About me

I am here to share. I feel full in the most wonderful ways - full of life, curiosity, friends, and family. I’m so grateful for my son, my stepchildren, our dog Barley, my beautiful wife, and our old, wonderful house. All of it takes time, energy, patience, attention, presence, love and pain, and I am enthralled by all these parts to life. I am available to share it! I know some things and I’m always on the search to learn more.

In a more professional setting, I describe myself as an inventive and creative relationship scientist who enjoys solving complex issues. What is a relationship scientists? Everything is connected. How these connections impact one another and impact all the things around them and us is, to me, one of the most fascinating explorations. We can look for countless ways to address these relationships. For example, I made up a game called Pin-the-Beaver-in-the-Keystone to teach kids (anyone who wants to play, really…) about the important role beavers, a keystone species, have on the ecology of wetlands and riparian ecosystems. It is all connected. We are connected to the water, water is connected to the beaver, the beaver is connected to its tail, and it goes on and on, so many relationships in so many incredible ways.

When I’m not creating fun games I do other things including spatial analytics, field surveys, presentations, design, photography, go sailing, build with cob, study psychology, make pizza, and more and more.

Education

(Almost) Masters of Environmental Management at Portland State.

Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science (also at Portland State)

Three years of dedicated study at University of Oregon - a most valuable lesson in the fields of philosophy, art history, art, ultimate frisbee, astronomy, pizza-making, and literature.

High School diploma at Crescent Valley