Tony Cheng is a professor at Colorado State University in the Forest & Rangeland Stewardship department with an Extension/Research/Teaching appointment split and director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI). His research focuses on conditions and strategies influencing collaborative stewardship of forests. Through his Extension appointment, Tony oversees CFRI’s work to translate science into locally-relevant and actionable knowledge to address forest resilience and wildfire risk management goals. Born and raised in Pullman, Washington in the heart of Eastern Washington’s Palouse region, Tony received his undergraduate degree in Political Science at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, a MS in Forestry at the University of Minnesota, and a PhD in Forestry at Oregon State University. In addition to his academic training, Tony served as a in the Forest Policy Research Fellow at American Forests in Washington, DC. Tony has been at Colorado State University since 2000 and the director of CFRI since 2008. 

Brian Kittler leads American Forests’ Resilient Forests program and its work on climate-informed reforestation and forest climate strategies. Prior to joining American Forests in 2020, he advanced forest conservation programs and policy innovations through stints with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Northwest. Kittler’s work at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation focused on directing financial and technical assistance for watershed restoration. An operator at the interface of science, policy, and programs, Kittler has served on the federal Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission, as well as boards and committees related to forest carbon science, forest bioenergy markets, and forest certification standards. He holds degrees from Colby College and the Johns Hopkins University in policy and science. Brian lives in Oregon.   

Camille Stevens-Rumann is a Fire Ecology Faculty member and Assistant Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. She received her B.S. in biology and environmental studies from Brandeis University, her M.S. in forestry from Northern Arizona University and her Ph.D. in natural resources from the University of Idaho. Her research revolves around wildfires – how and why they burn, what we can do to manage and mitigate wildfire impacts through land management practices,  how forests recover post-fire and what we can expect of forests in the changing climate.

Hally was born & raised in the Cache la Poudre Watershed. Her first fish on a flyrod was caught on the Poudre at the age of 5. She received her Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University and a Master of Science in Restoration Ecology From Montana State University. She worked for several years as a seasonal employee with the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service. Shortly after receiving her Master's degree, Hally started working with the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW). She has been with the organization since 2015, and became the executive director in the fall of 2021. CPRW has been one of the leading organizations in northern Colorado in post-fire restoration and wildfire mitigation work for over a decade. 

When she's not working, Hally enjoys spending time in wild, beautiful places with her husband and dog, practicing yoga, identifying plants and hanging out in downtown Fort Collins. 

Rick is a retired engineer whose career encompassed executive positions in product development, marketing, management, and education. Rick has been a Colorado resident for almost 50 years, living and raising 3 children with his wife Joyce at the wildland-urban interface near Fort Collins. His family has been evacuated three times due to imminent fire threat - including for the Cameron Peak fire.

He spent his career with Hewlett-Packard and Colorado Memory Systems managing the development and marketing of computer hardware and software. Upon leaving HP he taught at the University of Northern Colorado in the College of Business and the Sustainable Entrepreneurship program at Colorado State University with graduate courses in CIS, Statistics, and Business Strategy. Rick holds degrees in engineering and mathematics from Case Western Reserve University, a MS in Computer Science from Colorado State University, a Degree of Engineer from Stanford University, and a PhD in Computer Science from Colorado State University. 

In retirement, Rick is an active volunteer for a number of aviation organizations including Angel Flights, STEM Flights, Young Eagles, Navajo Christmas Airlift, and LightHawk. Rick earned his Private Pilot Certificate in 1999 and added an Instrument Rating in 2001. He and Joyce own and fly a Cessna 182 based at Northern Colorado Regional Airport.