Annie Burke

Interim Executive Director

(510) 333 7367
annie@openspacecouncil.org

Tom Robinson

Director of Conservation, Science, and Innovation

Tom Robinson is the Director of Conservation, Science and Innovation. His goals are to help communities view their immediate landscape as the source of their well-being, economic prosperity, and security, and to strengthen the link between local conservation priorities and investments and regional, state and federal priorities and incentive programs. As a landscape ecologist and conservation practitioner in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 16 years, Tom brings together scientists, state and local government staff, and NGO partners to integrate environmental data, fill critical gaps, and develop adaptive spatial decision support systems to steer conservation policies and actions toward impactful outcomes. Tom has had the privilege of working for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and most recently as a conservation planner for the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in ecology from U.C. San Diego, is a Master’s Candidate in geographic information science at San Francisco State University, and is a Switzer Environmental Leadership Fellow. Tom is driven by a deep connection with nature and takes immeasurable pleasure in introducing his two children to its wonders, especially by bike, boat, and boot.

510 809 8009 ext 255
tom@openspacecouncil.org