Becky Chaplin-Kramer
Becky is Co-founder and Executive Director of Spring and holds academic appointments at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota through her affiliation with the Natural Capital Project. She is a Coordinating Lead Author on the Values Assessment for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and a scientific advisory board member for ResNet, a Canada-wide resilience network, and EuropaBON, the European Biodiversity Observation Network. She also serves on the Task Force on Knowledge and Data for IPBES, the Ecosystem Services Working Group for the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON), and the Expert Working Group Consulting on NASA Biological Diversity and Ecological Forecasting Programs. She earned her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from University of California, Berkeley.