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Associate Director
niksc@coastalws.org
Program Coordinator
djchirco@coastalws.org
Program Assistant/Urban Watch Coordinator
njscarborough@coastalws.org
volunteer@coastalws.org
Staff Bios
Nik Strong-Cvetich
Nik Strong-Cvetich is the Associate Director for the Coastal Watershed Council (CWC). He holds a Master's in Public Administration in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), where he specialized Environmental Policy and Non-Profit Management. He also holds Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from Lewis and Clark College. He served as co-founder and director of the Conservation Leadership Program at the Monterey Institute from 2006-2008. Additionally, he has worked in bilingual outreach in water quality in the Salinas Valley, as a consultant in ecotourism development on the rivers of Croatia and Costa Rica, as an outdoor environmental educator in the San Juan Islands, and a white water raft guide in Idaho. Hailing from the state of Washington, the rivers and coast have played an important part in his life.
Debie Chirco-Macdonald
Debie Chirco-Macdonald is the Program Coordinator for the Coastal Watershed Council (CWC). Debie holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in Environmental Studies. She began as a volunteer in 2000 in the Watsonville Sloughs and has been employed with CWC since 2002. Debie has worked as the Program Coordinator for the Clean Streams Volunteer Program, managed water quality studies on Carneros Creek and a volunteer water quality monitoring program on Harkins Slough. A BWET Grant through NOAA provides hands on outdoor learning experiences at Valencia Elementary School in Aptos (2006-2007 & 2007-2008) and Landmark Elementary School in Watsonville (2007-2008 & 2008-2009). As well, Debie is the volunteer and intern coordinator and has performed vegetation studies on Aptos Creek and pebble counts on Soquel Creek; coordinated the annual Snapshot Day events, and authored annual summary reports for the Clean Streams and Urban Watch programs.
Nancy Scarborough
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