Susan Kaderka is the director of the National Wildlife Federation's Gulf States Regional Office. Since 1999 she has overseen NWF's conservation and environmental education initiatives in TX, OK, LA and MO. Since 2003 she has served on the LA Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation and over the past year she has spearheaded NWF's new initiative to help river and watershed groups to advocate for appropriate management of water resources in the face of climate change.