Mandy Banet became the Director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity (CCB) in June 2023. She provides support and direction for all the Center’s activities. Prior to joining the CCB, Mandy was a tenured associate professor at California State University, Chico, where she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in ecology, ran a research program focused on conservation biology and ecophysiology, acted as the monitoring lead for a multi-agency collaborative habitat restoration project on the Sacramento River, and worked closely with the director and staff of the university’s ecological reserves. She has a bachelor’s in biology from Indiana University, Bloomington and a Ph.D. in biology from University of California, Riverside.