Janelle Siefert

Janelle Siefert is the Interim Executive Director of WTMC. She graduated from Arizona State University with a master’s degree in urban and environmental planning and has had an enduring passion for the intersection between sustainability, urban planning, and wildlife. She has spent her career so far passionate about this niche, conducting research on wildlife in the urban realm, walkability in the Valley, and sustainable landscaping practices in Arizona. She was also among the first “boots on the ground” for a wildlife conservation non-profit named Lengau, where she assisted in setting up a camera trap grid to monitor leopards in the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa.