Leader Details

Jessica Griffiths Jessica Griffiths has been working as a field biologist for over 20 years. She grew up in Chicago, got her undergrad degree at Wellesley College outside of Boston, and spent the next few years traveling around the country working for non-profits and government agencies in 7 states with a focus on songbird ecology. She then worked for Ventana Wildlife Society, running the Big Sur Ornithology Lab for 4 years. She discovered a passion for public outreach and education, and has given presentations on native wildlife to thousands of people. She received her Masters at Cal Poly University, where she studied overwintering monarch butterflies. She now works as a wildlife biologist for Colorado State University's Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. She leads several birding field trips around SLO County for MCAS every year.