Ketscher grew up in Bettles, Alaska, just south of Gates of the Arctic. His parents ran a bush flying, outfitting, and fur buying business. Ketscher graduated from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks with a B.A. in political science in 1996 and from the University of Wyoming with a J.D. in 1999. He currently works as theContinue reading “Jake Ketscher”
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Alexander Walter
Walter is a native of Tampa, Florida. He recently graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in sociology and plans to move back to Florida to assume management of his family property, the Thundercloud Ranch. Walter has hunted all of his life and has become involved in many outdoor activities. The outdoors will always beContinue reading “Alexander Walter”
Carlos Sunyer
Carlos is a Spanish native who received his B.S. in zoology from the University Complutense of Madrid. He spent 10 years researching nature conservation, and as a scientific advisor of the Bearded Vulture recovery program at the Pyrenees. Later Sunyer did freelance work on nature conservation issues for different NGOs, ending this CV chapter asContinue reading “Carlos Sunyer”
Eric Montague
Montague was born in Virginia and raised in Washington state. He received his B.A. in political science from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Montague is a policy analyst for the Washington Policy Center, a state-based free market think tank in Seattle. Prior to joining WPC, he was a contract negotiator for Boeing Commercial AirplaneContinue reading “Eric Montague”
Kevin McAleese
McAleese is program director for Sand County Foundation’s Community-Based Conservation Network-North America. Before joining Sand County Foundation, he worked in the supply and transportation sector of the oil industry. McAleese holds a B.S. in engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. in history from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. During his eight yearsContinue reading “Kevin McAleese”
Kosal Mam
Mam is a Cambodian native who received his B.A. in fishery science at the Agriculture Institute in Phnom Penh in 1990 and Master of Marine Management at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1996. He spent 2½ years working with Cambodia’s Department of Fisheries, 5 years with the Department of Nature Conservation and Protection ofContinue reading “Kosal Mam”
Claudia Makeyev
Makeyev is a field biologist for the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County in California. She has been working on a conservation plan for 9,000 acres of coastal dune habitat and is close to finishing her goal. Makeyev has a degree in environmental studies from the University of California-Santa Barbara where she also workedContinue reading “Claudia Makeyev”
Jennifer LeBlanc
LeBlanc graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1994 with a B.A. in political science and women’s studies. She received a master’s degree in environmental policy and management from the University of Colorado, and currently works for The Conservation Fund. Through land acquisition, community initiatives, and leadership training, the Fund and its partners demonstrateContinue reading “Jennifer LeBlanc”
Amber Kemble (Vierling)
Vierling practices as an attorney in Oregon. She graduated from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. Vierling has helped to establish The Sea Earth Society, a nonprofit that promotes bio-enhancement of land. Additionally, she is the founder of a reforestation farm inContinue reading “Amber Kemble (Vierling)”
Sarah Jaycocks
Jaycocks, a South Carolina native, graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2000 with a B.S. in environmental planning. She currently works with the Diablo Trust, a collaborative land management group located on 426,00 acres near Flagstaff, Arizona, where she stays busy with the range of activities a collaborative requires! Through the Diablo Trust, Jaycocks hasContinue reading “Sarah Jaycocks”