Stephanie Gutierrez

Ecotrust

Stephanie Gutierrez (San Carlos Apache, she/her) is the Forest & Community Program Director for Ecotrust. Stephanie works closely with Tribes across the Pacific Northwest to center community-engaged decision making and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in forest stewardship. She also leads growing bodies of work around tribal forestry workforce development, Indigenous science and forestry education, storytelling, and Indigenous agroforestry. At the root of her work, Stephanie is dedicated to increasing access, representation, and decision-making power for Black, Indigenous and People of Color and Women, non-binary, and two-spirit individuals in forestry.