Shannon Hatmaker, Nashville, TN

Shannon has consistently worked, studied, and volunteered in the fields of conservation science and environmental education for the last ten years. While studying Biology at Clemson University in South Carolina, she had opportunities to rehabilitate injured wildlife, learn about international conservation issues while studying abroad, and work in the exciting herbarium world. However, it was her SCA internship in 2005, also her first position out of college, which really brought her passions into focus. As each month as a LANDFIRE intern passed, her love for wide open spaces and protected areas grew and she knew that she would spend her life trying to educate others about conservation and encourage them to be environmental stewards.

Shannon then went on to complete her Master's degree in Environmental Science in her hometown at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Most recently, Shannon moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she works as an Outdoor Education Naturalist with K-12 students, volunteers at Muir Woods National Monument, and spends her summers leading teenagers on service learning trips to Tanzania, Cambodia, and Costa Rica. She is honored to be on SCA's Alumni Council and excited to help all the Bay Area alumni stay connected to conservation service.