Where Are They Now?
A sampling of employment status of graduates from USU’s graduate and undergraduate programs in forestry.
Erika Blomdahl - Utah State University - USU PhD student
Adam Fund - Oregon State University - Faculty Research Assistant
Ian Ware - USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station - Post-doctoral Research Ecologist
Sara Goeking - US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station - Biological Scientist
Ryan Bracewell - USDA Forest Service - Forest Entomologist
Dave Evans - USDA - NRCS West Remote Sensing Lab - Forester
Alexander Hernandez - USDA ARS Forage and Range Laboratory - Geospatial Ecologist
Antra Boca - Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies - Researcher/post-doc
Tommy Thompson - Utah Department of Natural Resources - GIS/IT Manager
Steven Ostoja - USDA California Climate Hub - Director
Liz Bailey Forest Stewards Guild Southwest - Project Coordinator
Jordan Hanson - US Forest Service Payette National Forest
Gabriel Henry - United State Forest Service, Arapahoe and Roosevelt national Forests, Boulder Ranger District - Forester
Amber Ellis - USDA Forest Service Camino Real RD, Carson, NV
Tucker Furniss - USFS, Pacific Northwest Research Station ORISE - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Troy Lewis - USFS Rocky Mountain Region
Chelsey Morgan - USFS Botanist
Kasy Kliewer - USFS Intermountain Region
Nicholas Mero - USFS Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest - Stand Examiner
Amber Ellis - USFS Southwestern Region
Nora Shelley - USFS Rocky Mountain Region
Jacob Johnson - USFS Pacific Northwest Region
Sheven Andersen - USFS Intermountain Region - Forester
Cashe Rasmussen - Ecogeomorphology and Topographic Analysis Lab, Logan Utah
Hanna Schramm - USFS Intermountain Region - Forester
Elise Riley - Working Lands Conservation, Logan Utah
Trisha Nelson - State of Utah - Wildlife technician
Jennifer Bakken - USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forest Inventory & Analysis - Forester/Analyst
Scott Frost - US Forest Service - Silviculturist
Dan Deane-McKenna - Bureau of Land Management - Silviculture forester
Joe Sexton - terraPulse, Inc. - Chief Scientist, Co-founder
Linda Wadleigh - USDA Forest Service, Coconino National Forest District -Ranger
Andrew Giunta - University of Innsbruck - Lab Technician
Elyse Doty - US Forest Service Missoula Ranger District - Forestry Technician (Fire)
Trish Nelson - USFS- Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF - Motor Vehicle Operator
Kylee Madsen - Utah Forest Institute - Technical Analyst
Carter Binks - United States Forest Service Forestry - Technician
Linda Chappell - UDSA Forest Service - Regional Fuels Program Manager
Richie Gardner - UDSA Forest Service - forest silviculturist
Justin Britton - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) -
Wood Products Operations Forester
Patrick Moore - U.S. Forest Service - 4FRI Silviculturist
Justin DeRose - USU Assistant Professor
Morgan Mendenhall - Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands Area - Forester
Tiana Price - USFS Region 5 Pacific Southwest, California
Bridger Welsch - NRCS New Jersey
Ryan Nadiak - USFS Intermountain Region
James Martinez - USFS Pacific Northwest
Jermy Nielsen – NRCS - Soil Conservationist Planner
Ty Siepert - USDA NRCS -Forester
Kayla Johnson - USFS Region 6 Pacific Northwest
Wiatt Charlesworth - USFS Region 4 Intermountain
Tanner Casper - USFS Region 6 Pacific Northwest
Stefan Shelton - USFS Region 10 Alaska
Lily Martindale - USFS Escalante Utah - Forester