Educational technology clients and projects include:

• Wisconsin and Illinois Virtual Schools, Learning Point Associates, and Colorado Department of Education: Researched and co-wrote Keeping Pace with Online Learning: A Snapshot of State-Level Policy and Practice, looking at policies related to online education and making recommendations for sustainability.
• Colorado State Legislature: As a consultant to the Colorado Department of Education, researched, wrote and presented a series of briefs on K12 online learning in Colorado for two committees of the state legislature; issues covered included costs and funding of online education, technology, quality of courses, and program management.
• Monterey Institute for Technology and Education: Researched availability and quality of online course content in post-secondary and high school online programs for this new non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the availability of high quality online educational content.
• North American Council for Online Learning: Planned and facilitated meetings of the strategic planning committee and board of directors of this national K12 online learning association.
• The University of California College Prep Initiative: Researched and co-wrote The California Virtual School Report: A National Survey of Virtual Education Practice and Policy with Recommendations for the State of California, 2002, to help UCCP and the state of California consider issues in creation of a statewide online education program.
• Colorado Department of Education: Worked with the Colorado Department of Education’s E-Learning Task Force to create Findings and Recommendations for a Colorado Statewide Online Learning Program.
• Prometheus Course Management Platform (George Washington University): Conducted market research and business development for George Washington University’s Prometheus Course Management Platform.
• Assisted the Colorado Online School Consortium, and a group of schools and districts around the state, in creating a proposal to the Colorado Department of Education for development of a statewide online learning program.
• TextCentric: Helped this start-up company, started by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in business and operational planning to commercialize a digital educational content product.

Environmental clients, projects, and volunteer work include:

• National Parks Conservation Association: Conducted in-depth assessments of the state of the natural resources in Big Bend, Canyonlands, Zion, and Bryce Canyon National Parks, including issues of water quality, air quality, wildlife, and invasive species.
• The World Resources Institute: Co-developed and presented a series of workshops on reducing greenhouse gas emissions for office-based companies and organizations. Co-managed development, writing, and implementation of SafeClimate.net, a website aimed at increasing individuals’ and organizations’ understanding of climate change, their own impacts on climate, and what they can do to minimize their impacts.
• Business for Social Responsibility: Wrote a series of white papers for a corporate audience on energy efficiency, green product design, and sustainable business practices. Helping with planning, development, and implementation of ClimateBiz, a website to help corporations understand climate change and what they should be doing to prepare their businesses and protect shareholders.

Additional environmental work is volunteer:

• Colorado Wild: Serving on the Board of Directors, and past president, of this statewide public lands advocacy organization. Colorado Wild works throughout the forested high country of the Southern Rocky Mountains to protect and restore the habitat of native plants and animals. Additional volunteer duties include working with board an staff on policy development, grant writing, and other fundraising efforts.
• Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project: Reviewer of SREP’s report, the State of the Southern Rockies Ecosystem. SREP seeks to identify, protect and restore areas critical to the maintenance of biological diversity and ecological richness in the Southern Rockies bioregion.
• The Greenhouse Network: Serving with the Greenhouse Network’s National Volunteer Speakers Network, which includes over 150 citizens across the US available to speak at about global warming, climate change policy and the path to a clean energy future.