Gerrit Jöbsis
Southeast Regional Director

Department: Conservation

Area of Focus: Gerrit leads American Rivers' expanding advocacy for healthy rivers in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.

Background: Gerrit joined American Rivers in 2005 after working four years for the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League as Rivers Project Director under a partnership with American Rivers. Prior to that he worked more than a dozen years for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources on a broad array of environmental and recreation issues affecting rivers and wetlands.

Education: B.S. in Water Resources from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, M.S. in Fish and Wildlife Sciences from The Pennsylvania State University

Favorite River: Wateree River