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I am a 'people person'; I love talking to people and hearing their stories; I love traveling to rugged and remote places, and through my work I learn lots about people and their environments. My work and professional engagements focus on sustainability.
My research:
I have also been a National Geographic Explorer, and for the last 20 years, I have worked as a researcher, consultant, engineer, and educator. I have projects across East and Southern Africa and Madagascar at national parks exploring issues of conservation management, climate change, health, resource extraction, human behavior, and recreation. I have also worked on forest management and wildfire in communities of the western United States.
In addition, I have served in various advisory and consulting capacities for communities, non-profits, and organizations in areas of conservation, sustainability, stakeholder engagement, recreation management, and community development.
My expertise lies in sustainability planning, community development, stakeholder engagement, geospatial methods, analysis of human behavior and adaptation to environmental change, land use/land cover change, and higher education curriculum development.
Academic Leadership:
I the Director of two professional education programs at the University of Colorado.
Masters of the Environment (MENV) is a residential graduate program in Boulder focused on environmental management and sustainability. Students are able to choose to specialize in Sustainable Food Systems, Renewable & Sustainable Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Policy, Urban Resilience & Sustainability, and Sustainability in the Outdoor Industry.
Outdoor Recreation Economy, the very first of its kind focusing on the nexus of public lands policy, economic development, and the outdoor industry. ORE offers non-credit and graduate-level education serving the $800B outdoor economy.
I am a 'people person'; I love talking to people and hearing their stories; I love traveling to rugged and remote places, and through my work I learn lots about people and their environments. My work and professional engagements focus on sustainability.
My research:
I have also been a National Geographic Explorer, and for the last 20 years, I have worked as a researcher, consultant, engineer, and educator. I have projects across East and Southern Africa and Madagascar at national parks exploring issues of conservation management, climate change, health, resource extraction, human behavior, and recreation. I have also worked on forest management and wildfire in communities of the western United States.
In addition, I have served in various advisory and consulting capacities for communities, non-profits, and organizations in areas of conservation, sustainability, stakeholder engagement, recreation management, and community development.
My expertise lies in sustainability planning, community development, stakeholder engagement, geospatial methods, analysis of human behavior and adaptation to environmental change, land use/land cover change, and higher education curriculum development.
Academic Leadership:
I the Director of two professional education programs at the University of Colorado.
Masters of the Environment (MENV) is a residential graduate program in Boulder focused on environmental management and sustainability. Students are able to choose to specialize in Sustainable Food Systems, Renewable & Sustainable Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Policy, Urban Resilience & Sustainability, and Sustainability in the Outdoor Industry.
Outdoor Recreation Economy, the very first of its kind focusing on the nexus of public lands policy, economic development, and the outdoor industry. ORE offers non-credit and graduate-level education serving the $800B outdoor economy.