Mentorship Match at Confluence 2024

A reflection by Nicole Reese This year, Confluence 2024 included a Mentorship Match, an opportunity for attendees to be paired for a mini-mentorship experience. Roughly 65 people participated in the Mentorship Match, and the result for many was a connection to learn from their mentor/mentee and also to get a taste of the potential benefits […]

Threaded Together: Strategies for Engaging Emerging Leaders

The session at Confluence reminded us that this work – engaging young people in conservation, cultivating their passion, and creating opportunities for growth – are the building blocks for a career of impact. They are also key components of mentorship, and feedback from this session will inform the creation of a mentorship toolkit, which will be available later this year.

Join our Mentorship Match at Confluence 2024!

At Confluence this April, the Emerging Leadership Working Group is playing match maker – and you’re invited to join in the fun!  The fewer people you know in a room, the more intimidating it can feel. To combat that intimidation, we will be pairing participants interested in being mentees/mentors as an opportunity to connect and […]

Emerging Leaders: Nigel Golden

As a part of the Western Collaborative Conservation Network, the Emerging Leadership Initiative works to support individuals by connecting them with mentors, one another, and resources that create career and professional development opportunities and empower change. “Emerging leaders” are individuals new to the conservation field with an innovative vision for the future of conservation work […]

Emerging Leaders: Jessica Archibald

As a part of the Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s Capacity Building Working Group, the Emerging Leaders Initiative works to support individuals by connecting them with mentors, one another, and resources that create career and professional development opportunities and empower change. “Emerging leaders” are individuals new to the conservation field with an innovative vision for the […]

Emerging Leaders Working Group Meeting

The WCCN’s Emerging Leaders Working Group is a sub-committee of the WCCN’s Capacity Building Working Group. Whether you are an emerging leader at the brink of a career in collaborative conservation or an established leader eager to give advice and mentorship, you are invited! This group is facilitated by Barb Kipreos and Travis Anklam. Please […]

Emerging Leaders Working Group Meeting

The WCCN’s Emerging Leaders Working Group is a sub-committee of the WCCN’s Capacity Building Working Group. Whether you are an emerging leader at the brink of a career in collaborative conservation or an established leader eager to give advice and mentorship, you are invited! This group is facilitated by Barb Kipreos and Travis Anklam. Please […]

Emerging Leaders Working Group Meeting

The WCCN’s Emerging Leaders Working Group is a sub-committee of the WCCN’s Capacity Building Working Group. Whether you are an emerging leader at the brink of a career in collaborative conservation or an established leader eager to give advice and mentorship, you are invited! This group is facilitated by Barb Kipreos and Travis Anklam. Please […]

Emerging Leaders: J.R. Logan

As a part of the Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s Capacity Building Working Group, the Emerging Leaders Initiative works to support individuals by connecting them with mentors, one another, and resources that create career and professional development opportunities and empower change. “Emerging leaders” are individuals new to the conservation field with an innovative vision for the […]

Emerging Leaders: Audrey Clavijo

As a part of the Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s Capacity Building Working Group, the Emerging Leaders Initiative works to support individuals by connecting them with mentors, one another, and resources that create career and professional development opportunities and empower change. “Emerging leaders” are individuals new to the conservation field with an innovative vision for the […]