Dawn O’Neal

Dawn O’Neal has been named Vice President and Executive Director of the newly formed Audubon Delta. 

Prior to joining Audubon, O’Neal served as director of strategic Initiatives at The Nature Conservancy, where she developed and stewarded several long-term strategies to help Conservancy scientists build emotional intelligence, enhance technical capacity, and develop skills to enrich collaborations with stakeholders and increase the impact of conservation outcomes.  She has experience directing projects and leading research efforts at national and international levels with research experience in climate change biology, life history evolution, disease ecology, and eco-physiology.