Anne Kinsinger
Ms. Anne E. Kinsinger is the Associate Director for the Ecosystems Mission Area at the United States Geological Survey (USGS). In this role she is responsible for USGS research and monitoring on ecosystems and the human and fish and wildlife communities they support.
Ms. Kinsinger oversees major scientific efforts involving fire, drought, species management, land management, wildlife migration corridors, environmental health, ecosystem change, climate adaptation, invasive species, and fish and wildlife disease. Results inform federal, state, local and Tribal policy and decision makers such as fish and wildlife managers, energy and minerals developers, land managers, and emergency responders.
Ms. Kinsinger serves on multiple committees and co-chairs of the DOI Science Advisors Council and the DOI Chronic Wasting Disease Steering Committee.
Ms. Kinsinger has held numerous positions since joining the USGS in 1995, including serving as Director of the USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Associate Director for Biology's Office, Chief of Strategic Planning and Analysis in the Director's Office, and Western Regional Biologist.
In 2007, Ms. Kinsinger became the Regional Director for the former USGS Western Region, where she oversaw activities related to biological, hydrological, geological, and geographic research and assessments.
Prior to joining the USGS, she worked for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Biological Survey National Fisheries Contaminant Research Center (now the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center).
Ms. Kinsinger earned her Master of Forest Science in Natural Resources Economics and Policy from Yale University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Resource Science from University of California, Davis.