Anne Marie Parkinson

Anne-Marie graduated from UCSB in 2021 with a Master's in Environmental Science & Management with a focus on Conservation Planning and Data Science. After almost losing her home in the 2007 San Diego Witch Creek Fire, she has been passionate about wildfire education so communities are prepared for when, not if, the next wildfire occurs. She has worked for the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council (SBCFSC), a local 501(c)(3) non profit, since 2021 and has recently been promoted to their first Executive Director. The SBCFSC mission is to promote wildfire safety through education and action. The organization works diligently to increase resilience to wildfire by working with communities to build strong networks so they can increase their capacity to prepare, respond, and recover from wildfires.