Kevin Gaston serves as the Executive Director of TreePeople Land Trust. He holds a BS in Environmental Science and Resource Management from CSU Channel Islands where he regularly guest lectures and provides career guidance to current students. Prior to working with TreePeople, Kevin served in various roles for the State Parks and National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains. He joined the Land Trust in 2015 as a specialist in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), vegetation monitoring, and fluvial geomorphology. Kevin now directs his focus to Land Trust administration, wildfire resiliency education, and the acquisition and restoration of degraded landscapes to increase equitable access to open space.