Executive Director, Coastal Ranches Conservancy
Candice Meneghin is a biodiversity conservationist with nature conservation training from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and recently received her Juris Doctorate from Colleges of Law Ventura and Santa Barbara. She is the Executive Director of Coastal Ranches Conservancy and currently sits on the board of Friends of the Santa Clara River, Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources, and as an appointed director representing the environmental community on the Fillmore and Piru Basins Groundwater Sustainability Agency. With twenty years of conservation and environmental advocacy under her belt, she has worked for CalTrout, with the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, consulted on steelhead restoration and stakeholder engagement programs, and been an advisor on environmental affairs for District 2 Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks. Prior to immigating to California, Candice did stewardship extension, managed nature reserves, enforced environmental laws, and oversaw regional ecological support programs for 11 protected areas.