Our alumni work around the country and the world in a wide variety of jobs, from conservation science to education to urban planning. Linking them all is a deep commitment to helping the Earth's inhabitants — humans and other animals, plants, fungi, microbes — live together sustainably and in mutually beneficial ways. Click through career profiles with the gray arrow below to get an idea of where the Field Naturalist Program propels its graduates.
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Bob Zaino '08
As the Natural Community Ecologist for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, Bob conducts state-wide inventories of natural communities and identifies opportunities to protect biodiverse, landscape-scale features, such as large habitat blocks and wildlife corridors. He works with landowners and the general public to conserve important natural communities and reviews development projects to minimize environmental impacts. In his previous role at the state, he helped develop Vermont Conservation Design, a comprehensive scientific vision for an intact, connected, and diverse natural landscape that guides the the state and other conservation organizations.
