Simona Perry

Simona Perry, PhD, is an environmental social scientist from the southeastern U.S. with extensive academic training and experience in wildlife ecology, marine science, community-based participatory research, and trauma-informed facilitation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology, a master's degree in marine policy, and a doctoral degree in the human dimensions of natural resource conservation. Through c.a.s.e. (c.ommunity a.wareness s.olutions for e.mpowerment), a for-profit grassroots consultancy she founded in 2011, she has collaborated with rural and urban communities to raise awareness and build local and regional coalitions centering the interconnections between ecology, culture, politics, economics, and individual and community well-being. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Environmental Health Project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an occasional contributor to Which Way Savannah's "Liberator" newspaper and is on the Vestry of The Episcopal Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Savannah, Georgia.