People
Academy Staff work with Federal Agency Coordinators, the Instructional Team, and Guest Speakers to support a community of practice in the emerging professional field of partnership management and community collaboration.
Academy Staff
Anne Desmarais, Director
Jane Hanson, Assistant Director and Registrar
Leigh Goldberg, Assistant Director, Program Development
Liz Madison, Senior Fellow and Instructor
Federal Agency Coordinators: Managing by Network
Maya Bhadury, Acting Program Manager, Partnership Support Team, National Partnership Office, USDA Forest Service
Susan Goodwin, Faciliator, Mediator, Trainer, DOI Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution
Matthew Magaletti, National Partnership Coordinator, National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships Directorate, BLM
Christina Marts, Deputy Superintendent, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park & Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Hunter Merritt, Social Scientist, Institute of Water Resources, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise, USACE
Sandy Spakoff, Training and Education Specialist, National Conservation Training Center, USFWS
Christina Marts, Deputy Superintendent, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park & Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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)