Dr. Jessica Deichmann

Founding Member

Jessica Deichmann is an ecologist and conservation biologist dedicated to supporting community-led biodiversity conservation initiatives globally. Currently she works as a Program Officer for The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation, which is dedicated to the survival of wildlife and wildlands and to the vitality of human communities with which they are inextricably linked. Prior to this position, Jessica worked for over a decade as a senior scientist with the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's Center for Conservation and Sustainability and the Working Land and Seascapes initiative.