Our Staff

Ted Koch, Executive Director

Ted recently retired as an Endangered Species Biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and resides in Garden Valley, ID. He received a B.S. in Biology from Southern Connecticut State University and an M.S. in Zoology from Idaho State University. He spent 30 years working as an Endangered Species Biologist for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service throughout the West. In the last third of his career, he worked on sage grouse and lesser prairie chicken conservation, learning just how imperiled prairie and sagebrush ecosystems are. While ready to retire from federal service, he still wanted to contribute to grasslands and prairie grouse conservation, so became Executive Director of NAGP in 2019.

Jim Inglis, Policy Director

Jodie Provost, Communications Director

Jodie is a Certified Wildlife Biologist, hunter, birder, horse rider, wife, grandma, and appreciator of wide open, wild spaces. She hails from North Dakota, graduating from North Dakota State University with a B.S. in Zoology and University of North Dakota with an M.S. in Biology. She worked 30 years for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as an Assistant Wildlife Manager, Wildlife Resource Assessment Specialist, and Private Land Biologist. Her management experience includes prairie, savanna, shrubland, wetland, and forest. Jodie’s volunteerism includes many years with the Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society and is ongoing with The Wildlife Society from the local to national levels. She is grateful to serve the North American Grouse Partnership!