Jolie Lonner Egert M.S.

Jolie received her B.A. from The Evergreen State College in Environmental Studies and her Master’s degree in Natural Resources / Forestry from Humboldt State University where she studied the sustainable harvest of wild medicinal plants from Northwest forests.

A talented team leader with over ten years experience as a project manager, Ms. Egert has a track record of producing solid deliverables on time and within budget. She is gifted teacher and has inspired thousands of Californians to deepen their connection to the natural world. Jolie is also a seasoned, effective organizer and strategist with twenty years of demonstrated success in building alliances, networks and campaigns.

Jolie is certified permaculture designer as well as a trained herbalist with extensive knowledge in the field of botanical medicine. She has studied with some of the nation’s best herbalists including as Matthew Wood and 7Song. Jolie is on staff at the Ohlone Herbal Center and The Philo School of Herbal Energetics. She has served as both the Acting President and Vice President Marin Chapter of California Native Plant Society and currently serves on the Fairfax Open Space Committee.
JEgertresume oct 2010 – (download pdf)

David Egert Ph.D

David Egert has over 20 years experience teaching biological science and developing engaging educational curriculum. David received his Ph.D. in 1993 in Neurobiology from the U.C. Berkeley/U.C. San Francisco Joint Program in Bioengineering. David teaches biological science at College of Marin. David has a deep and broad understanding of the functioning of natural world and human body. He has experience teaching in inner cities, elementary, high school and college levels. In addition to designing curriculum for Go Wild Consulting, David manages the technology at Go Wild Consulting.

Cecile Shohet M.S.

Cecile Shohet is a botanist with fifteen years of experience in botanical resource management, vascular and non-vascular floristic inventory, education, ecological research, and wildlife surveys. She is the founder and principal of Calypso Botanical Consulting, and through the years gained extensive field and plant taxonomy experience with the vegetation of California and Oregon through the award and subsequent management of multiple federal and local government projects. These include special status and complete floristic surveys, including non-vascular species, on thousands of acres of federal and private lands in California, Oregon and Utah.

Cecile is also a skilled resource manager with program management, GIS, grant writing, field crew supervision, and NEPA experience. She has six years of experience as a botanist for Lassen and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, managing botanical concerns on federal lands rich in serpentine endemic species often within the context of timber, mining, engineering, recreation, and fuel reduction projects. She designed and implemented successful botanical programs to control invasive species funded by grants, develop and maintain ArcGIS databases, complete complex floristic inventories of vascular and non-vascular species, protect botanically sensitive areas from OHV use, and write the associated NEPA documentation, including Biological Assessments, Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements.

As well, Cecile has a strong interest and background in education. She was principal and science teacher of a college preparatory school in Northern California. She designed and led environmental education programs for youth and the general public for the New York City Parks Department. While working for the Jepson Herbarium at the University of California at Berkeley, Cecile designed and managed educational programming for botanical professionals and enthusiasts throughout California.