Career arc/highlights:* Graduated Yale, studied abroad Oxford. Prize-winning investigative reporter in Washington, DC.* White House appointee to US Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on water, dams, climate, wildfire. * Senior advisor, communications, World Commission on Dams under Nelson Mandela.* Strategic communications consultant to global corporations, agencies, NGOs on natural resources.* Award-winning author of books, articles on successful water, fisheries, energy conservation strategies. * Framed marine conservation projects and program at Environmental Defense Fund.* Editor, The Source, print & online magazine offering pragmatic news for 50,000 water professionals.* Designed & taught provocative interdisciplinary courses as visiting professor @ Whitman, Wesleyan.* Founded AquaShares, first rights-based online conservation market to trade water-saving credits.AquaShares Inc. helps water agencies in the U.S. and overseas solve their "tragedy of the commons" through equitable and efficient water savings markets. A leader in the creation of natural resource conservation markets for fresh water, forests, and marine fisheries, Workman wrote Heart of Dryness: How the last bushmen can help us endure the coming age of permanent drought, winner best book of the year the Society of Environmental Journalists; now co-authoring Sea Change: The quiet fishing revolution that is replenishing life offshore -- and on.In 1990 Workman graduated cum laude with a B.A. in history from Yale, has been a visiting professor at leading institutions, including Wesleyan University and Whitman College. But he earned his real education by blowing up dams, releasing wolves, igniting prescribed wildland fires, guiding safaris, smuggling water to besieged indigenous dissidents after breaking down alone in Africa's Kalahari Desert, and becoming a father (not in that order).Workman is also a principal at Confluence Communications, a free-lance policy analysis, writing, and speaking consultancy that articulates nuanced arguments to build resilience in water, forests, fisheries resources. He has over 25 years of experience in strategic communications for global corporations, agencies, NGOs, and media outlets. He is fluent in English and Spanish, certified by Stanford in writing, and qualified to advance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes.
Listed skills include Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental Awareness, Policy, and 41 others.