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Scott Hoffman Black
Executive Director
sblack@xerces.org

Scott Hoffman Black is Executive Director of the Xerces Society. He has degrees in ecology, horticultural plant science, and entomology from Colorado State University. As a researcher, conservationist, and teacher, he has worked for over fifteen years with small issues groups and large coalitions advocating science-based conservation. He has extensive experience in endangered-species conservation, pollinator conservation, macroinvertebrate monitoring, and forest and range management issues.

Scott has authored many publications and his work has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and books and on radio and television. He has presented to universities across the United States, as well as to international meetings and the National Academy of Sciences.

He most enjoys spending time in the wild with his children River, Emmett, and Theo, and his wife Cat.

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