Angela Picco , Ph.D.
Threatened and Endangered Species Lead
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Angela Picco is the Threatened and Endangered Species Lead for the Pacific Southwest Region (California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin of Oregon) of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). In her current role, Angela manages a team of supervisors implementing the Endangered Species Act including listing, recovery, habitat conservation planning, and consultations. Angela co-founded the Women Working in Wildlife group and the Region 8 Mentoring Program for USFWS, and she is an active mentor and coach within the agency. Angela works out of the Regional Office in Sacramento, California, and she has worked for the USFWS for 16 years. She has a B.S. in Evolution and Ecology from the University of California, Davis, and a Ph.D. from the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University where her research focused on applied conservation biology.