A former Hotshot with a focus on resilience-building through targeted and predictive wildfire analytics and theoretical research, bringing together design, complexity, biology, and philosophy. Accomplished speaker, researcher, and author.
Experienced in national wildfire suppression as a Type 1 resource responding to high-priority fires with chainsaws, hand tools, and firing devices. Highly competent at mechanical thinning and practiced with prescribed fire.
Backgrounds in wildland fire and emergency management. Co-author of "The Next Generation Core Competencies for Emergency Management Professionals," consultant to Save the Children, co-founder of The Adapt Institute, and original developer of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's Systems Thinking Course.
Wildland Fire Solution Interest: Pre Fire
Wildland Fire Suppression Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Fire Behavior Modeling Fire Risk Modeling Community Resilience Vegetation Modeling Wildfire Fuel Mitigation Treatment Planning Wildfire Planning Big Data Fire Weather