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About Audubon Delta

Learn about our work and the staff behind it.

Audubon Delta engages in science, conservation, advocacy, resource management, and education, focusing on habitats and communities using birds as our lens. We strive in our engagement to honor the ecological, cultural, and historical importance of this three-state region with the goal of building a more resilient future for all living things.

Audubon Delta is the regional office of the National Audubon Society, supporting conservation work in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. As a regional office, we contribute to a broader conservation strategy spanning the Mississippi Flyway that recognizes the need to protect wildlife and habitats at a landscape scale and maximize the global impacts of local action.   

Audubon Delta is an integral part of this extensive network, working to benefit our region's critical migratory and residential bird habitats, including Fourche Creek, the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast, the Mississippi River Delta, and communities across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
 

Regional Staff

Robert Kenny

Vice President, Delta Region

Shubham Datta

Senior Director, Conservation, Delta Region

Charles Allen

Engagement Director, Delta Region

Lauren Bourg

Program Director, Restore the Mississippi River Delta

Jill Mastrototaro

Policy Director, Mississippi

Glen Hooks

Policy Manager, Arkansas

Caitlin Lill

Director, Strategic Operations, Delta Region

Melinda Repperger

Senior Manager, Delta Coastal Stewardship Program and Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary

Carl Branson

SPAC Ecologist

John Young

Manager, Habitat & Working Lands Program, Delta Region

Mary Cowan

Financial Associate

Darryl Jefferson

Engagement Manager, Delta Region

Ryan Chauvin

Senior Manager, Digital Marketing & Communications

Brad Fausett

Policy Manager, Arkansas

Jessica Martin

Stewardship Manager, Mississippi

Karen Westphal

Rainey Sanctuary Manager

Abby Darrah

Senior Coastal Biologist

Kelly McNab

Senior Communications Associate

Amanda Douglas

Stewardship Coordinator, Mississippi

Donna Rutherford

Volunteer and Outreach Associate

Jonathon Lueck

Coastal Biologist, Louisiana

Collin Stempien

Senior Coordinator, Mississippi Field Operations

Emile Stubbert

Coastal Bird Technician, Mississippi

Chloe St. Germain-Vermillion

Coastal Bird Technician, Louisiana

Pascagoula River Audubon Center Staff

Mary Rodgers

Senior Center Manager, Pascagoula River Audubon Center

Cindy Wilson

Center Operations Manager, Pascagoula River Audubon Center

Amanda Romano

Education Manager, Pascagoula River Audubon Center

Christopher (Malik) Wells

Visitor Associate, Pascagoula River Audubon Center

Little Rock Audubon Center Staff

Uta Meyer

Senior Center Manager, Little Rock Audubon Center

Ruddie Allen

Habitat Coordinator, Little Rock Audubon Center

Strawberry Plains Audubon Center
Tim Bisenius

Tim Bisenius

Grounds & Maintenance Manager

How We're Making a Difference
Learn about local work happening on the ground.
A person checks Purple Martin nest boxes.
Urban Native Greens
Improving the conservation outcomes for birds and people through partnerships among scientists, ...
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Paul J. Rainey Sanctuary
DELTA
Kaplan, LA
Preserving, enhancing, and restoring ecosystems that birds depend on; improving coastal resilience; ...
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A Northern Bobwhite adult and four chicks drink water.
Native Agriculture to InVigorate Ecosystems
Promoting native grasses and flowers on farms to preserve ecosystems in Arkansas, Louisiana, and ...
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Restore the Mississippi River Delta
Advancing a just, climate-resilient Louisiana coast where people and nature thrive.
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A Least Tern adult brings a fish to a chick.
Coastal Stewardship in the Delta
Overseeing the conservation, restoration, and protection of a network of strategic coastal sites for ...
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