Our Experts
Chris Canfield
Vice President, Gulf Coast Conservation/Mississippi Flyway
National Audubon Society
Chris Canfield is a veteran conservation leader who has spearheaded multi-party collaborative campaigns to protect globally significant bird habitat. A number of those efforts involved legal suits under the National Environmental Policy Act. A former military officer who worked with the highest levels of the Pentagon, he has knowledge of government organizational dynamics and special experience with national and international news media. He can be reached at ccanfield@audubon.org.
Paul Harrison,
Senior Director for Mississippi River and East Coast, Center for Rivers and Deltas
Environmental Defense Fund
Before coming to EDF, Paul worked as a litigating attorney at the Department of Justice, working in the environment division on property law and wildlife issues. He has a background in organizing, working previously on a campaign with a sustainable transportation advocacy group in New York City. He brings almost 20 years of environmental experience and legal expertise to the campaign and holds a B.A. in public policy from the College of William and Mary as well as a J.D. from Fordham University Law School. He can be reached at pharrison@edf.org.
Angelina Freeman,
Ph.D., Coastal Scientist
Environmental Defense Fund
Angelina Freeman holds a BS in Physics from Eckerd College, an M.S. in Acoustics from Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences from Louisiana State University. Angelina has experience in coastal geology and geophysics, coastal processes, remote sensing and GIS applications, image and spatial analysis, and hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling. Her research has focused on seismic characterization, regional-scale eutrophication models, and on storm dynamics in coastal environments. She can be reached at afreeman@edf.org.
David Muth,
Louisiana State Director
National Wildlife Federation
David Muth is a New Orleans native who has spent a lifetime in the Mississippi River delta and on the Louisiana coast studying its geology, ecology, plants, wildlife, history and culture. He is an authority on the birds of coastal Louisiana, having served as president of the Louisiana Ornithological Society, Chairman of the Louisiana Bird Records Committee, Regional Editor for North American Birds and Louisiana Editor for the National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. He worked for 30 years with the National Park Service at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in south Louisiana, eventually managing its natural and cultural resource programs. He can be reached at muthd@nwf.org.
Paul Kemp,
Ph.D., Vice President, Louisiana Coastal Initiative
National Audubon Society
Before coming to Audubon in January 2007, Dr. Kemp was an associate research professor in Louisiana State University’s School of the Coast and Environment. He has also been affiliated with the school’s Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes. Among other activities, Dr. Kemp led a multi-disciplinary effort to characterize Louisiana’s Barataria and Terrebonne estuaries, worked with the Louisiana Governor’s Office to help shape coastal restoration policy and has served as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fellow on the staff of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. He can be reached at pkemp@audubon.org.
Courtney Taylor,
Attorney and Policy Director
Environmental Defense Fund
As an attorney and policy director for Environmental Defense Fund, Courtney Taylor works to secure federal action on restoration in the Mississippi River Delta. Her work includes monitoring developments on coastal Louisiana issues, building national support for restoration and working with federal, state and local partners to advance campaign goals. With significant past experience as an attorney within the federal government and the private sector, Courtney has an insider’s knowledge of federal structures and processes. She holds a B.A. in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Tulane Law School. She can be reached at ctaylor@edf.org.
