Bonnie Nielsen Bennetsen

Profile Updated: July 14, 2018

Residing In:	Juneau, AK USA

Spouse/Partner:	Tory Bennetsen

Occupation:	Wildlife Program Manager, Tongass National Forest

Children:	Tayten, born 2005 Jesper, born 2008

Class Year:	1988

Where did you go to 8th grade?

Larkspur/Corte Madera- Hall Middle School/LCM/Neil Cummins

What have you been up to since you graduated from Redwood?

*B.S. = Ecology, Behavior and Evolution from UCSD
*M.S. = Biology from UCSD
*Ph.D. = Wildlife Sciences from the University of Idaho
*Family = dear husband Tory and two beautiful sons Tayten and Jesper
*History = after Redwood, and then UCSD for undergrad and M.S., I worked in Hawaii, Louisiana, Alaska, Chile, and the Sierras. I then went back to school in Idaho with dissertation research in Hawaii, then lived and worked in Alaska, San Diego, and Flagstaff, AZ. Currently Wildlife Program Manager for the Tongass National Forest.
*Home = beautiful Juneau, Alaska for the past 9 years
*Hobbies = playing soccer, hiking, camping, backpacking, traveling, singing, watching birds, starting home renovation projects (and completing on occasion), kid's stuff (soccer mom, homework nag, chauffer, etc.)