I was born and raised in Montana.  I did my undergraduate work in social anthropology at Harvard University and my graduate work in public policy at the University of California at Berkeley.  I have worked for the Bureau of Land Management for close to 30 years, primarily in the Washington Office.  I am currently guiding and coordinating the BLM’s efforts to more systematically understand and address landscape-scale changes in the American West including climate change, wildland –fire, invasive species, urban growth and industrial development.  Prior to working for the BLM, I worked for a member of the U.S. Congress and a number of national and local non-governmental organizations.