Current Staff
CDFCP Program Manager – Stephanie Woods
Stephanie (BSc, MSEM) lives and works in community on the unceded traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples of the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations. With 15 years in conservation, she has worked with organizations such as Parks Canada, the Invasive Species Council of BC, the City of Victoria and CPAWS Yukon. Her expertise includes parks and protected areas management, ecological integrity and species-at-risk monitoring, innovative restoration practices (including invasive species management), supporting Indigenous stewardship and fostering public behavior change through strategic initiatives.
She is committed to ongoing (un)learning and growth, actively working toward holistic and inclusive conservation by supporting diverse ways of knowing.
CDFCP Contractor – Kelly Chapman
Kelly Chapman Ph.D., R.P.Bio. is an ecologist and an environmental planner with 30 years experience working with government, First Nations and NGOs on biodiversity conservation. She has worked with species and ecosystems at risk in some of the most biologically diverse landscapes in Canada and the world, including the Okanagan’s semi-desert grasslands, West Africa’s Guinean rainforests, and Australia’s southwest eco-region. For her PhD research she explored how complexity theory can be used to help untangle ‘wicked’ environmental problems. Kelly is currently working on nature-based climate change adaptation for BC’s south coast.
CDFCP Program Coordinator – Justine Kaseman
Justine (MSc., she/her) is a wildlife biologist with a background in species-at-risk reptiles and amphibians and over 6 years field experience. She has worked in an array of ecosystems including tropical rainforests on Guam, temperate rain forests in Ucluelet and the lower mainland, intertidal areas around the Gulf Islands, deciduous upland forests in Ontario, and oak savannahs in Ohio. While she is usually studying the fauna that lives in Douglas-fir and Garry oak ecosystems, she is excited to fir-ociously learn more about the flora side of things. Justine splits her time between the traditional territories of Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ and lək̓ʷəŋən First Nations and is committed to two-eyed seeing.
CDFCP Contractor – Levi Oostenbrink
Levi is an ecologist specializing in spatial analytics, ecological modelling, and data communication for conservation planning in coastal British Columbia. Throughout past work with the Nature Trust of British Columbia, graduate studies research (M.Sc.), and the British Columbia Conservation Foundation, he has integrated field experience, complex datasets, and Indigenous-informed collaboration to translate environmental information into clear, actionable insight for land and wildlife stewardship. Levi is currently a part of the team working on the development of the Action for Adaptation Biodiversity Atlas and data management, supporting evidence-based decision-making for local governments across the Coastal Douglas Fir region.