Pelayo Alvarez works as a Director of Outreach and Partnerships for the Carbon Cycle Institute
where he builds partnerships and engages organizations and private landowners in sustainable
science-based solutions to climate change (carbon farming). Pelayo has experience working with
the ranching community, government agencies, academia and other stakeholders on rangeland
conservation initiatives including the development of programs to incentivize good stewardship
practices on rangelands. Before working with CCI Pelayo was the Conservation Program
Director for the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition where he coordinated research and
outreach activities. Pelayo also teaches Rangeland Ecology and Management at American River
College in Sacramento. His previous work experience includes positions at Defenders of
Wildlife in Sacramento, UC Davis, The World Bank and The Nature Conservancy in
Washington DC. He has a bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from Universidad de Leon
(Spain) a Master’s degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University and a PhD in
Ecology from UC Davis.