Contact me to embark on a daring adventure.THE POETIC: After a project in Armenia, my wife and I sold everything we owned and pursued a dream: travel around the world until the money ran out. Over the next thousand days and fifty countries we survived an elephant attack in Borneo, played with AIDS orphans in Africa, drank yak butter tea throughout a frigid night on Mount Everest, and hiked forty days through Mongolian wilderness to visit the Reindeer People.THE PROSAIC: Adventure Trip Leader, Wilderness First Responder, Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). Change manager experienced in fighting systems of oppression while preserving the environment in North America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe. Accomplishments: happy clients who Identified new markets for Central Wisconsin's largest independent conference center and designed and delivered a new marketing plan, impacting 80% of new business over the past two years. Negotiated armed gates without an appointment to meet military meeting planners and win several contracts for training in emotional intelligence. Designed and implemented developmental and terminal evaluation strategy for UW System statewide teams and for INGOs. Built multinational coalitions to shape national environmental policy decisions. Created, funded, and led Nepal's first national female-student rights program to combat human trafficking. Managed 4 departments and 60 team members. Mobilized $2 million in funding through relationship building. Delivered community-wide leadership and learning development programs. Led community economic development projects that leveraged $8 million of resources. Spearheaded systems thinking and energy education that saved organizations $500,000 a year in staff costs and energy costs and led to construction of Wisconsin's first LEED-certified County Government Services Center. Organized international, national, and state conferences to educate on social justice, leadership, and sustainability.Master's in Natural Resources/Community Development through the Peace Corps Master's International Program. Good Spanish and Nepali, some French and Armenian, survival Mandarin. MS Office, Salesforce.Practiced in:1) Immersive, respectful travel in 65 countries2) Communicating across cultures and diverse stakeholder groups3) Developing leaders and supporting functioning teams4) Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation5) Sustainable Development: Ecotourism, Agroforestry, and Soil Conservation are specialtiesPassionate about the flourishing of humans and the planet