Areas of Interest
California / Baja California,   Chile,   Mediterranean Basin,   Coastal development,   Conservation finance mechanisms,   Ecosystem services valuation and strategies,   Private lands conservation mechanisms,   Raising a conservation ethic amoung targeted stakeholders,   Sustainable agriculture (e.g. wine),   Sustainable tourism practicies and infrastructure planning  

With a background in vegetation ecology, I have worked in The Nature Conservancy's California science program for two decades. My focus has been 1)helping to develop the organization's ecoregional planning methodology, 2)identifying priority sites for conservation within California and Baja California, 3)working with practitioners to plan and implement conservation-on-the-ground using a mix of strategies including land use policy, land acquisition, and private conservation easements, and 4) helping complete TNC's global mediterranean habitat assessment and launching the mediterranean action network website.

I am particularly interested in extending my skills to expand the network of conservation lands in the mediterranean zones of Chile, California and Mexico.