Rebecca Fris
Rebecca Fris was selected as Science Coordinator for the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) in June 2010. In this position, Rebecca is responsible for coordinating science support for the California LCC and leading the California LCC technical committees.
Rebecca joins the California LCC after 15 years working for the State of California. She worked for twelve years on the CALFED Bay-Delta program, a complex, high-profile program working to manage the water supply for 25 million Californians and maintain healthy ecosystems. She managed the CALFED (now Delta) Science Program for 3 years which translated and communicated scientific information for decision-making in the Bay-Delta system and worked 8 years in the CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP). With the ERP, she assisted in developing and implementing large proposal solicitation packages including development of an ERP Implementation Plan that identified research and restoration priorities in support of at-risk species. She also worked on numerous major ecosystem restoration projects in the Sacramento Valley such as the Battle Creek Restoration Project.
Previous to her work with the CALFED program, Rebecca worked as a special assistant to the California Secretary for Resources on major initiatives such as coastal salmon and vernal pools. She also previously worked in environmental consulting in Southern California and with the Southeast Regional Office of the Nature Conservancy while in graduate school. She received her undergraduate degree in environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned a Masters in Environmental Management in resource ecology from the Duke School of the Environment. Rebecca enjoys traveling and camping with her husband, two girls and Border Collie.