Jason John

Science & Policy for Building Resilience

Sacramento, California, United States

About

Conservation biologist with expertise in research and communications and extensive experience facilitating collaboration to manage policy development and analysis in complex environments. Strengths in collaboration, team-building, project development and management, communication, public speaking, and problem-solving.

Experience

  • Consultant | Face to Face Sonoma County at Strategic Consultant
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    Provide advisory support to executive leadership across strategic planning, business plan and fund development, organizational design, earned-revenue strategy, and government relations, helping leadership build sustainable growth systems and diversify revenue.

  • Consultant | OneReef at OneReef
    Feb 2026 - Mar 2026 · 2 mos

    Performed a strategic assessment of government readiness and international conservation finance systems, developing executive decision-support tools, a comparative finance dataset, and recommendations to strengthen institutional capacity, aid direct access to climate and ocean finance, and inform future advisory strategies.

  • Deputy Director at California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
    Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr

  • Sierra Club (Sacramento, California, United States)
    • Acting Director, Sierra Club California
      Jan 2024 - Sep 2024 · 9 mos

    • Associate Director, Sierra Club California
      Jul 2023 - Jan 2024 · 7 mos

  • California Natural Resources Agency (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Science and Policy Lead, Biodiversity and Habitat
      Nov 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Science & Technology Policy Fellow
      Dec 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr