Experience

OneReef

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Jan 2010 - 14 years

  Santa Cruz, CA -Pioneered highly scalable OneReef Community Partnership Model for Pacific Islands -Proven model prevents extinction, seeds fisheries, and protects shorelines from storms -Scaling from 500,000 acres to 2.7 million acres at $3/acre annual cost -Raised more than $6 million for the OneReef Community Partnership Model -Seven years directing international and domestic teams, establishing overseas offices -Expanding OneReef vision and design through multi-organizational partnerships



NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Science Coordinator, National Marine Sanctuaries, West Coast Region

  • Jan 2004 - Jun 2011

  US West Coast -Built Internet-based program for collection/analysis of spatial data on human use of coastal areas -Led effort to apply socioeconomic data to inform policies of US National Marine Sanctuaries -Key provider of socioeconomic data to inform the California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA)



Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • 2005 - 2007

  Monterey, CA -Taught graduate seminar course on theory and practice of conservation incentive agreements -Strong affiliation with the Center for the Blue Economy at Middlebury -Currently support annual placement/fostering of Center for Blue Economy Fellows



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Economic Advisor

  • Feb 2001 - Nov 2004

  Papua New Guinea -Led effort to assess economic dimensions of new forest conservation trust in Papua New Guinea -Meticulously assessed, on site, every active logging project in the country -Accomplished in diplomatic capacity with logging companies and high-level Government



USAID

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Natural Resource Economist

  • Mar 1999 - Mar 2002

  Indonesia - Natural Resources Management Program -Informed national polices with economic analysis from perspective of indigenous groups -Studied marine resources in Sulawesi, logging in Kalimantan, non-timber in West Papua -On-site data collection with Dayak and other marginalized forest communities -Estimated financial model of large-scale forest conversion to oil palm plantations, Kalimantan



World Wildlife Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Natural Resource Economist

  • Jun 1995 - Dec 1997

  Namibia - "LIFE" Program -Supported development of the Communal Wildlife Conservancy model in Namibia -Set new standards in conservation for inclusivity of local communities and their interests -Responsible for field studies to inform Communal Wildlife Conservancy legislation -Estimated base models: use of non-timber, timber, and agricultural resources -Collaborated directly with indigenous groups across Namibia