Jaime González is proud to serve as the national Urban Green Director for the Student Conservation Association (The SCA). In this position, he supports field-based teams in their mission to train a new, diverse generation of conservation leaders through paid internships, crew jobs, and schoolyear experiences, including in urban forestry. Jaime is an award-winning conservationist, environmental educator, naturalist, storyteller, and network weaver working at the intersection of human health, equity, biodiversity health, climate resilience, and environmental health, collectively known as One Health.

Jaime also serves as board chair for the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), as a climate adaptation and justice advisor to the City of Houston and Harris County, and a Community Fellow for the Rice University Center for Environmental Studies. He formerly worked for The Nature Conservancy, the Coastal Prairie Conservancy, Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, and the Nature Heritage Society and has served as an instructor in the Texas Master Natural program for 24 years.

Mr. González earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction-Science Education and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Houston. He has also earned professional certificates in civic ecology/environmental education, environmental communications, climate change and health, and One Health from Cornell University, Duke University, and Yale University, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, respectively.

Jaime has won numerous local, state, and national awards for his work, including the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Houston's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the Houston Visionary Award from Center for Houston's Future, the Prairie Champion Award from the Coastal Prairie Conservancy, and the Elizabeth Hull Abernathy Award from the Garden Club of America for outstanding contributions to environmental education of youth.