Jaime González is the inaugural Houston Urban Conservation Programs Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Texas. His work prioritizes building partnerships, designing and managing projects, and assisting communities and other organizations to help make Houston a more healthy, resilient, physically cooler, better-connected, and biologically diverse city. Jaime is one of a growing corps of 30 Nature Conservancy city leads using nature-based solutions to create Healthier Cities throughout North America and the world.

Mr. González also serves as the Vice President and Co-founder of the Coastal Prairie Partnership, as the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the North American Association for Environmental Education, and as a member of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Texas Wildlife Diversity Advisory Committee. He has worked for 21 years in conservation and environmental education in the Greater Houston region, including as the Community Conservation Director at the Katy Prairie Conservancy (2006-2018) and as Naturalist and Conservation Lead at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (1998-2005). Mr. González earned a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction-Science Education and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Houston. He also holds a Certificate in Environmental Communication from the Nicholas School for the Environment at Duke University, a Texas Educator Certificate (Science, Grades 4-8) from the Texas Educational Agency, and expert certificates in urban environmental education and civic ecology from the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University.

In Jaime's words...I am a father, husband, brother, son, neighbor, and active citizen. In my work life, I am a versatile, team-oriented and award-winning conservationist, environmental educator, biologist, communicator, systems thinker, writer, equity advocate, and collaborative servant leader - deeply rooted in Houston and Texas, with a global environmental perspective.