Amanda Sesser

Dr. Amanda Sesser has substantial experience in building and leading landscape conservation partnerships among diverse state, federal, and NGO partners. She is experienced and highly capable in facilitation, strategic planning, and demonstrated effective leadership skills.  Amanda led multi-stakeholder, landscape-scale conservation planning and implementation efforts among over 30 partners from Alaska and Northwest Canada, including federal agencies, four states/provinces, Indigenous communities, research institutions and non-governmental organizations. She also assisted the incorporation of climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

Learn more about climate change into daily management practices in Alaska.  Amanda brings experience from her active technical and collaborative leadership in dozens of states and 19 countries where she has helped organizations, communities, and governments better understand, manage, and adapt to social and ecological changes. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, Amanda has most recently been coordinating the Strategic Conservation Assessment of Gulf Coast Landscapes. Amanda specializes in convening stakeholders, decision-makers, and scientists in processes to solve large-scale conservation challenges and translating that into local on-the-ground actions.

Amanda holds a B.S. degree in Ecology and Conservation from Florida Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Ecosystem Ecology from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alaska.