My Biography

Catherine Giffen currently serves as METI’s Technical Services Coordinator providing program management and technical expertise on a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service National Forest System contract. For over 10 years, Catherine has served in several roles with METI including Deputy Director of the Natural Resource Services Group and Portfolio Manager for Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment. Catherine manages and provides technical oversight of federal contract projects related to land management planning; wildland fire; collaboration; inventory, monitoring, and assessment; and local and community government technical assistance.

As a previous planner and biological scientist with the USDA Forest Service, Catherine specialized in land management planning, administrative reviews, and natural resource management in support of national, regional, and forest-level programs. Catherine obtained a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of New Hampshire.