Since July 1999 Kelly has worked for American Rivers – a national, non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the nation’s rivers. Kelly is the Associate Director of Water Resources and works on a national campaign to reform the Army Corps of Engineers – primarily as a grassroots coordinator for the Corps Reform Network and policyContinue reading “Kelly Miller”
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Martin Hostettler
Hostettler is managing partner of Cycad Inc. in Switzerland. He has professional expertise in environmental engineering with focuses on gravel pits, quarries, and landfills. Hostettler also worked as a consultant in forest policy with Tensor Consulting Inc. He is currently the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Swiss Forestry Journal and lectures about forestContinue reading “Martin Hostettler”
Inga Grdzelishvili
Inga Grdzelishvili works as a research scientist for the Jegrelius Research Center in Östersund, Sweden. She is responsible for researching plant chemicals and finding information about their toxicity and medical uses. She is implementing a project that will develop scientific collaboration between Sweden and former Soviet republics regarding environmental issues and human health. Successful implementationContinue reading “Inga Grdzelishvili”
Matt Fortney
Matt completed a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1997. He worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation, managing reconstruction projects in Chicago, Illinois from 1998-2000. He then entered Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and completed a master’s degree in Environmental Geotechnical Engineering in 2001. He specialized in groundwater contamination modeling. Upon completing the masters,Continue reading “Matt Fortney”
Nicci Diederichs Mander
Nicci is a freelance environmental consultant working throughout southern Africa. She specializes in urban environmental management and design, as well as natural resource management. Having started off working for local government as an Environmental Officer, Nicci has now been consulting successfully for 5 years and has established a wide network of collaborators and partners. SheContinue reading “Nicci Diederichs Mander”
Kevin Biehn
Kevin Biehn is the Marketing Director and a Partner with the Twin Cities–based environmental engineering firm Emmons & Olivier Resources (EOR). A registered landscape architect, with sustainability and water resource accreditations, Kevin has a unique blend of ecological, architectural and sustainable design expertise.
Pamela Baker
Pamela works as a fisheries biologist for Environmental Defense to protect marine ecosystems by working with communities to improve fisheries management, protect endangered species, and conserve estuarine and marine habitats. She employs a results-oriented approach and focuses on designing and implementing lasting solutions that benefit the environment and coastal economies. With education and experiences inContinue reading “Pamela Baker”
Joe Whitworth
With more than a decade of senior non-governmental organization (NGO) experience, primarily in education, Mr. Whitworth assumed the directorship of Oregon Trout in the fall of 2000. Oregon Trout is the oldest wild fish conservation group in the Pacific Northwest, and its mission is to protect and restore native fish and the ecosystems upon whichContinue reading “Joe Whitworth”
Sergei Shcherbak
Sergei specializes in hydroecosystems, water resources management and hydrobiology of urbanizing territories. He has published more than 40 scientific articles on these subjects and is a founder and director of The Independent Environmental Safety Services, a non-governmental organization. In 1993, Sergei was named a scholar of the J. Soros Foundation’s biodiversity program. Sergei earned hisContinue reading “Sergei Shcherbak”
Briana Meier
Briana grew up in the wooded hills of northeastern Iowa on the banks of a muddy, meandering river. Since childhood she has sought to understand the nature of humanity’s relationship to the natural environment. Briana attended the School for Field Studies, Centre for Coastal Studies, in Bamfield, British Columbia in 1998, where she studied community-basedContinue reading “Briana Meier”