I currently serve as Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forest History Society, a professional and educational association. In this role, I also currently serve as the Chair of the Board's Governance Committee, and Co-Chair of the Board's Strategic Plan Implementation Sub-committee.

With my consulting practice, I meet clients’ needs through work in two areas – natural resources policy and organizational management. The natural resources policy area includes identification and evaluation of policy issues of importance; development of background and supporting data and information; analysis of policy options; and recommendations for effectiveness in policy implementation, issue resolution and/or decision-making. The organizational management area includes mission, vision and values development; strategic and operational planning; action plan development and execution; effective team development and problem-solving; executive-level decision-making; executive coaching and mentoring; supporting systems evaluation; risk analysis and management actions; performance management including measures/indicators development; leadership and managerial training and development planning and delivery.

Following my election as Vice-President of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) in 2015 and serving as President and Chairman in 2016 and Immediate Past President in 2017, I have assumed the role of Past-President in 2018 and going forward. The SAF is the national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States. Founded in 1900 by Gifford Pinchot and six other foresters, it is the largest professional society for foresters in the world, representing approximately 12,000 foresters and other natural resource professionals. Members include natural resource professionals in public and private settings, practitioners, researchers, administrators, educators, and students.As President, I served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and along with three other officers, eleven district directors, and the CEO, provided governance and leadership to the national organization, serving members and growing the profession. I also chaired the Executive Committee, and served ex-officio on all other Board committees. In succession, I served as Immediate Past President in 2017, assisting with transition and continued Board governance and leadership.As Past President, beginning in 2018, I've served as a member of the National Board of Directors Nominating Committee and served as the Chair of the National Leadership Development Committee, a diverse set of SAF members and staff who are focused on the needs of SAF volunteer leaders and providing recommendations on how best to meet those needs and improve SAF volunteer leadership through training, development and best practices and systems.

I am an adjunct instructor in the University of Florida SFFGS Natural Resource Policy and Administration distance education Master’s Program. I teach the FNR5625 Managing Public Lands and Waters asynchronous online course (a graduate-level course) in the Fall semester. The purpose of this course is to provide students with meaningful exposure to the managing of public lands and waters so that the value, importance, and significance of these resources to constituents and society-at-large is learned and understood. This is the first course of its kind at the UF School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences. In the Spring semester, I support and co-teach FOR6934, Human and Organizational Management in Natural Resources, also an asynchronous online course at the graduate level.My responsibilities include course planning and development; creating and setting up course content, lesson flow, materials and assessment methodology; maintaining open communications with course students; providing meaningful feedback to students; and evaluating and grading assignments.

During my ODF career, I worked in all programs and operating areas of the agency, from a field forester working with non-industrial forest landowners to the agency’s second-in-command as Associate State Forester. I have excellent knowledge and understanding of forestry and forest landowner issues and needs. During my career, I served as either executive sponsor or senior project leader on numerous organizational management, leadership development, business process improvement and technology systems development projects.Regarding the Associate State Forester position, as a member of the Department of Forestry’s Executive Team, I provided executive leadership and management in two capacities – as the second-in-command to the State Forester for ODF (the Deputy role), and as the Administrative Services Division Chief, responsible for the leadership and management oversight of the Department’s human, financial, information and capital assets within a framework of internal business services and risk management (see below for further detail). Also served as the ODF representative as a member of the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition, the Council of Western State Foresters, the Western Forestry and Conservation Association, and the State of Oregon Interoperability Executive Council.

As a member of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Executive Team, I provided executive leadership and management oversight of the Department’s human, financial, information and capital assets within a framework of internal business services and risk management. Areas of responsibility included Department-wide budgeting, accounting, payroll, purchasing, internal auditing, property management, personnel, training, safety, graphics, facilities, radio communications, equipment assets, records management, and information systems and technology resources. Included direct and indirect management and supervision of 85 program staff at the agency headquarters level, and statewide leadership and coordination of program activities for a decentralized line organization.

As a member of the Oregon Department of Forestry's Leadership Team, I provided leadership, management and direction for the Department of Forestry's Protection from Fire Program across 16 million acres of forestland with a protected value of $60 billion and administration of the Oregon Smoke Management Plan for approximately 26 million acres of forestland across the state. Areas of responsibility included statewide efforts in wildfire prevention, detection systems, staff and equipment readiness, initial and extended attack fire suppression, large fire suppression, wildfire policy, law and budget development and implementation, management and maintenance of forest landowner relationships and information/communications, and management and maintenance of partner and decision-maker relationships. Included direct and indirect management and supervision of 26 program staff at the agency headquarters level, and statewide leadership and coordination of program activities for a decentralized line organization of over 800 employees.

These positions included District Forester, Coos District, Coos Bay, OR (1989-1994 - 5 years); District Forester, Klamath-Lake District, Klamath Falls, OR (1987-1989 - 2 years); Assistant to the Northwest Area Director, Forest Grove, OR (1985-1987 - 2 years); Unit Forester, La Grande/Baker Unit, Northeast Oregon District, La Grande, OR (1979-1985 - 6 years)

Provided technical forestry assistance and forest management planning to non-industrial forest landowners in a four county area. Managed the forest resources of the 22,000 acre Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's White River Wildlife Management Area. Conducted wildland fire suppression and investigation activities.

Seasonal summer intern position working in forest management and fire suppression program areas.