Willard Robinson is a 2025 PERC graduate fellow as well as an economics Ph.D. student at North Carolina State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of the environment and market design. Motivated by improving access to outdoor recreation opportunities, his current research explores how changes to budget policy impact the resource management challengesContinue reading “Willard Robinson”
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Conner Harwood
Conner Harwood is a research associate at PERC. He recently graduated from Montana State University with an MS in applied economics and holds a BS in economics from the University of Michigan. During graduate school, he was awarded the most outstanding thesis for his work studying the relationship between water scarcity and legal conflict inContinue reading “Conner Harwood”
Tony Schoonen
Tony Schoonen is the CEO of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Gray Thornton
Gray Thornton is the president and CEO of the Wild Sheep Foundation.
Kyle Weaver
Kyle Weaver is the president and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Travis Conner
Travis Conner was a 2024-2025 PERC conservation law fellow and is a J.D. candidate at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Murray State University. Travis worked as a legal intern with the National Wild Turkey Federation, where he developed a strong interest in conservationContinue reading “Travis Conner”
Nathan Bol
Nathan Bol served as a policy assistant at PERC in 2025.. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he played on the men’s lacrosse team. Since then, he has worked in private investment and as a wildland firefighter. A native Coloradan, Nathan is passionate about western natural resourceContinue reading “Nathan Bol”
Kelvey Vander Hart
Kelvey Vander Hart is a senior fellow at the Wilberforce Institute, a think tank dedicated to market-based solutions for animal welfare. She writes about ocean conservation and marine life at The Saltwater Chronicles and market-based environmentalism everywhere else.
Blake Henning
Blake Henning is the chief conservation officer for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Blake holds a B.S. in Wildlife Management and Agriculture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an M.S. degree in Wildlife Biology from Kansas State University. After working in natural resource management for several years with the State of Kansas including a positionContinue reading “Blake Henning”
Joe Hamm
Joe Hamm is a conservation innovation fellow at PERC, as well as a final-year Ph.D. student at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, where he researches results-based payments for large carnivore conservation. He holds an MSc in Biology and an MA in Social Research, and has previously published peer-reviewed articles on the conservation ofContinue reading “Joe Hamm”