As Principal of JBO Conservation, Joanna Ogburn works to bring people together to solve shared conservation challenges through the facilitation of multi-stakeholder collaborations, strategic conservation planning workshops, and private landowner networks. With over 14 years of experience, she has built and led multi-sector collaborative efforts, such as Envision the Choptank, facilitated workshops to design new conservation initiatives, and implemented large-landscape conservation projects related to wildlife and habitat conservation. Clients have included National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, ShoreRivers, and Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network. She specializes in integrating community needs and environmental objectives, ensuring the sustainability of conservation initiatives.

Previously, Joanna served as the Director of Programs for the Chesapeake Conservancy, managing staff and over 30 programs in five states, and developed and ran a land conservation program in Savannah, GA as a natural resources planner for the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission. Joanna has a Masters of Environmental Management (Duke University) and a Bachelors of Science (University of Richmond).