John Charles, a Pennsylvania native, received his B.A. in secondary education from the University of Pittsburgh. He spent 17 years as executive director of the Oregon Environmental Council before joining the Cascade Policy Institute in 1997 as its Environmental Policy Director. While Cascade is a free market think tank, John’s experience with both state-based andContinue reading “John Charles”
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Sean Blacklocke
Sean Blacklocke graduated from the College of Charleston in 1990, with a B.S. in Marine Biology. He earned his M.S. in Environmental Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina and his M.S. in Applied Economics at Clemson University this spring. He has been working to protect and restore the environment through numerous research andContinue reading “Sean Blacklocke”
Brett Howell
Brett Howell is an environmental entrepreneur with extensive experience developing, implementing, and managing innovative conservation and sustainability-related programs.
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Charlotte Huus-Henriksen
Charlotte is the Senior Sustainability Lead at Inter IKEA Group. She previously worked at PERC filming or editing PERC video and podcast productions, assisting with outreach projects, reviewing PERC publications, promoting PERC scholars in media outlets, and maintaining and growing our social media presence. She is originally from the San Francisco Bay area and hasContinue reading “Charlotte Huus-Henriksen”
Fred Krupp
FRED KRUPP is president of Environmental Defense, a national nonprofit organization that links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Visit www.environmentaldefense.
Vernon L. Smith
VERNON L. SMITH was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in experimental economics. Smith is a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and research scholar at the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science.
James Workman
James Workman is a dynamic storyteller whose work with hunter-gatherers sparked new thinking about how we replenish freshwater, marine fisheries, and wildlands. Jamie is author of the award-winning Heart of Dryness: How the last Bushmen can help us endure the coming age of permanent drought, and co-author with EDF Amanda Leland of the forthcoming Sea Change: The fishermen’sContinue reading “James Workman”
Sam Nugent
Samuel S. Nugent is the Marketing Coordinator for Wilder Auto Center Port Angeles. He previously served as the co-founder and Director of Marketing for The Remediators Inc., a soils remediation company located in Port Angeles, Wash. Nugent was a 2003 fellow of PERC’s environmental entrepreneurship course. The Remediators Inc, is a member of the IncubatorContinue reading “Sam Nugent”
Michael `t Sas-Rolfes
PERC Research Fellow Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes is a sustainability economist, with unique experience and understanding of the role of markets for biodiversity conservation. He is currently a research associate at the University of Oxford in the Oxford Martin School. He was also a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow. For the past 25 years, he hasContinue reading “Michael `t Sas-Rolfes”