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.

Terry Riley, PhD, Policy Director

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Terry is a Certified Wildlife Biologist, hunter, angler, private pilot, and amateur vintner. Terry served in the U.S. Air Force right out of high school, including a year in Vietnam.  He is semi-retired, but his wife Nancy, also a wildlife biologist, and he own a consulting business and he collaborates with scientists at Colorado State University on research projects.  Previous work includes coordinator for the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, vice-president of policy for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, board member of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation and the North American Grouse Partnership, conservation director and Midwest field representative for the Wildlife Management Institute, upland wildlife research biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and wildlife biologist for the U.S. Forest Service.  Terry has a Bachelor’s degree in Fish and Wildlife Biology from Kansas State University, a Master’s degree in Wildlife Science from New Mexico State University (where he studied the ecology of lesser prairie-chickens), and a Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Zoology from The Ohio State University, where he studied the ecology of wetland invertebrates and waterfowl.  Terry and Nancy live near Fort Collins, CO with their horses and dogs and have 3 adult children. 

 

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 volunteers for the Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society and The Wildlife Society. She is excited to serve the North American Grouse Partnership!