Wild Bio’s
The humans cultivating connection, creativity, and community through WildBio Flourishing.
Matthew J. Meyerl
Executive Director, Founder
Matt was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and first came to Plumas County in 2014 to work with the U.S. Forest Service as a wildland firefighter with Helicopter 512. In 2019, after a decade of work with the Forest Service, Matt left his permanent employment to live out his dream and build an adventure based guide service that specializes in youth development through recreation.
The Adventure Monkeys summer camps and after school programs were a great success for our local community and have created opportunities for Matt to expand operations to include more large scale events and programming.
Art and creativity are at the forefront of Matt's approach to life and his concepts and proposals range from Wildland Urban Interface Trail Defense Systems to curating spaces for live musicians and artists. Along with his excitement for entrepreneurship,
Matt's free time is spent in the woods on his bike or skis, with his friends and family making memories, or by creating art and building something new with whatever medium is available.
Matt is also a member of the HatchExperience,org team and was experiential leader during their 2023 and 2024 Global Summits as well as being a Fire Management Specialist for environmental think-tank Spatial Informatics Group.
Matt finds joy in teamwork, welcomes diversity in all its forms and looks forward to building Wildbio Flourishing with you
Alex Davi, Certified Public Accountant
Treasurer, CFO
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Alex specializes in the not for profit niche in all things accounting, finance and business operations. She grew up in Monterey, CA, working in her family’s restaurant since she was 15. After high school, she graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelors of Science degree in Finance and Economics and immediately moved back to the Sierra Nevada mountains and started her family. She has since completed a Masters Degree in Accounting from Golden Gate University and become a licensed CPA.
Her current practice works exclusively with not for profit clients, ranging from $1 million in assets to over $400 million. She has experience in accounting, finance, budgeting, business management, operations, strategy, tax, compliance, internal controls, endowments, investments, Single and Financial Statement Audits, grants management and reporting, and personnel management.
She currently lives in Quincy, CA with her family, two giant dogs, and two hyper cats.
Jason Moghaddas
Board Member & Strategy Expert
Jason is the Chief of Operations for Spatial Informatics Group (SIG). In this role, he coordinates and oversees the Legal, HR, and Finance Teams work in compliance, financial reporting, contracting, and internal policy development. In addition, Jason previously served as a Co-Director of the Natural Hazards Team, coordinating a team of fire modeling, GIS, and technical specialists in development and implementation of wildfire mitigation assessment and projects across the Western United States.
Jason received both his BS and MS from UC Berkeley, with his studies and research focused on forestry, fire, and riparian ecology. Jason brings over a 25 years of experience in natural resource project planning and vegetation management to SIG. As a project manager for the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study, he successfully coordinated an interdisciplinary team of scientists for a study on the effects of fuel treatments on mixed conifer ecosystem process and structure. Through his on-going work on this and other studies, Jason had been a lead or co-author on over 20 published scientific papers, linked here.
In addition to a strong research background, Jason brings the practical experience of being a current Registered Professional Forest (#2774) along with extensive experience in the Sierras as a wildland fire fighter and wildlife a field technician. Through his work as a Fire Ecologist on the Plumas National Forest, he worked as part of an US Forest Service interdisciplinary team to plan and conduct National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for landscape level fuel treatments in a politically charged climate. As Conservation Director for the Feather River Land Trust, Jason worked with large land owners to help develop and fund conservation easements on working ranches in Plumas County, California.
Jason is currently on the Board of the Sierra Business Council, Lost Sierra Composite Mountain Bike Team, and Wildbio Flourishing.
Will Knox
Chair of the Board
Bio coming soon!
Samantha Rick,
Secretary
Originally from Wisconsin, Sam migrated to Quincy in 2002 after obtaining a B.S. in Social Science and Health and a minor in Sociology. Sam instantly fell in love with the community and for 9 years served the adults of Plumas County involved in the criminal justice system as a case manager for the Alternative Sentencing Program. Sam's passion lies in helping underserved and vulnerable populations. Sam’s superpower is linking people to services and local resources to achieve their goals and provide them with a sense of belonging in their community. Sam finds happiness in bringing people together, seeing others thrive, volunteering with her favorite non-profits, and going on any and all types of adventures. Sam currently works at the Sendero Ranch in Plumas County as an event captain, where she hosts Netflix employees who are there for a 5 day ideation and creativity seminar. She is excited to support WildBio Flourishing in fundraising efforts, health-centric events and activities, and connecting more residents to this valuable resource. In her free time Sam can be found on the bike trails, rock climbing, or on a dance floor.
Krikor Andonian “KR3TURE”
Board Member
Krikor is a multi-instrumentalist musician and producer, as well as an ecologist and former educator. Krikor earned his doctorate from UC Santa Cruz in plant ecology & evolution and was an instructor in ecology, biology, and environmental science for 12 years, mostly through the University of California and other bay area colleges. Krikor worked at an environmental non-profit before transitioning to a career of an international touring musician fusing live and electronic music, often sourcing inspiration from nature and science.
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