My Partners and Clients

Most of my work is done in collaborative projects. I have led and co-led teams ranging in size and composition from a couple of colleagues to dozens of collaborators of varying backgrounds. I specialize in multi- and interdisciplinary research projects, and in efforts that integrate scientific advancement with policy and decision-making. Partners and clients since 2008 include:

U.S. Federal Government

• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Coastal Services Center
  • Sea Grant Program (National and various State programs)
  • Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Program
  • Sectoral Assessment and Research Program (SARP)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI)
  • Wind Powering America Program
• U.S. Forest Service
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. State Government

• California
  • California Energy Commission
  • Natural Resources Agency
  • San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
• New York
  • Sea-Level Rise Task Force

U.S. Local Government

• Local Government Commission (Sacramento, CA)
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
• Joint Policy Committee (BCDC, BAAQMD, Association of Bay Area Governments - ABAG, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission - MTC)
• San Luis Obispo, CA
• Fresno, CA

Non-Governmental Organizations

• World Wildlife Fund for Nature (US)
• Pacific Council on International Policy
• National Center for Conservation Science and Policy
• Climate Solutions Project (Bowman Design Group)

Philanthropic Organizations & Leadership Programs

• US Endowment for Forestry and Communities
• Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation
• Donella Meadows Leadership Program
• Aldo Leopold Leadership Program

International Governmental and Non-Governmental Institutions

• The British Council (Canada, UK)
• Irish Environmental Protection Agency

Professional Associations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Meteorological Society
• American Association of Geographers
• Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
• Ecological Society of America
• International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP)
• Pew Center for Global Climate Change

Collaborating Research Institutions (selected)

• National Research Council
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Stanford University
• University of California-Berkeley
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• University of East Anglia, Tyndall Centre
• University of Hawaii & East-West Center
• University of British Columbia

Collaborating Consulting Firms

• Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
• ICF International
• Eastern Research Group (ERG)
• ATMOS Research & Consulting (ARC)
• Yellow Wood Associates
• The Baldwin Group