Staff

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy staff member Alex Dykema Alex Liston Dykema
Staff Attorney
alex@landconserve.org

Alex is a graduate of Brown University's Environmental Studies program and Lewis and Clark's Northwestern School of Law and has been a member of the Oregon State Bar since 1994. A former Board member and Executive Director of the Land Conservancy, Alex works from his home in Ohio.

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Executive Director Diane Garcia Diane Garcia
Executive Director
diane@landconserve.org

Diane has lived in the Rogue Valley since 1973. Her background is in nonprofit management, real estate, and environmental protection. She holds an M.B.A. from Oregon State University with a focus on Social Marketing. She has been with the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy since 2003.

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Staff member Dom DiPaolo Dominic (Dom) DiPaolo
Conservation Coordinator
dominic@landconserve.org

Dom joined the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy team in 2007. He graduated from the University of Vermont with an Environmental Studies degree and has worked on ecological studies of historic landscapes and assisted in biodiversity studies and forest inventories in the US and Australia.
Photo credit: Judith Pavlik

Leslie Van Gelder Leslie Van Gelder
Administrative Assistant
leslie@landconserve.org

Leslie joined the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy in October 2005, bringing with her over twenty years experience in non-profit administration in the Rogue Valley.

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Michael Stringer
Development Director
michael@landconserve.org

Michael joined the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy in 2008 after earning his Master's Degree in Environmental Management from Duke University.  He has extensive environmental outreach experience ranging from Nashville, Tennessee to southeast Alaska.
Photo credit: Judith Pavlik