Ecotrust Expert Bios
- Brent Davies, Director, Community and Public Forestry
Areas of Expertise: Watershed restoration, conservation strategies, community economic development, ecological prioritization, forest management, community-based restoration, stewardship collaboration, Forest Stewardship Council certification. - Deborah Kane, Vice President, Food & Farms
Areas of Expertise: Regional food initiatives, farm to school programs, food systems, sustainable farming, supply chain management, direct food marketing, food literacy. - Dr. Sarah Kruse, Staff Economist
Areas of Expertise: Socioeconomic assessments, cost-benefit analysis, non-market valuation, survey design/analysis, farmed vs. wild salmon, socioeconomic impacts of dam removal, ecosystem service valuation. - Mike Mertens, Director of Spatial Analysis / GIS Manager
Areas of Expertise: Spatial analysis, geographic information systems and science, Internet mapping, remote sensing, spatial statistics, enterprise data management, spatially based simulation and modeling tools, technical workshop and graduate level instruction. - Dr. Astrid Scholz, Vice President, Knowledge Systems
Areas of Expertise: Ecological economics, fisheries management, seafood harvest from production to consumption, participatory research, interactive mapping, socioeconomic tools for reliable prosperity. - Howard Silverman, Senior Writer and Analyst
Areas of Expertise: Writing, editing, publishing, history and evolution of environmentalism and sustainability, natural resource economies, community-based social change, systems analysis.
