Gladwin Joseph Email & Phone Number

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Serve as a member of the Executive leadership team and head project management at CBI. I also support the CEO in project development, fund raising and institutional building. Exploring opportunities for CBI to partner with Governments, Non-profits and Corporates both in the US and internationally in advancing sustainability and conservation. CBI can provide science based cutting-edge technological applications to research, assess, monitor, and plan for a sustainable future. www.consbio.org

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Strengthened the academy including developing a conservation education programme across ATREE's field centers.• Strengthened ATREE’s flagship PhD program which had 45 students pursuing diverse interdisciplinary research in different parts of the country.• Expanded the outreach in sustainability education to multiple leadership groups, including international students.• During my tenure, the Academy organized a field-based university undergraduate credit program for students from DePaul University and Kansas State University.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Provide inputs and advice to the team developing the on-line course on sustainability at APU. A course that I helped conceptualize and the team that I led while at APU. Continue some joint writing projects with faculty in the School of Development at APU. Serve on the committees of 4 PhD students at ATREE, and serve as the co-advisor for one of the students. Continue to serve as a core team member of the Indian Biodiversity portal, with particular interests in the treesindia group. Continue to provide inputs and advice to the team developing an open-source place-based conservation education workbook for middle and high school students. Initially led the team that conceptualized the workbook. Working to revise and update the popular "Dryland Trees of Karnataka - a Bilingual Field Guide" published by ATREE - revised edition stated for end of 2016.

Bangalore

• Oversee the MA Development degree program with specializations in Health and Nutrition, Livelihoods, and Sustainability. • Serve as Convener of the Interdisciplinary PhD program (which starts in August 2016).• Contributing to the design of an interdisciplinary MA/MSc in Sustainability with a stated launch for 2016/2017. • Teach an interdisciplinary course on “Exploring the World of Trees–and the World through Trees.” • Actively involved in shaping the Sustainability and Livelihoods specialization for the MA Development degree.• Lead a team that is designing an online course on Sustainability that is directed at and contextualized for the Global South. • Serve on the Curriculum and Pedagogy committee the approving body for all courses, programs and specializations at APU. • Serve as a member of the University Research Council.

Bangalore

• Oversaw ATREE’s growth from 25 people to 200 with offices in five states in India.• Led a team of 110 staff including 20 faculty. • Developed five community-based conservation centers (CCCs) to bridge the world of theory and practice to advance conservation.• Helped raised funds and managed the building of ATREE’s 30,000 square foot office which is debt-free.• Worked closely with the President in raising critical institutional resources for ATREE.• Saw ATREE’s endowment grow from zero to $6 million. • Strengthened the institutional structures for effective governance at ATREE, ensuring the participation and ownership by all our staff.• Institutionalized a decentralized model of management at ATREE that builds individual ownership and initiative. • Worked closely with the program leaders and faculty to enhance our productivity and impact.• Served as the interim convener of the Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies.• Taught in the PhD program• Contributed to a few ongoing research projects in the Land, Water and Livelihoods program.• Coordinated the institutional research and outreach programs from drafting proposals to management of projects—o Scientific research in natural resource management and conservation scienceo Agro-forestry interventions o Hands-on educational outreach in rural and urban areas • Led and co-led several consulting assignments for the institution

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Forest Sciences And Biology

Thesis title: Water relations, gas exchange, and growth responses of 2-year-old Douglas-fir seedlings to stresses associated.

Master Of Science (Ms), Entomology

Thesis title: Host Suitability Studies of White Alder and Douglas-fir to the Gypsy moth. Minor: Forestry and Statistics

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Agriculture

Majored in Agricultural Entomology. Laid the foundation for my growing interest in Land care and stewardship.