Lenya Quinn-Davidson

University of California Cooperative Extension

Lenya Quinn-Davidson is the Fire Network director for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, where she leads a statewide team working on various facets of fire resiliency. Her work has focused in large part on breaking down social, political, and cultural barriers to beneficial fire. Quinn-Davidson has worked locally with private landowners and community members, at the state level on policy, research, and training, and nationally/internationally, through her leadership on the Women-in-Fire Training Exchange (WTREX) Program. Quinn-Davidson is passionate about using fire to empower people, from ranchers and scientists to agency leaders and young women, and everyone in between.