Stefanie Christensen Francisco is the communications director for Conservation Alabama, a non-profit organization that lobbies the state legislature on behalf of our state’s natural resources. Previously, she worked in national news production at CNN, Politico, and the PBS NewsHour.
She graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in political science and received a master’s degree in rural sociology from Auburn University, where her research focused on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact on the Gulf Coast seafood industry. Before joining Conservation Alabama, she served as partnership coordinator at Mobile Baykeeper. Stefanie and her family live in Montgomery.