Matt Champoux, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Recruited. CASALMA is a non-profit project redefining land conservation and hospitality by harnessing the power of reciprocity, ancient wisdom, and modern innovation to create and protect a 564-acre world-class nature sanctuary and wellbeing retreat.Currently: Raising $15M from aligned legacy donors in order to protect a 100 year old historic estate (80 acre redwood forest, miles of hiking trails, spring water)📍45 minutes from the heart of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

Product refinement, copywriting, GTM strategizing, and graphic design management for the world's most sustainable yoga block.• Creating plastic-free products to disrupt the $11.5B global yoga prop market.• Achieved successful prototype development of the sustainable yoga block, expected to make a significant impact in the industry.• Collaborated with the climate-tech firm Pentatonic

Spearheaded the Launch of a Circular Economy Conservation Project and Biocentric Innovation Center in the Peruvian Amazon.As International Program Director, I co-led the creation of a transformative initiative focused on biocentric design and nature-based solutions, advancing global impact and long-term resilience in Amazonia through entrepreneurship and innovation.Key Achievements:- Innovative Ventures: Directed five entrepreneurial and philanthropic projects, achieving 40% market growth. Initiatives included a conservation project, a global conservation film series, R&D for a certified gold ETF, and a drone technology venture to combat illegal gold mining and enhance carbon project value.- Nonprofit Formation: Developed foundational documents for IRS Form 1023, foundational for establishing project as a nonprofit entity.- Indigenous Collaboration: Partnered with Andean indigenous elders, integrating traditional knowledge into business frameworks and action plans.- Technology Leadership: As Technologist, optimized workflows, developed document spaces, and implemented Notion.so platform for project management.- Strategic Development: Created concept notes, fundraising strategies, pitch decks, and project plans to drive impactful outcomes.- Cross-Functional Leadership: Managed diverse teams and budgets across legal, logistics, nature tech, and circular economy sectors, aligning strategic goals and delivering high-performance results.- GIS Integration: Used GIS technologies to secure conservation concessions, inform land acquisition, and enhance ecosystem restoration.- Legal and Stakeholder Management: Drafted and negotiated contracts, navigated complex legal landscapes, and executed stakeholder mapping, relationship management, and consensus-building efforts to foster alignment and success.- Executive Communication: Delivered executive-level communications and crisis management expertise to ensure operational stability.

Director of Ashtanga Marin and Internationally recognized authority in Ashtanga Yoga and alignment-based systems. Experienced teacher trainer and instructor. Pioneer in individualized practice applications, offering charismatic and engaging classes both online and in-person in the USA and Europe. • Led and managed diverse, international groups with a deep understanding of cultural nuances, adapting daily to meet individual needs• Built strong, trusting relationships across global communities, showcasing exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement abilities• Thrived in dynamic environments by adapting to changing conditions and needs, demonstrating resilience and the capacity to lead continuous improvement• Quadrupled class attendance for my time slots at partner studios in the SF Bay Area, CA

• Developed actionable strategies for complex environmental and sustainability challenges at CoastBio.• Guided the company through a period of significant growth and transformation from 2016 to 2022.• Played a key role in developing product lines and market entry strategies.

• Conservation and production of 250+ species of rare cacti and succulent at Sunbird Cactus• USDA import and export protocols for domestic and international sales, expanding market reach.• Social media expertise: 17.2k followers on Instagram

Emeryville, Ca, Us

FSC Chain of Custody Lead Auditor and Program Associate (technical lead) for Latin America, Mid-West USA, and Malaysia. Served as main point of contact for technical information regarding the Forest Stewardship Council (www.fsc.org) chain of custody (quality management) standards; specialist in Controlled Wood programs (legality issues, biodiversity conservation, plantations viability, etc.); skilled liaising with local and international clientele ranging from small shops to the Fortune 500 companies. Clients included Mitsubishi, The Collins Companies, Formica, Cikel, Humboldt Redwood Company, Mohawk, Masonite, Wilsonart, among others. Familiarity with ISO 65, ISO 14001, and ISO 9000.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Team Leader and Bird Bander in Las Cruces, Costa Rica• Managed logistics and personnel for one of the largest and longest-running tropical bird ecology projects in the world. Banded over 800 birds (Passerines – Raptors). Netting, extraction, bleeding, aging, sexing, and identification of Neotropical resident and migrant birds. With Gretchen Daily (PI) and Chase Mendenhall.•Collected data for three other projects subsumed into the research effort: a) Countryside biogeography of yeast communities in hummingbirds (saliva collection); b) Countryside biogeography of hummingbird pollination (experiment design, nectar collection, fake flower creation-yeast traps); c) Gene flow and population dynamics of frogs and lizards (captured Norops lizards, Centrolenella (glass) frogs; Craugaster frogs); d) Seed passage times of key avian seed dispersers; e) Familiarization with bat mist netting, identification and handling techniques for Countryside biogegraphy of neotropical bats.• Researched policy implications for biodiversity conservation and corridor development in agricultural countryside landscapes.Published: Mendenhall CD, Serkecioglu CH, Brenes FO, Ehrlich PR, Daily GC (2011). Predictive model for sustaining biodiversity in tropical countryside” PNAS 108: 16313-16316; Mendenhall C (2011). Tropical forests: Try holistic conservation. Nature 479: 179.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Funded master's thesis research assessing the impacts of ecotourism and selective logging on avian diversity in Tambopata, Peru.Developed a novel methodology for conducting avian diversity census in species rich environments.

Stanford, Ca, Us

• Research design, and project implementation, project management; problem-solving and innovation, avian point count census methodology, song recording techniques, learned over 200 songs and calls of resident forest birds, vegetation census methodology (measurement of opening percentage in 5 layers of forest, inversion point for largest trees, DBH); GPS navigation and map design; data management and manipulation; long hours in rugged and remote terrain of the Peruvian Amazon. All carried out without the help of assistants and minimal advisor supervision. • Determined consequences and impacts of ecolodge development, small scale selective logging, and Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) harvesting on a community of neotropical resident birds. • Developed novel technique for recording point counts to ensure fidelity and limit error in a highly speciose tropical settings.

Team Leader and Nest Searcher in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO. For Gretchen Jehle,• Tripled expected data returns with excellent nest finding skills; birding by ear; GPS. Published: Jehle G, Savidge JA, Koliar NB (2006). “Green-tailed Towhee Response to Prescribed Fire in Montane Shrubland” Condor 108: 634-646.

Master'S Degree, Anthropological Sciences

B.A., Anthropology, Minor South Asian Religious Studies