Staff
Pilchuck Audubon is led by a devoted Board of Directors that champions and sustains our mission of conserving and restoring natural ecosystems focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of the earth’s biological diversity. Our Board of Directors ensures that this mission is fulfilled by providing strategic direction and resources to support our community programs, science, and advocacy.
Brian Zinke, Executive Director
director@pilchuckaudubon.org
A Kansas City native, Brian has slowly worked his way west. After earning his B.S. in Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology from Kansas State University and an M.S. in Biology from Fort Hays State University, he worked for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department as a Nongame Biologist where he monitored small mammals, bats, spotted skunks, secretive marsh birds, Great Gray and Boreal Owls, and the federally endangered black-footed ferret and Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. From Wyoming he moved to eastern Washington where he worked for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on the recovery and reintroduction of the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, another federally endangered species.
Brian has served in leadership roles with other wildlife nonprofits, such as The Wildlife Society and American Society of Mammalogists, at local, regional, and national levels. He is also an Associate Wildlife Biologist®.
Brian became our Executive Director in November 2019 and is excited to continue building the legacy of Pilchuck Audubon.