STAFF
Jerry Keir, Executive Director, Great Basin Institute
Jerry Keir is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Great Basin Institute, the organization that manages Galena Creek Visitor Center. For the past twenty two years, Keir has taught and directed interdisciplinary research and field studies throughout the Intermountain West, Central Pacific Mexico, and Costa Rica. Keir has extensive experience managing diverse research and monitoring initiatives, as well as leading collaborative projects at a landscape scale. A skilled fundraiser and project lead, Keir has overseen $135 million in grants and contracts for the adaptive management of public lands. When not running programs or dreaming up new ones, Jerry roams his backyard forest and desert with his spouse of 25 years, Maria, and their daughter Amaya and son Alejandro.
Jerry Keir is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Great Basin Institute, the organization that manages Galena Creek Visitor Center. For the past twenty two years, Keir has taught and directed interdisciplinary research and field studies throughout the Intermountain West, Central Pacific Mexico, and Costa Rica. Keir has extensive experience managing diverse research and monitoring initiatives, as well as leading collaborative projects at a landscape scale. A skilled fundraiser and project lead, Keir has overseen $135 million in grants and contracts for the adaptive management of public lands. When not running programs or dreaming up new ones, Jerry roams his backyard forest and desert with his spouse of 25 years, Maria, and their daughter Amaya and son Alejandro.
