because she sees value in writing about the natural world, environmental justice, and climate work. Having grown up in Portland, OR and Los Altos, CA, she cherishes the natural beauty around her and strives to become a better steward of the land while helping others to do the same. Toward this aspiration, she is excited to work with American Rivers to restore ecosystem resilience and improve the inclusivity and accessibility of natural spaces in the Central Valley. Alongside school and work, Anneli enjoys dancing with Stanford’s Cardinal Ballet Company, walking and talking with friends, and listening to Beatles songs.
Emily Zhao
Carbon and Biomass Intern, Blue Forest Conservation
Emily Zhao (she/her) is a rising fourth-year studying earth systems with a concentration in human-environmental systems. She is also minoring in theater and performance studies. Emily lives fifteen minutes away from Stanford campus in the Bay and will be interning at Blue Forest. At Blue Forest, Emily is excited to research barriers and opportunities in the usage of biochar for supporting circular economies, stewardship for healthy forests, and carbon sequestration. Emily’s hobbies include dancing (house and contemporary), watching films (recently Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox), and taking walks.
Lauren Taylor
Source Water Initiative Intern, California Trout
Lauren is a rising senior studying biology on the ecology and evolution track. She spent many hours as a kid playing in the creek in her backyard in Cold Spring, Kentucky. She is excited to play in some new creeks while doing important conservation work with California Trout in Mount Shasta, California this summer. She is also working toward a data science minor, and she is looking forward to applying her data science skills to conservation problems. In her free time this summer she hopes to visit the national parks in the area, get better at plant and animal identification, and run.
Varun Shirhatti
Resilient Lands Intern, Deschutes Land Trust
Varun Shirhatti is a rising senior from Bangalore, India, and San Diego, California. He is majoring in earth systems on the biosphere track and has a particular interest in large-scale ecosystem stewardship for conservation. Outside of class, he leads the club Students for a Sustainable Stanford, sings a cappella with Stanford Talisman, and loves to read fantasy and environmental fiction. He will be in Bend, Oregon, this summer, working with the Deschutes Land Trust on land management strategies.
Sam Petersen
Communications, Outreach, and Social Media Internship, Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources
Sam Howell Petersen (they/she) is a graduating senior studying theater-making and music. Originally from Park City, Utah, Sam tries to spend every waking moment outside and is excited to continue this endeavor in Honolulu working with the Department of Land and Natural Resources. They are particularly passionate about learning about Native plant use and connection to land and aquatic life. When they’re not hiking, skiing, or reading on a sunny bench, Sam can be found making art alone or with friends. They are passionate about storytelling through music, and look forward to learning more about Hawai’ian musical traditions.
Akary Buenrostro Gonzalez
Summer Camp and Community Programs Intern, Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN)
Akary is a rising junior majoring in psychology at Stanford University, with a lifelong passion for child development. Originally from Yakima, Washington, just a 40-minute drive from Ellensburg, Akary is driven to apply psychological principles to enhance educational and developmental outcomes and strengthen community engagement. Dedicated to leveraging academic knowledge in real-world contexts, Akary will be interning this summer with the Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN) in Ellensburg, Washington, focusing on integrating community outreach and summer day camp activities with environmental education, child development practices, and conserving community health.
Alonzia Quinn
Elections Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Alonzia Quinn is a rising junior majoring in political science with concentrations in justice and law, alongside elections, representation, and governance. She is from Waterloo, Iowa, where her fascination with democratic enhancement and governance first blossomed. This summer, she will intern at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, Colorado and looks forward to engaging in nonpartisan policy research on the Elections and Redistricting team. In her free time, Alonzia enjoys lifting weights, running, baking, and taking long walks around campus.
Jasmin Zazaboi
Technology and Communications Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Jasmin, a non-traditional student from Northern California, transferred to Stanford from community college, where she earned associate degrees in political science and sociology. She is now a graduating senior at Stanford, where she studied science, technology, and society. Jasmin is interested in exploring how new technologies impact socio-political dynamics and how policy shapes their implementation. She is excited to join the National Conference of State Legislatures as a research intern where she looks forward to gaining a comprehensive understanding of the practical workings of state governments and their decision-making processes. In her free time Jasmin enjoys making art, hiking, and eating green tea ice cream mochi from Trader Joe's.
Ella Wang
User Experience (UX) Design Intern, Natural History Institute
Ella Wang is a coterminal master’s student graduating with a BS in computer science and MS in management science & engineering. She is from Marin County, California and will be joining the Natural History Institute in Prescott, Arizona as an intern this summer! She is looking forward to working on UX design across the NHI’s digital platforms and exploring the beautiful area. Her interests include — but are not limited to — coding, sustainability, dancing, singing, doing puzzles, hiking, watching movies/TV, tennis, and golf!
Alvin Lee
Intern, City of Los Angeles - Mayor Karen Bass
Alvin Lee (he/him) is a junior at Stanford University studying political science with a minor in education. He will be working in the office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass this summer. Alvin’s passion and background is at the intersection of education and public policy. He was born and raised in the Bay Area. Alvin is the founder and executive director of GENup, California’s largest youth-led education policy organization. He previously interned at the White House and the non-profit Children Now. Alvin is also a member of the California100 Commission, a project incubated by Stanford University and UC Berkeley that will help advance and develop our vision and strategy for California’s next century. In his spare time, he enjoys tennis, music, pickleball, and being in the great outdoors.
Natalie Ward
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Natalie Ward is a co-terminal master’s student with an ecology and evolution field of study. She currently is a member of the Dirzo lab at Stanford and has previously worked on research in the lab studying conservation biology and species interaction. She is from Berkeley, California, and is excited to work close to home this summer at San Francisco Estuary Institute, working in the Resilient Landscapes sector on projects involving land management and landscape ecology.
Owen Brown
Butterfly & Moth Biodiversity and Insect Survey Intern, Smithsonian Institution
Owen is a rising senior from Paradise, California and he is majoring in earth systems along the biosphere track. Witnessing wildfires in Northern California cultivated his interest in conservation, climate change, and the natural world. At Stanford, Owen has spent his time completing coursework focused on ecology and biology, while also interning with the National Park Service in summer of 2023. He strives to do work that protects the natural world and contributes to fighting climate change. In his free time, he enjoys camping, swimming, and hiking.
Sophia Haase Cox
Prairie Dogs & Black-Footed Ferrets Intern, Smithsonian Institution
Sophia Haase Cox is a senior and coterminal master’s student in biology. She is interested in ecology and evolutionary biology as well as conservation. Sophia is originally from Mill Valley, CA, and will be spending the summer working with the Smithsonian’s Zoo and National Conservation Biology Institute at the American Prairie nature preserve in Montana. She is excited to expand her knowledge of conservation biology, and to learn about prairie dogs and the prairie ecosystem!
Ella Bullock-Papa
Data Analysis Intern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Ella is a rising junior studying economics and data science. She is passionate about understanding how to leverage policy as a tool for bettering people’s lives. She believes words and data both tell powerful stories. In her free time, Ella enjoys woodworking, speed walking across campus, and creative writing. Ella loves graphs more than anything else in this world and would perhaps die for a well-crafted spreadsheet.
Janae Belk
Emergency Management Intern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Janae Belk is a graduating senior majoring in international relations with a focus on environmental policy and international security. She’s originally from Roswell, Georgia, and grew up with a passion for environmental conservation and land stewardship. Rising environmental responses to climate change, from fires in the west to hurricanes in the east has made her eager to understand and experience how different organizations across the United States respond to major weather emergencies. This summer, she’s excited to intern with the US Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division and learn more about the federal government’s role in capacity building and emergency response to natural disasters. In her free time, she loves to read and write fantasy, draw, hike, explore new places, gush over every dog she sees, and pet every cat she meets.
Emma Klemperer
Archaeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Emma Klemperer is a rising senior from Woodside, California studying biology and archaeology. She has a strong interest in ecology, evolution, and human-nature interactions. In particular, she is interested in understanding how humans influence the environment and how the environment influences us in return. She will be working with the Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center this summer. She is looking forward to visiting the park for the first time and learning about hands-on archaeological work.
Abby Matsumoto
Museum Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Abby Matsumoto is a senior at Stanford and will graduate in June 2024 with a degree in English and a minor in digital humanities. She is from Honolulu, Hawai'i and is excited to serve as the Museum Intern for the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center in Gardiner, Montana. While she has been a lifelong avid museum patron, Abby’s interest in investigating the role and responsibilities of the museum as a vehicle for preserving cultural heritage was piqued through a previous internship with the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford. She is excited to explore the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center’s unique collection of natural history specimens, photographs, historic vehicle collection, and archeological collections. Outside of her studies, Abby loves crocheting, rocking out with the LSJUMB, and following women’s basketball.
Gibson Holmes
Ranch Ecological & Infrastructure Monitoring Intern, Redwing Ranch
Gibson Holmes is a Stanford freshman studying earth systems and history. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Gibson seeks to continue his experiences in regenerative agriculture and conservation land management in western landscapes. Through his internship at Redwing Ranch, Gibson's role is to restore and enhance soil health by applying spatial analysis to ecological systems and irrigation infrastructure. Gibson is dedicated to ensuring that his work provides the ranch with the information needed to operate efficiently, profitably, and sustainability while also being resilient to future climate challenges. This approach reflects Gibson's belief that holistic, low-impact food production is not only beneficial for the land and its ecosystems but also crucial for fostering a healthy food system.
Kylie Creighton
Tuolumne Meadows Interpretation Intern, Yosemite National Park
Kylie Creighton is a rising senior studying earth systems. This summer she will be interning with Tuolumne Meadows staff in Yosemite National Park, learning how to lead interpretive presentations for park guests. As an artist at heart, imagining creative connections between ecosystems like Yosemite and the visitors who enjoy them is something that fascinates and inspires her. Growing up in the Central Valley of California, Yosemite has always been a place where she and her family spent meaningful time outdoors together. She’s excited to return with a new role this summer.
Shultz Energy Fellows
Named in honor of former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, one of the most widely admired American public servants of the past half-century, the program offers a suite of paid, energy-related public service fellowships for Stanford students in California, Colorado, Utah, and Hawaii during the summer. We co-administer this program with the Precourt Institute for Energy, the Haas Center for Public Service, and Stanford in Government. Our 2024 Shultz Fellows and their placements include:
- Dillan Saltsman - California Department of Water Resources
- Owen Jung - Western Interstate Energy Board
- Elijah Schacter - California ISO
- Kyle (Qile) Chen - Department of Water Resources
- Claire Petersen - California Energy Commission
- Shambhavi Rathore - California Public Utilities Commission
- Merrill Storch - California Public Utilities Commission
- Yueer Cai - Western Interstate Energy Board
Read their bios and learn more about the 2024 Shultz Fellows.
2023
2023 Cohort
West Summer Interns
Diana Baszucki
Communications and Land Use Planning Intern, American Rivers
Diana Baszucki is a rising senior studying history with a focus in the United States. She has also enjoyed completing coursework in the Earth Systems and Creative Writing departments and believes that environmental problems are best solved through an interdisciplinary lens. At American Rivers, she looks forward to working towards river conservation and protection through an approach that honors the human connection to the environment. She grew up in Portola Valley, California.
Hannah Young
Project Analyst Intern, Blue Forest Conservation
Hannah Young is a graduating coterminal master’s student in the Earth Systems Program, with a focus on conservation and land management. She is originally from the Black Hills of South Dakota where her passion for environmental stewardship began. Since then, she has spent the last few years living and working through the Sierra Nevada building on this passion. This summer, Hannah is excited to put her interdisciplinary background to work through the innovative projects at Blue Forest. In her free time, you’ll likely find Hannah on a bike or with her nose in a good book.
Emily Winn
Source Water Initiative Intern, California Trout
Emily Winn is a member of the Class of 2025 majoring in Environmental Systems Engineering with a focus on energy. She is originally from Denver, Colorado and will be joining California Trout in Mt. Shasta this summer to focus on their Source Water Initiative. Emily is interested in creating sustainable water and energy systems for the 21st century. If not working or hanging out with friends Emily can be found biking, running, or skiing around Colorado or California.
Serena Turner
Intern, Deschutes Land Trust
Serena Turner is a rising junior from Phoenix, Arizona. She is majoring in the neuroscience track of Symbolic Systems and minoring in Earth Systems with a focus on sustainability. Passionate about human-environmental interactions, she wants to make great strides in the realm of sustainability. At Stanford, Serena is an athlete on the varsity beach volleyball team and a member of Cardinal Community. Additionally, this past year she co founded the Stanford chapter of Sprout Up, an environmental education program for 1st and 2nd graders. In her free time, you can find her on an adventure out exploring nature. She cannot wait to learn from and make a difference at the DLT!
Lucia Quintanar
Hispanic Outreach Intern, Glacier National Park Conservancy
Lucia is a rising junior at Stanford University majoring in Product Design and minoring in Art Study. As a lover of camping and backpacking, she cherishes our natural world for everything it has to offer and hopes to make this space more inclusive and accessible for everyone to experience its wonder. She has worked towards this goal by establishing outdoor education clubs at high schools in the bay, in which students can learn the skills necessary to plan and lead camping trips. She is now very excited to expand this type of inclusion work as the Hispanic Outreach intern at Glacier National Park. In her free time, Lucia enjoys crocheting, sewing, silversmithing, and going to the beach.
Fiona Sandi
Social Media Internship, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
Fiona is a senior at Stanford and will graduate with a degree in communication. She is from Miami, Florida and plans to live in Paraguay for two years, working as a volunteer for the Peace Corps. Through prior internship experience and class projects, Fiona has explored the world of video production and digital journalism. She’s very excited to combine content creation with her love for the environment. In her free time, you can find Fiona doing yoga outside, drinking iced coffee at Tresidder, or going on long road trips with her friends.
Eva Jones
Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Eva Jones is a rising sophomore studying Environmental Systems Engineering with a focus in freshwater systems. She is also double majoring in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, studying Queer and Feminist Histories. Eva is from a small town in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, which cultivated their interest in restorative, equitable land management. Before working with the Bill Lane Center, they conducted a literature review of Western-Indigenous Co-management within U.S. federal lands in order to find paths of successful managerial relationships and policies to powerfully integrate tribal communities and knowledge into public land management. Eva wants to build nature-based solutions that work with the incredible ingenuity of evolutionary biology to support diverse, healthy communities (human and non-human alike). They are ecstatic to begin this work with the Henry’s Fork Foundation as a Hydrology Intern, assessing and analyzing watershed patterns to predict streamflow responses. In her free time in Ashton, Eva is excited to fish, bike, and play guitar.
Kyla Figueroa
Marketing and Development Intern, Heyday Books
Kyla Figueroa is a rising senior at Stanford, majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing (prose track) and a minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. At school, she writes for The Stanford Daily and does student theater with various clubs, including restarting Latinos in Theater to center Latino storytelling and artists on campus. Her favorite word “tsundoku,” which is a Japanese term used to describe a person who owns a lot of unread literature because she relates, but she is slowly getting through the shelves. This summer, she will be seeing the behind the scenes of working as Marketing and Development Intern at Heyday. She hopes to learn more about the indie publishing scene in the Bay Area and is excited to work on projects central to her home state.
Hana Doueiri
Culturally Responsive Curriculum Intern, Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN)
Hana Doueiri is a sophomore studying political science and education at Stanford. She is from Southern California in San Bernardino. She loves gardening and baking. This summer, she will be interning at the Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN) in Ellensburg, Washington. Hana aspires to go into the education field, so she is excited to be spending time with youth while teaching them about the outdoors!
Harry Katz
Elections Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Harry Katz is a rising senior at Stanford pursuing a degree in American Studies with a focus on Appalachian and Southern labor history. Originally born in Las Vegas, Harry spent much of his life bouncing around the American West, the Upper South, and New England before finally settling down in rural Ashland, Virginia. Outside of his studies, Harry can be found hiking the Dish, volunteering with the United Farm Workers, or rifling through the free books bench at Margaret Jacks Hall. A passionate scholar of American populism and the Progressive Era, Harry is thrilled to be researching ballot referendums and election security and accessibility with the National Conference of State Legislatures this summer.
Carly Taylor
Media Arts Intern, Natural History Institute
Carly Taylor is a recent graduate from Cold Spring, Kentucky. She holds a BA in Comparative Literature with a concentration in French, and she is looking forward to serving as the Media Arts Intern for the Natural History Institute in Prescott, Arizona. After growing up exploring the beauty of Appalachia, Carly is excited for this new opportunity to fall in love with Arizona’s Mogollon Highlands region. She hopes to use her content marketing skills and creative vision to help this local nonprofit reach new audiences online and further their mission of integrating the arts, humanities, and sciences. In her free time, Carly writes poetry and fiction and reviews books on her Instagram @unsolicitedbookpics.
Adriana Zhang
Intern, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Adrianna Zhang is a rising sophomore pursuing a BA in Public Policy and Urban Studies. Through growing up around grassroots organizing and passionate policy discussions in San Francisco, she developed a passion for writing policy and organizing for social justice. She loves engaging with her community in the San Francisco Bay Area through policy writing and through exploring SF’s best restaurants in her free time. She is excited to intern in Sacramento with the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Vrinda Suresh
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Vrinda Suresh just completed a coterminal degree in Earth Systems after finishing her undergraduate studies in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Science Communication. She's interested in biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration and stewardship, and working with spatial data. She has done research and projects focusing on niche partitioning of local bat species, and management of invasive plant species. In the next few years, she hopes to work more on spatial analysis in service of local conservation and land management. She’s from the East Bay and in her free time she likes to read, draw, hike, climb, and look at plants. She has a dog named Jelly Bean.
Amanda Campos
Conservation Outreach Intern, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Amanda Campos (she/her) is a rising sophomore double majoring in the Earth Systems Program and public policy. Born in the iconic city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she moved to São Paulo when she was 3 years old and then to South Florida when she was 13. Despite growing up amidst gray skyscrapers, she has loved nature since little, gardening and going on nature trips whenever possible. She is eager to participate in the environmental nonprofit world as an intern at the Santa Lucia Conservancy in Carmel-By-The-Sea. Through this opportunity, she wants to learn more about the ecology of central California, increase environmental awareness in the community, and contribute to the protection of biodiversity in the invaluable Santa Lucia Preserve.
Jane Lord-Krause
Intern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jane Lord-Krause is a rising junior from Seattle, Washington. She is double majoring in mathematics and American Studies with a prospective minor in modern languages. She loves reading, hiking, rock climbing, sewing, and eating good food. On campus, Jane works to plan Stanford Powwow and lives in the Native American dorm, Muwekma. She eventually hopes to become a federal lawyer. This summer, she will be interning with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to learn about quantitative government work.
Tesfa Madhin
Intern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tesfa Madhin is a rising junior at Stanford pursuing a degree in international relations with a primary specialization in environmental policy. Coming from the Los Angeles area, he has always enjoyed the variety of ecosystems available to explore in his region and is passionate about conservation and mitigating the harmful effects of climate change. He is excited to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help develop solutions to the pressing environmental challenges our society faces. In his free time, Tesfa enjoys going on runs, studying history, and traveling.
Tida Rau
Sustainable Waters Intern, Washington Water Trust
Tida Rau is a rising senior at Stanford University majoring in the Earth Systems Program (with a focus in sustainable food and agriculture) and minoring in public policy. At present, she eagerly awaits the start of her summer internship with Washington Water Trust, an organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of Washington’s waterways. While there, she hopes to develop her ability to communicate with and navigate relevant stakeholders involved in river and stream health. Tida believes this ability will be integral to a career in furthering the food sovereignty of her Indigenous communities. When she’s not engaged in her studies, she can be found crouched down looking for neat rocks; beading; or hiking a trail within the Columbia River Gorge, the place in which she calls home.
Jayela Lopez
Archeology Program Internship, Yellowstone National Park
Jayela Lopez is a rising senior at Stanford majoring in archaeology and biology. She is from Alexandria, Virginia, but grew up moving around South America. Her interests are in ecological archaeology and the historic cultural relationships between people and their environments. Specifically, she is interested in the archaeology of Latin America and the African Diaspora. She is extremely excited to be interning with Yellowstone National Park in their archaeology program. She can’t wait to visit this national park for the first time and experience archaeological field work. She is also looking forward to getting to meet other university students with similar interests while completing this internship.
Elisabeth Westermann
Museum Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Elisabeth Westermann is a rising sophomore majoring in history and economics. Her academic interests are wide-ranging and include revolutionary and early republican America, the role of student leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, and the history of conservation. She is also interested in engaging broad audiences in history through film and public exhibitions. Outside of class she enjoys reading, writing Arts & Life articles for the Stanford Daily, running, and exploring the Bay Area’s incredible outdoor spaces. She could not be more excited about pursuing historical research and education at the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center this summer.
Shultz Energy Fellows
Named in honor of former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, one of the most widely admired American public servants of the past half-century, the program offers a suite of paid, energy-related public service fellowships for Stanford students in California, Colorado, Utah, and Hawaii during the summer. We co-administer this program with the Precourt Institute for Energy, the Haas Center for Public Service, and Stanford in Government. Our 2023 Shultz Fellows and their placements include:
- Jack Rehnborg - Western Interstate Energy Board
- Chloe Romero - California ISO
- Julio Contreras - Western Electricity Coordinating Council
- Ye Zheng - California Department of Water Resources
- Camden Burk - California Energy Commission
- Jillian Anderson - California Public Utilities Commission
- Abhishek Kumar - California Air Resources Board
Read their bios and learn more about the Shultz Fellowship Program here.
2022
2022 Cohort
"West" Summer Interns
Ariella Chichilnisky du Lac
Project Development Intern, Blue Forest Conservation
Kiara Fufunan
Intern, Natural History Institute
Theodore Gress
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Sydney Guthrie
California River and Water Policy Intern, American Rivers
Ahmad Koya-Oyefuwa
Skyline Forest Conservation Intern, Deschutes Land Trust
Crystal Liu
Planning and Policy Intern, US Army Corps of Engineers
Malia Maxwell
Marketing and Development Intern, Heyday Books
Katherine Nolan
Conservation Outreach Intern, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Chloe Romero
Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Eleanor Schroeder
Elections Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Stephanie Unur
Internet and Social Media Assistant, Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources
Jasmine Wheeler
Museum Intern, Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center
2021
Summer 2021 "West" Interns
Jada Hallman
Marketing and Development Intern, Heyday Publishing
Victoria Hill
Museum Intern, Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center
Diana Jordan
Elections Policy Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Clara Kieschnick
Reslilient Landscape Programs Intern, San Fancisco Estuary Institute
Christina Macintosh
Intern, The Natural History Institute
Mario Nicolas
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park Archives
Iris Osorio-Villatoro
Curator of Collections Intern, Yosemite National Park Museum
Naomi Ray
Water Innovation Intern, Washington Water Trust
Tania Rojas
Communication Intern, Glacier National Park Conservancy
Sydney Schmitter
Education and Interpretive Center Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Amelia Smith
Archeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park Archeology Program
Shultz Energy Fellows
Carlos Ciudad-Real
California Public Utilities Commission, Office of Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma
Tony Cruz
California Air Resources Board
Kaitlin Highstreet
Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Emily Klingaman
Department of Water Resources
Bella Meyn
Western Interstate Energy Board
Xinkun Nie
California Energy Commission, Office of Commissioner Andrew McAllister
Madalsa Singh
California Public Utilities Commission, Office of Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves
Mo Sodwatana
Department of Water Resources
Spring 2021 Interns
Theo Bamberger
Stewardship Team Leader, Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN)
Julia Leal
Program Analyst Intern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2020
Summer 2020
"West" Interns
Greyson Assa '21, Earth Systems
Water Innovation Intern, Washington Water Trust
Zack Boyd '21
Communication and Conservation Intern, The Henry's Fork Foundation
Jess Dominick
Parks for People Intern, The Trust for Public Land
Zora Ilunga-Reed
Intern, Natural History Institute
Claudia Kania
Elections Policy Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Max Klotz
Research Intern, Galatée Films
David Ludeke
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Cameron Tenner
Planning and Policy Intern, US Army Corps of Engineers
2019
Summer 2019
"West" Interns
Caroline Beckman
Parks for People Intern, Trust for Public Land
Sophia Boyd-Fliegel
Conservation Intern, Deschutes Land Trust
Anna Greene
Streamflow Restoration Policy Intern, Washington Water Trust
Maxwell Klotz
Conservation Ecology Field Assistant, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Jacob Kuppermann
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Marina Luccioni
Research Intern, Galatée Films
Theresa Nelson
Elections Policy Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Theiline Pigott
Curatorial Intern, Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center
Julie Plummer
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Ilinca Popescu
Aquatics Resources Conservation Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Melina Walling
Intern, Natural History Institute
Stanford Energy Internships in California and Colorado
EJ Baik
Graduate intern, California Public Utility Commission, Office of Commissioner Cliff Rechtstaffen
Yulia Chen
Graduate Intern, Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Tristan Krueger
Undergraduate Intern, Western Interstate Energy Board
Matt Miccioli
Graduate Intern, California Energy Commission, Office of Commissioner Douglas
Scott Jespersen
Graduate Intern, Department of Water Resources
Kevin Zhu
Graduate Intern, Department of Water Resources
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2018
Summer 2018
"West" Interns
Zach Clayton
Software and Web Development Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Whitney Francis
Public Grants and Policy Intern, Trust for Public Land
TJ Francisco
Conservation Ecology Field Assistant, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Kerstin Heinrich
Curatorial Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Nick Mascarello
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Victoria Mendez
Parks for People Program Internship, Trust for Public Land
Nineveh O'Connell
GIS-geographer Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Callan Showers
Research Intern, Galatée Films
Eliza Steffen
Elections Policy Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Emily Wilson
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Maggie Wood
Planning and Policy Intern, US Army Corps of Engineers
Hannah Zimmerman
Legislative Strengthening Center Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Stanford Energy Internships in California and Colorado
Carlos Ciudad-Real
Undergraduate Intern, California Independent System Operator
Carly Eckstrom
Undergraduate Intern, Western Interstate Energy Board
Sheila Gao
Graduate Intern, California Public Utilties Commission, Office of Commissioner Cliff Rechtstaffen
Michelle Solomon
Graduate Intern, California Energy Commission, Office of Commissioner Janea Scott
Barrett Travis
Graduate Intern, Department of Water Resources
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2017
Summer 2017
"West" Interns
Julia Anderson
Alcatraz Island Cultural Resources Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Juliana Chang
Events and Marketing Intern, Heyday Publishing
Zac Espinosa
Environmental Modeling Intern, Henry’s Fork Foundation
Alessandro (Sandro) Hall
Archaeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Tish Johnston
Museum Intern, Yosemite National Park
Nate Marshall
Community Conservation Program Intern, Trust for Public Land
Catie Mong
Conservation Ecology Field Assistant, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Jamie Rodriguez
Elections Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Amelia Shin-May Traylor
Curatorial Intern, Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center
Miranda Vogt
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
2016
Summer 2016
"West" Interns
| Location | Topic | Intern |
|---|---|---|
| Henry's Fork Foundation | Environmental Modeling Internship | Justin Appleby |
| Heyday Books | Sales and Marketing Internship | Iain Espey |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | Resilient Landscapes Program Internship | Kate Roberts |
| Yellowstone National Park | Archaeology Internship | Seth Chambers |
| Yellowstone National Park | Curatorial Internship | Emily Santhanam |
| Yosemite National Park | Archives & Records Management Internship | Emilia Schrier |
| Yosemite National Park | Museum Internship | Rachel Lam |
| National Conference of State Legislatures | Legislative Studies Internship | Princess Umodu |
| Trust for Public Land | Government Affairs Internship | Sarah Flamm |
| Trust for Public Land | Climate-Smart Cities Internship | Caroline Spears |
| Santa Lucia Conservancy | Adaptive Management and Conservation Internship | Julia Goolsby |
| Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trial | Trail and Community Development Internship | Courtney Pal |
| Golden Gate National Recreation Area | Historic Landscape Documentation Intern | Jaclyn Marcatili |
2015
Summer 2015
Michael Gioia '17
Legislative Studies Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Sam Klotz '16
Curatorial Intern, Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center
Maya Lorey '18
Historic Preservation Intern, Alcatraz, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Monica Masiello '15
Sales and Marketing Intern, Heyday Books
Tyler McIntosh '16
Resilient Landscapes Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Christina Morrisett '15
Environmental Modeling Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Katie Petway '18
Historic Preservation Intern, Fort Mason, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Savannah Pham '18
Archives and Records Management Intern, Yosemite Land Resource Office
Isabella Robbins '17
Museum Intern, Yosemite Museum
Peter Salazar '15
Archeology Intern, Yellowstone National Park
2014
Taylor Burdge '16
Research and Restoration Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Kristine Chen '16
Marketing and Events Intern, Heyday Books
Heather Glenny '16
Museum Intern, Yosemite National Park
Tori Greenen '15
Stewardship Conservation Intern, Peninsula Open Space Trust
Melanie Langa '16
Archeology Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Justin Lin '16
Ballot Measures Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Fiona Noonan '17
Curatorial Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Alexandra Peers '13
Historical Ecology Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Kristen Stipanov '16
Archives and Records Management Intern, Yosemite National Park
2013
Emmerich Anklam '15
Marketing and Events Intern, Heyday Books
Kevin Chow '13
Museum Technician Intern, Yosemite National Park Museum
Yoseph Desta '14
Elections Intern, National Conference of State Legislatures
Meghan Gewehrt '13
Archaeology Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Maddie Graham '15
Curatorial Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Chau Ho '13
Restoration Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Caroline Hodge '13
Stewardship Conservation Intern, POST
Kate Kramon '15
Historical Wildlife Population Intern, American Prairie Preserve
Rachel Powell '13
Historical Ecology Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Zachary Zapata '16
Archives and Records Management Intern, Yosemite National Park Archives
2012
Michelle Berry
American Prairie Foundation
Sandy Chang
Heyday Books
Molly O'Connor
Yosemite National Park Museum
Donny Perret
Yellowstone Archeology
Jenny Rempel
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Nessarose Schear
Henry's Fork Foundation
Quinn Walker
Yellowstone Museum
2011
Carlee Brown
Western Governors Association
Spencer Castro
Yosemite Museum
Kimberly Gibson
Big Sur Land Trust
Kelsey Grousbeck
Committee for Green Foothills
Olivia Jackson
Oakland Museum
Maika Nicholson
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Emily Pollock
Seattle City Light
Chris Rurik
Yellowstone Museum
Heidi Trenholm
Henry's Fork Foundation
Beth Wylie
Peninsula Open Space Trust
2010
Summer 2010
Anthony Aerts '10
San Francisquito Watershed Ecology Intern, Committee for Green Foothills
Joe Burg '10
Intern, Sunset Magazine
Bea Gordon '10
Online News Intern, New West
Sydney Gulbronson '11
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park Archives
Rebecca LaGrandeur '11
Museum Collections Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Rachael Monosson '11
Watershed Conservation Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Lauren Palumbi '10
Natural History Data Visualization Intern, Oakland Museum
Melissa Runsten '10
Historical Ecology Program Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Chris Rurik '11
Historical Geography Research Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Cristina Smith '11
Archeology Intern, Yosemite National Park
Darienne Turner '11
Museum Program Intern, Yosemite National Park
Elizabeth Wessels '10
Archeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
2009
Summer 2009
Emily Bookstein
Marin Headlands Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Ana Deaconu
Comprehensive Planning and Design Intern, Yosemite National Park
Eva Glasrud
Archeology Intern, Yosemite National Park
Annemarie Golz
Watershed Conservation Intern, Henry's Fork Foundation
Katie Jones
Historical Law Intern, Alexander, Berkey, Williams & Weathers, LLP
Matt Jones
Woodcarving Intern, Northwest Woodcarving
Travis Koch
Journalism Intern, New West
Daniel Kramer
Marin Headlands Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
John Kyed
Museum Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Jairo Marshall
Museum Program Intern, Yosemite National Park
Alec Norton
Historical Ecology Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Melanie Reynard
Media Intern, New American Media
Alan Ruiz
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Rebecca Schwartz
Comprehensive Planning and Design Intern, Yellowstone National Park
2008
Summer 2008
Samantha Azure
History Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Panayiota Christidis
Ocean Beach Esplanade and Seawall Research Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Cristina Cordova
Media Intern, New American Media
Blair Green
Archives and Museum Intern, Yosemite National Park
Ali Guio
Archeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Katie Jones
Historical Law Intern, Alexander, Berkey, Williams & Weathers, LLP
Matt Jones
Intern, Northwest Woodcarving Internship
Carla Pugliese
Museum Program Intern, Yosemite National Park
Melanie Reynard
Media Intern, New American Media
Bronwen Stanford
Historical Ecology Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Chuck Stern
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Bonnie Swift
Point Lobos Marine Lookout Station Research Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
2007
Summer 2007
Amy Bonilla
Media Intern, New American Media
Julia Coff
Marketing and Visitor Information Intern, American Prairie Foundation
Bernard Funk
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Justine Lai
Golden Gate China Beach Program Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Jack Loveridge
History, Architecture and Landscapes Program Intern
Megan McCurdy
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Aimee Miles
Ethnography Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Carla Pugliese
Museum Collections Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Alan Ruiz
Environmental Planning and Compliance Intern, Yosemite National Park
Andrea Runyan
Ethnography Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Brendan Selby
Archeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Milton Solorzano
History, Architecture and Landscapes Program Intern
Peter Wright
Archeology Intern, Yosemite National Park
Winter 2007
Luise Richter
Yosemite's Structure and Textures, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University
Fall 2007
Alison Whipple
Historical Ecology Intern, San Francisco Estuary Institute
2006
Summer 2006
Erin Beller
History, Architecture, and Landscapes Program Intern, Yosemite National Park
Jackson Brossy
Historical Law Intern, Alexander Berkey, Williams & Weathers, LLP
Mollie Chapman
Ethnography Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Zach Dembo
Archeology Intern, Yosemite National Park
Elizabeth Hira
Museum Collections and Archives Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Hannah Larkin
Ethnography Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Elspeth Olson
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Robin Pam
History, Architecture, and Landscapes Program Intern, Yosemite National Park
Nick Parker
Museum Program Intern, Yosemite National Park
Brian Quinn
Archeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Lulu Richter
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Jenna Tonn
Archives Intern, Yosemite National Park
Jordan Wappler
U.S.S. San Francisco Memorial Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Matt Woodbury
Buffalo Soldiers National Historic Trial Intern, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
2005
Summer 2005
Laura Driscoll
Archeology Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Paloma Hill
Ethnography Program Intern, Yellowstone National Park
Elise-Marie Menke
Research Department Intern, Sunset Magazine
Ryan McWilliams
Museum Collections and Archives Internships, Yellowstone National Park
Jeff Morgan
Museum Collections and Archives Internships, Yellowstone National Park