Supporting American Forests and the Forest Service in their efforts to restore resilient forests on Western public lands. Facilitated six regional workshops to support development of reforestation implementation plans. Also helping to design the 9th American Forest Congress planned for 2025.

Working with the Foundation for America’s Public Lands and the Bureau of Land Management on the agency’s new Blueprint for 21st Century Outdoor Recreation. Provide strategic advice on national strategy, design and facilitate partner roundtables, and engage key organizations in the rollout and implementation.

Supported The Nature Conservancy and Aspen Institute in their partnership to improve wildfire resilience. Designed and facilitated a series of five policy workshops over the course of a year, culminating in a summit in Jackson Hole in September, 2022. The workshops and summit resulted in comprehensive policy recommendations to get ahead of the growing wildfire crisis. See an example of the workshops here.

Working with the Council of Western State Foresters and Western Forestry Leadership Coalition by facilitating their 2022, 2023, & 2024 Spring and Fall Meetings. Summarized the current conditions with decreasing availability of prescribed fire liability insurance, presenting findings at the annual National Association of State Foresters meeting in September, 2022.

Advising The Wilderness Society on their rural communities program, providing overall strategic planning advice, and technical assistance and capacity support in three pilot communities - Salmon, ID; Darrington, WA; and Lincoln, MT.

As the Biden administration prepared to take office in early 2021, The Alaska Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and Sitka Conservation Society, wanted to develop a collaborative vision for community based conservation on the Tongass National Forest. I worked with the Meridian Institute, SCS and TNC to prepare a Blueprint for Southeast Alaska, and helped ensure incoming leadership understood the opportunity.

Worked with USDA Natural Resources and the Environment team as they rolled out a new economic investment strategy in Southeast Alaska. Supported the Interagency Wildfire Resilience Working Group as it navigated the surge in federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including conceiving of a widely adopted visual diagram illustrating the suite of investments across government agencies and opportunities for an all-of-government approach.