Staff

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Here we are—the people behind San Diego Coastkeeper. Please find phone numbers and email addresses on our staff contact page. And if you’d like to have one of us speak at your event or to your organization, please use this online form to request a speaker.

Gale Filter, Executive Director

Hometown: Born and raised in South side of Chicago.

I live in San Diego because:

If you give me a beach, I will find something to do.

I wish every San Diegan knew:

It's impossible to run out of things to do it San Diego. The green flash is real and Anza Borrego must be seen in the spring.

Read Gale Filter’s bio.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Executive Director

Hometown: San Diego, born and raised.

I live in San Diego because: Hanging out(side) with friends is the best. Bonfires, picnics, croquet (really, you should try croquet) combined with friends and family make the world go ‘round.

I wish every San Diegan knew: How much people in San Diego smile and say hello, even if they don’t know you. It makes me happy.

Read Megan Baehrens’ bio.

Jamie_Ortiz_coastkeeper This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Marketing and Communications Consultant

Hometown: Walterville, Oregon.

I live in San Diego because: My winter jacket is actually a sweater.

I wish every San Diegan knew: San Diego is a bicycle friendly city. You just have to park the car long enough to try it.

Read Jamie Ortiz’s bio.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Water Quality Lab Manager

Hometown: Santee, CA.

I live in San Diego because: I can sit on porches--nothing is finer than sitting outside and watching the neighborhood go by.

I wish every San Diegan knew: About the ficus trees in Balboa Park. They have giant root systems and towering trunks.

Read Travis Pitchard's bio.

jill This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Waterkeeper

Hometown: Spencerport, New York.

I live in San Diego because: I love to be outdoors—cycling, running, swimming, sailing, hiking, playing beach volleyball. San Diego is the perfect place to do all the things I love.

I wish every San Diegan knew: This place is paradise.

Read Jill Witkowski's bio.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Education Coordinator

Hometown: San Diego, CA.

I live in San Diego because: I love San Diego’s blending of cultures and styles from around the world. And the carne asada tacos.

I wish every San Diegan knew: Queen Bee is an amazing all-age cultural center in North Park that has everything from concerts to spoken word to zumba.

Read Nia Gipson's bio.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Community Engagement Coordinator

Hometown: Raised in Sea Girt, NJ.

I live in San Diego because: I appreciate the ability to live adjacent to the ocean in the shadow of the mountains.

I wish every San Diegan knew: San Diego has some of the best farmers markets in the nation. Visits make the perfect weekend tradition.

Read Mallory Watson's bio.

Staff photos by Jackie Loza, Andrew Erickson and 9MPhoto.com.