Condor Country Consulting, Inc.
We are dedicated to assisting non-profit conservation organizations and observe the credos of these professional organizations:
• The Wildlife Society
• The Association of Environmental Professionals
• The Society for American Archeology
• The Society for California Archeology
• American Public Works Association
The Condor Team
Sean Dexter, Principal Biologist & Archaeologist
Sean Dexter, Principal Biologist & Archaeologist
Sean Dexter, Principal Biologist & Archaeologist
Mr. Dexter has three decades of experience as a project manager, biologist, and archaeologist. He has managed and made significant contributions to a number of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements/Reports to support National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act activities. He has successfully managed small to large multi-million dollar scale projects, from a single firm to an assembly of a dozen firms with 100+ project assigned staff.
Mr. Dexter received a BA in Anthropology from the University of California Santa Cruz with an emphasis in zooarchaeology (study of the skeletal remains of California fauna), and attended graduate school at CSU Chico. Mr. Dexter is an experienced Archaeologist with 30 years of professional experience focused on the prehistory of California.
Mr. Dexter is also a professional biologist and has 30 years of project experience focusing on California birds, herpetofauna, small mammals, and listed branchiopods of California. Mr. Dexter possesses a USFWS 10(a)(1)(A) permit (ES09196C-1) to independently handle and study listed branchiopods, California tiger salamander, and California red-legged frog.
Kathryn Monroy-Dexter, President/Manager
Sean Dexter, Principal Biologist & Archaeologist
Sean Dexter, Principal Biologist & Archaeologist
Kathryn has over 20 years of experience in municipal government program development, staffing and project management. She received her Master of Arts from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio and her Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Sonoma.
Her leadership and project management experience lend themselves well to her responsibilities at Condor, which includes business management and development with emphasis on enhancing systems and day-to-day operations, implementing strategies and procedures to enhance and expand current business, exploring opportunities to reach new and emerging partners in environmental resource management and conservation and reinvigorate the company's commitment to community and environmental organizations.
Joseph Schwennesen, Senior Biologist
Mr. Schwennesen has over 18 years of experience as a Wildlife Biologist, Project Manager, Project Site Superintendent, and Health and Safety Officer. As a Wildlife Biologist, Mr. Schwennesen has been responsible for conducting field surveys and biological monitoring for the California Tiger Salamander, California Red-legged Frog Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse, Burrowing Owl, San Joaquin Kit Fox, and other species of concern in ecologically sensitive areas throughout California. In this capacity, Mr. Schwennesen has gained over 11 years of experience conducting surveys for California Tiger Salamander and California Red-legged Frog throughout the greater Bay Area and surrounding regions of California.
In addition, he has attended seminars and volunteered for extracurricular activities focusing on these species. During this process, he gained over 40 hours of direct experience under the guidance of USFWS 10a1a permit holders, which included handling adult and juvenile individuals and spotting egg masses in the field. In addition, Mr. Schwennesen has over 30 hours of monitoring and surveying experience for Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse and has personally handled adult specimens in the field under the direct supervision of USFWS 10a1a permit holders.
Sam McNally, Staff II Biologist
Mr. McNally has ten years of experience in wildlife surveying and laboratory and academic research. He received his B.A. in zoology from the University of Santa Barbara and a Master of Science in Biology from San Francisco State University. He has extensive knowledge of the biodiversity and conservation issues in California and the Western United States, from oceans to deserts to alpine ecosystems.
He has broad field experience in surveying, monitoring, and research involving threatened, endangered, and special-status species. He is proficient in numerous field methods and equipment, GPS/GIS mapping, and museum-quality specimen preservation. He has additional experience in electrofishing, mist-netting, and fence construction.
Marissa Pacheco, Staff Biologist
Ms. Pacheco is a Wildlife Biologist with experience in avian and mammalian surveys and professional experience in environmental consulting. Ms. Pacheco spent over two years working on a long-term Western snowy plover (charadrius nivosus nivosus) monitoring program with California State Parks in San Luis Obispo County, California. She also has experience conducting various avian and mammalian population surveys and monitoring, including but not limited to biological monitoring for California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) during UXO excavation activities, night surveys for Northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis) in second-growth redwood forest, preconstruction nesting bird surveys, bat (corynorhinus townsendii and myotis spp.) population point counts, Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) radio monitoring using Omni and Yagi antennas, assisted with mist-netting passerines at a Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) bird banding station. Ms. Pacheco also has experience in construction monitoring and writing of NEPA and CEQA documents such as Environmental Assessments and Biological Evaluations. She has passed the 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training and 8-hour HAZWOPER supervisor training.
In Memoriam
Wendy K. Dexter July 22, 1967 - Jan 27, 2015
Wendy launched Condor Country Consulting in 2001 and served as the President and Principal Biologist for 14 years. Wendy was passionate about biology and the environment and took advantage of opportunities to share this passion with the local and larger world community. Wendy was also an innovative thinker, establishing the company's mission a commitment to give back to the community and environment before it was common practice. Living this mission, she volunteered in elementary school classrooms and as an Avian Advisor in Belize.
As part of Wendy's legacy, Condor Country Consulting continues to give back to local community and environmental groups.
