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Korinna is a wildlife biologist from Los Angeles, California, USA. Over the years, she has worked on a variety of wildlife projects that include species such as black bears, mountain lions, porcupines, river otters, and Roosevelt elk. She earned her B.Sc. in Wildlife Management & Conservation from Humboldt State University.

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Korinna is the Founder and Director of the Cougar Conservancy, a non-profit with a mission to reduce human-wildlife conflict and conserve cougar populations through science-based management and conservation.

 

Prior to founding the Cougar Conservancy, Korinna co-led efforts to list Southern and Central Coast mountain lions under the California Endangered Species Act—a joint initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity and the Mountain Lion Foundation.

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In 2021, Korinna joined the National Wildlife Federation and served as the Director of Conservation Programs for the California Region. She actively supported the #SaveLACougars campaign—an initiative to build the world's largest wildlife crossing.

Korinna is a science communicator, frequently speaking to the media, participating in community events, and presenting at professional conferences. Her interviews and photography have been featured on NPR, BBC, CBS, ABC, The Wildlife Society, and more. Her expertise in production spans various stages of the process, encompassing tasks in pre-production such as scriptwriting, location management, scheduling, coordination, and stakeholder engagement, as well as roles in production involving directing and on-site talent management, and post-production.

Additionally, Korinna consults on human-wildlife interaction-related work.

 

She recently released two book publications, titled “Coastal California —The Wild Life” and “Common Questions in Cougar Coexistence.”