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• Instructors: Collaborative Conservation: Partnerships in Practice

   

  

   

  Gary Barrett, Senior Advisor, USDA Forest Service, National Partnership Office

   

  

   

  Curtis Bennett, Director Conservation Community Engagement, National Aquarium

   

  

   

  Anne Desmarais, Lead Instructor, Academy

   

   

   

  Blaine Eckberg, Training Specialist, National Conservation Training Center, USFWS

   

  

   

  Leigh Goldberg, Instructor and Scholar-in-Residence, Academy

   

  

   

  Jackie Leyba, Outdoor Recreation Planner Rio Puerco Field Office, BLM

   

  

   

  Liz Madison, Lead Instructor, Academy

   

  

   

  Hunter Merritt, Social Scientist, Institute of Water Resources, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise, USACE

   

  

   

  Kiandra Rajala, Regional Social Scientist, USFWS

   

  

   

  Laura Van Riper, Social Scientist, BLM

   

   

   

  Jane Hanson, Assistant Director and Registrar

   

  

   

  Liz Madison, Senior Fellow and Instructor

   

  

   

  Leigh Goldberg, Instructor and Scholar-in-Residence, Academy

   

• Instructors: Managing by Network 2023

  

   

  Gary Barrett, Director, USDA Forest Service, National Partnership Office

   

  

   

  Moses Chun, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, NPS

   

  

   

  Marcia deChadenedes, BLM Collaborative Action & Dispute Resolution Program Coordinator

   

  

   

  Anne Desmarais, Director and Lead Instructor, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy

   

  

    

  Matt Fockler, PhD, Socioeconomic Specialist, BLM Great Basin Zone

   

  

   

  Leigh Goldberg, Assistant Director, Program Develpoment and Instructor, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy

   

  

   

  Rebecca Stanfield McCown, PhD, Director, Stewardship Institute, NPS

   

  

   

  Hunter Merritt, Social Scientist, Institute of Water Resources, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise, USACE

   

  

   

  Liz Madison, Senior Fellow and Lead Instructor, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy

   

  

   

  Kiandra Rajala, Regional Social Scientist, USFWS

   

  

   

  Natalie Sexton, Chief, Human Dimensions Branch, USFWS

   

  

   

  Lisa Van Alstyne, Policy Analyst, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, USFWS

   

  

   

  Laura Van Riper, PhD, BLM Social Scientist, BLM

   

  

   

  Jacqueline Wilson, PhD, Team Leader for Training and Operations, DOI Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution (CADR)

   

   

   

  Seth Cohen, Ph.D., Facilitator, Collaboration Specialist, Institute for Water Resources, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise, USACE

   

  

   

  Susan Goodwin, Facilitator, Mediator, Trainer, Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution, DOI

   

  

   

  Nancy Patterson, Director, Campbell Creek Science Center; Interim Federal Coordinator, Managing by Network, BLM National Partnerships Program, National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships Directorate, BLM

   

   

• Spotlight Series Instructors: Managing by Network

  Broaden your awareness of opportunities for partnership and community collaboration. 

  The Academy's Spotlight Series features federal programs and initiatives that highlight innovative ideas and partnerships. Webinars are led by Guest Speakers from the Academy.

   

  

   

  Nikola Garber, PhD, Deputy Director, National Sea Grant College Program, NOAA

   

  

   

  Emily Donovan, Park Ranger, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA, NPS

   

  

   

  Jess Jackson, Jr., National Partnership Liaison, Retired, USDA NRCS

   

  

   

  Heidi Keuler, Fish Habitat Biologist, Fishers & Farmers Partnership Coordinator, National Fish Habitat, USFWS

   

  

   

  Dawn McCarthy, PhD, Recreation Team Leader, Wayne National Forest, USDA FS

   

  

   

  Doran Sanchez, Partnership Outreach & Development Specialist, California Desert District, Barstow Field Office, BLM

   

  

   

  Randy Thoreson, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Rivers,Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, Retired, NPS

   

  

   

  John Titre, District Staff Officer, Wilderness, Trails, Recreation, Lands & Special Uses, Coronado National Forest, USDA FS

   

  

   

  Laura Van Riper, Social Scientist, National Riparian Service Team, BLM

• Video and Podcast Instructors

  Video instructors share best practices for partnerships and community collaboration. 

  

   

  Helene Aarons, National Partnership Coordinator, BLM, Retired; President, Aarons Consulting, Managing by Network Co-Founder

   

  

   

  Paul Batlan, Financial Analyst, Conservation Partnerships, Office of Financial Management, DOI

   

  

   

  Matthew Birnbaum, Ph.D., Evaluation Planning and Policy Consultant

   

  

   

  Cate Bradley, MLA, Ph.D., Landscape Architect, Collaboration Clinics and Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, Retired, NPS

   

  

   

  Kevin Connally, Region 5 (North Atlantic/Appalachian) Habitat Conservation Plan Coordinator, USFWS

   

  

   

  Wolf Cota, Former National Information Collections Officer (ICO), Office of Regulatory and Management Services, USDA FS

   

  

   

  Anne Desmarais, Director and Lead Instructor, Academy

   

  

   

  Denis Desmarais, Leadership and Organizational Development Consultant

   

  

   

  Tom Fish, National Coordinator, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units Network, NPS

   

  

   

  Susan Goodwin, Faciliator, Mediator, Trainer, Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution

   

  

   

  Shane Hershman, Former Administrative Officer, Montana State Office, BLM

   

  

   

  Patricia Johnston, Special Assistant, BLM

   

  

   

  Joy Lujan, Former Community Planner, Collaboration Clinics and Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, NPS

  

   

  Liz Madison, Senior Fellow, Academy

   

  

   

  Matt Magee, Former Acting Program Lead, BLM Collaboration and Dispute Resolution

   

  

   

  Jeremiah Martinez, Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist Recreation, Conejos Peak Ranger District, USDA FS

   

  

   

  Karen Simms, Former Assistant Field Manager, Gila District, Tucson Field Office , BLM

   

  

   

  DeEtte Stofleth, Lead Grants Management Specialist, Colville, Mt. Baker, Snoqualmie, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, USDA FS

   

  Thanks to the support of the BLM National Training Center production studio and the National Digital Library of the U.S. Fish and Wilife Service, the Academy is pleased to provide more than 70 videos related to the KSAs of partnership and community collaboration. 

  For your convenience, the most popular of these are also available as podcasts. Subscribe to Managing by Network on iTunes.

   

  

• Community Of Practice

  This peer-learning network includes Managing by Network contributors from the past decade. 

   

  

   

  Whitney Beisler, Ph.D., Course Leader, National Conservation Training Center, USFWS

   

  

   

  Christine Browne-Nunez, Team Lead, Human Dimensions Branch, National Wildlife Refuge System, USFWS

   

  

   

  Hal Cardwell, Ph.D, Director, Collaboration & Public Participation Center for Excellence, USACE (guest speaker, Managing by Network, 2019)

   

  

   

  Jacqueline Emanuel, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, USDA FS (guest speaker, Managing by Network, 2018)

   

  

   

  Laura Harvey, Education Specialist, National Capital Region, NPS

   

  

   

  William Stelle, Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, NOAA Fisheries (Guest speaker, Managing by Network, 2016)