Jon works for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Central Valley Office (CVO) in Sacramento, California. Jon is the NMFS San Joaquin River Branch Chief. He started with NMFS in 1999 as a salmonid biologist where he administered the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in California’s coastal rivers and streams. His duties included recovery planning and implementation, ESA consultations, restoration projects and enforcement actions. In 2015, he moved to the CVO as the Salmon Reintroduction Coordinator with NMFS’ Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission team. In this role, he worked on the many facets involved in reintroducing ESA-listed salmonids to their native habitats upstream of Central Valley rim dams. Prior to serving with NMFS, Jon began his fisheries and wildlife career in 1989 on Georgia-Pacific’s timberlands in Fort Bragg, California. Jon holds a B.S. in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University.