Martha is a senior officer for the strategy, learning and evaluation department focusing on the Environment Program. Before joining the foundation, Martha specialized in conservation planning, climate adaptation and wildlife policy. She has worked as the senior conservation planner for Defenders of Wildlife and was the program manager for the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Yale University and a Master of Science in sustainable development and conservation biology from the University of Maryland.