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Visionary educator who deeply values experiential and interdisciplinary education and the power of educating people through the context of place, natural resources, and scientific research. Twenty five year career as an educator at Nichols School, Buffalo, NY. Created and implemented a place-based curriculum for Western New York’s Great Lakes basin at Nichols School, introducing science principles through the context of the environment, freshwater resources, and scientific re-search in the Great Lakes. Creator of a year-long initiative to connect all aspects of the Nichols School community through the context of water. Skilled facilitator with demonstrated ability to bring community stakeholders together to leverage strengths, backgrounds, priorities, and disciplines in innovative ways to create powerful models for engagement around Great Lakes and Niagara River resources in Western New York