Land Use & Open Space Conservation

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Bradford Meiklejohn

1993 Fellow
Brad directs the Alaska office of The Conservation Fund, focusing on land acquisition and habitat protection. In 1995 and 1996, The Conservation Fund was instrumental in the addition of 300,000 acres of brown bear habitat to the Kodiak...
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Maureen Hart

1992 Fellow
Maureen Hart is the Executive Director of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), the world's leading professional association of sustainability professionals. ISSP works to make sustainability standard practice...
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Peggy Sloan

1990 Fellow
Peggy was director of planning and development for the Franklin County Commissioners, where she provided technical assistance to 26 townships in western Massachusetts.
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Diana Elder Anderson

1994 Fellow
Currently, Diana is Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University where she works on Quaternary Death Valley paleoclimates, paleohydrology, and geomorphology. Diana has been funded by the state of Arizona to begin a riparian...
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Mike Gonella

1992 Fellow
Mike is currently serving as Chair of the Environmental Horticulture Department at Santa Barbara City College, where sustainable horticulture, ecological restoration and ethnobotany are emphasized. Mike recently received his PhD in...
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Roger Geller

1991 Fellow
Roger is working for the City of Portland's bicycle program where he is managing a $350,000 Federal Highway Administration grant. With this grant, he is developing a model public/private partnership program to increase the rate of bicycle...
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Marcy Mahr

1992 Fellow
I have been a Switzer Fellow since 1992, and am very grateful to have received Environmental Leadership awards during 2000-2003 to support my work in conservation science for the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative. For over...
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Peter Schuyler

1990 Fellow
Peter is currently taking a break from full time work to spend time with his family. He is self-employed as a Natural Lands Management Consultant. He remains active in the conservation world by serving on the US Fish & Wildlife Recovery...
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Sue Minter

1990 Fellow
In September 2016, Sue Minter was the Democratic Nominee for Governor in Vermont. She has served as Vermont’s Secretary of Transportation, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Irene Recovery Officer, and as a State Representative. Sue helped...
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Theresa Walker

1995 Fellow
Theresa is currently a consultant to the Rockingham Planning Commission in Exeter, NH, working with ten communities to implement a watershed management plan. In addition, she is a consultant to the Rockingham Land Trust, working with...