LIPC

Over the past 15 years, I have worked for a number of environmental non-profit organizations, among them: EarthWatch Institude (www.earthwatch.org), LightHawk, the Environmental Airforce, (www.lighthawk.org),  the Southeast Center @ Ocean Arks International (www.oceanarks.org) , SouthWings (www.southwings.org) and the Chattanooga Nature Center (www.chattanature.org). 

I co-created the classroom Living Machine program while at the Southeast Center @ Ocean Arks International, have been published in the Hellbender Magazine, Instructor Magazine, and Annals of Earth, I have given program presentations at the Southern Man and Biosphere Conference, 2001, the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Conference on Sustainable Development,1996, the Ecological Futures and Global National Conference, 1996, and the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, 1995.  I have extensive experience in project and staff management, grant writing, business development, budgeting and program presentation. 

I received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1986, with a concentration in Political Science and Philosophy.  I received a Masters in Environmental Science from the University of Dublin, Trinity College in 2000.  My Master's thesis was titled "Quantifying Natural Capital Value in Two Agricultural Case Studies".