Experience

TULE RIVER INDIAN TRIBAL COUNCIL

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Forester

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  I support the stewardship of woodlands and forest on land belonging to the Tule River Tribe (TRT) in the southern Sierra Nevada. The TRT is dedicated to improving forest health, mitigating wildfire risk, and ensuring economic, recreational, and livelihood opportunities for TRT. The reservation is made up of some 54,000 acres of rangeland, oak woodlands, pine forests, and Giant Sequoia groves. I support the stewardship of woodlands and forest on land belonging to the Tule River Tribe (TRT) in the southern Sierra Nevada. The TRT is dedicated to improving forest health, mitigating wildfire risk, and ensuring economic, recreational, and livelihood opportunities for TRT. The reservation is made up of some 54,000 acres of rangeland, oak woodlands, pine forests, and Giant Sequoia groves.


Whole Forest
• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Sales Director

  • Sep 2019 - Present


Sacred Forests

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  We maintain a forest reserve and agroforestry based farm near Ahuano, Napo Ecuador. We maintain 16 acres of mixed fruit plantations featuring durian, mangosteen, cacao, vanilla and more. Another 200 acres of forest is maintained under permanent forest management. We maintain a forest reserve and agroforestry based farm near Ahuano, Napo Ecuador. We maintain 16 acres of mixed fruit plantations featuring durian, mangosteen, cacao, vanilla and more. Another 200 acres of forest is maintained under permanent forest management.


Runa Foundation
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• Program Director

  • Aug 2014 - Feb 2018


Forest Carbon

• Indonesia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Oct 2012

  Responsible for all project development of VCS compliant projects. Duties include GIS and remote sensing analysis map creation, sample design, forest inventory and peatland delineation, data analysis, biomass estimation, document design and production. Responsible for all project development of VCS compliant projects. Duties include GIS and remote sensing analysis map creation, sample design, forest inventory and peatland delineation, data analysis, biomass estimation, document design and production.



Yale F&ES School Forests

• Community Forester

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Contributed to the sustainable management 10,800 acres of forest comprising the Yale School forest system. Management is focused on a holistic forestry approach emphasizing sustainable timber harvesting, wetland protection, wildlife conservation and ecosystem services. Duties included road maintenance, sample inventory design and execution, wetland delineation, boundary demarcation, silvicultural analysis and timber marking. These decisions were based upon stand development (basal area, species distribution) and species regeneration models. Mapped harvest areas using GPS and input information into existing ArcMap files. Was responsible for creating user maps and for editing existing files. In preparation for harvest, marked harvestable stand according to silvicultural treatment (thinning or seed tree/shelterwood). Wrote a silvicultural prescription detailing standing and harvestable volume, regeneration method, operator notes, species composition and soil type. Show less



Yale F&ES

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Oct 2008 - May 2009

  Conducted primary and secondary research for collaboration between Yale University and Honduran NGO (Proyecto Mirador) in order to gain carbon credits for the NGO providing improved wood cook stoves. Conducted household surveys of project beneficiaries in order to determine changes in fuel wood consumption, patterns of fuel wood consumption and the effects of the fuel wood trade on local forests. Also investigated the scale and organization of local markets for fuel wood. Findings were examined using remote sensing and GIS to establish long-term changes on land use in the region. Synthesized data collected, GIS, remote sensing analysis and published research into deliverable for the client. Show less