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Kathy Dale is ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Director of Science Technology, focusing on the technology tools of the community science programs and data workflows for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s science products. Kathy also leads ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s community science team in delivering programs such as ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Christmas Bird Count, Climate Watch and . 

Upon joining ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in 2001, Kathy’s role was to help grow the new online interactive components of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Christmas Bird Count, the and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s eBird collaboration with Cornell’s Laboratory of Ornithology.

Kathy spent much of her career in information technology for national non-profit organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Naturalist Society. She became a community scientist when she participated in her first Christmas Bird Count soon after college.