White
House Council on Environmental Quality
· Developed President Clinton’s twenty-fifth anniversary
report to Congress on environmental trends.
Clinton Foundation/Clinton Global Initiave
· Served on climate and energy team at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 annual conferences; moderated roundtable
discussions among leading climate scientists, policymakers and industry leaders.
The Elders/Christensen
Global Strategies, LLC
· Co-authored recommendations on how The Elders can help accelerate climate
change mitigation; prevent violence related to natural resources conflicts; restore environmental services; and
reduce poverty. The Elders (www.theelders.org) are world statespeople,
including Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Aung San Suu Kyi, working to solve some of the world's
most pressing problems.
The World Economic Forum/Booz Allen & Hamilton
· Developed
climate change initiatives for automobile industry.
United Nations World Environment Day/Mitsubishi Corporation
· Developed, organized and hosted leadership symposium on energy conservation, renewable energy, and climate
change.
The Energy Foundation
· Conducted extensive California Global Warming Solutions
Act (AB-32)stakeholder scoping effort (legislature, adminstration, environmental groups, environmental justice advocates,
& business); determined each group's educational needs in order to craft optimal implementation policies.
The
California Wind Energy Association (CalWEA)
· Advised CalWEA on rationale and strategy for its involvement
in developing California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB-32) implemention policies. Built relationships with stakeholders
to advance policy goals.
Environmental Defense
· Developed strategic outreach plan
and mobilized legislative and business support for the renewable energy, energy efficiency, pollution prevention, habitat
protection and water conservation provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill.
Natural Resources Defense Council
· Developed strategic outreach plans for NRDC-led coalition's successful effort to gain public and
business-sector support for marine protected areas.
Procter & Gamble
· Identified
global partners for corporate sustainable development effort.
Conoco, Inc.
· Identified profitable sustainable development projects.
Brown University/National
Science Foundation
· Engaged over 35 countries in creating a functional international ecological research
network to share data and identify global trends. Developed budget, infrastructure and communications
channels. Led participatory process to produce strategic, operational and funding plans. Comparable to launching
a start-up; managed entire initiative.
Embassy of Ecuador
· Served as interim
Executive Director and helped found the Galapagos Conservancy Foundation.
National Academy of Public Administration
· Evaluated federal environmental reinvention
initiatives; co-authored report to Congress on the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
Oxfam America/David Gardiner & Associates
· Identified the issues critical to asessing the economic and social impacts of fair trade and environmental
certification programs on coffee workers in Central America.
UNICEF
· Researched sustainable agriculture and forestry in Asia, Africa, Latin America.
Chinese Academy
of Sciences
· Researched sustainable agriculture and energy; published
article on biogas energy generation.
Sample Development Projects
· Developed ecotourism program, China;
led community development project, Kenya; helped Mexican communities increase income from environmental micro-enterprise
projects
