Chris Fleming, M.S., Director of Project Management
Chris Fleming serves as the Director of Project Management at the Southeastern Grasslands Institute (SGI), where he leads teams dedicated to advancing grassland restoration across 40 National Parks throughout the eastern United States. He holds a Master’s degree in Botany from the University of Tennessee, with a focus on the flora and ecology of the Southeast. With more than two decades of experience in the environmental consulting field, he has specialized in water resource inventories and permitting, ecological restoration, and rare species surveys. Most recently, he co-led the development of the first statewide GeoAI model for wetland identification in Tennessee, marking a significant advancement in conservation technology. His deep appreciation for grassland ecosystems is rooted in years of exploring wet meadows, remnant grasslands of the Cumberland Plateau, and the high-elevation balds of the Southern Appalachians.