Morgan Beryl is Senior Transportation Planner for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. She is currently leading the update to the Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan and has also authored the 2016 Active Transportation Plan, Public Participation Plan, and Safe Routes to School Master Plan. Morgan manages the On Our Way Grant Program, which offers federal funding to local jurisdictions, schools districts, and non-profits to help move planned projects into the design phase, making them eligible for future infrastructure funding opportunities. Prior to her tenure at TRPA, Morgan served as Program Manager for Sustainable Nantucket, a nonprofit organization that promotes agricultural internships, locally produced food, farm to school lunch programs and local farmers/artisans market. Morgan also served as the Water Policy Intern for California State Senator Lois Wolk, where she focused on the Sacramento River/San Francisco Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Morgan is facilitating the Summit's Transportation Roundtable.
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Jennifer Ford is the President and Founder of the Frederick Mountain Group, a small-business and nonprofit consulting firm based in Jackson Hole. Jenn has 16 years of business and marketing experience ranging from wilderness education to retail marketing. Jenn is also the communications manager for Silicon Couloir, a Jackson Hole nonprofit that promotes entrepreneurship through the lens of sustainability and community character. Jenn is also active in Womentum, another Jackson-based nonprofit that develops women leaders through networking and mentorship programs. Jenn holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Jenn is facilitating the Summit's Economic Development Roundtable.
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Michelle Groenevelt, AICP, is the Community Development Director for the City of McCall, Idaho. She started working at the City of McCall ten years ago as the City Planner after graduating from the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program at Virginia Tech. She has been instrumental in leading numerous master planning efforts, managing projects, and building a talented team of professionals in planning, building, grant writing, and GIS. She staffs the McCall Redevelopment Agency and serves on the Board of Directors for Idaho Smart Growth and the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce. Michelle’s work on projects and plans have received recognition, and she is the recipient of numerous awards including the Idaho Business Review’s Accomplished Under 40 and iWay Leadership Award for Pathway Planning and Development. Michelle is facilitating the Summit's Leadership Roundtable.
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Heather Higinbotham is a lifelong Montana resident and sustainability consultant. Prior to her consultancy, she served as the Sustainability Programs Manager for the Yellowstone Business Partnership from 2008-2015, where she was instrumental in securing and implementing a $1.5 milllion HUD Sustainable Communities planning grant for Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming. She holds a BS from the University of Montana in Forestry and ans MS from the University
of Montana in 2003 in Environmental Studies, Alternative Energy and Sustainable Building. Heather is a LEED Accredited Professional and is a licensed Real Estate Agent in Montana, practicing conservation real estate. She and her family live in Bozeman, Montana. Heather is facilitating the Summit's Sustainability Roundtable. |
Dr. Jodi Hilty is the President and Chief Scientist of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y). She is an internationally recognized wildlife corridor ecologist and conservationist, with over 20 years of experience managing large-scale conservation programs.
Prior to joining to Y2Y, Dr. Hilty served as Executive Director of the North America Program for the Wildlife Conservation Society, based in Bozeman, Montana, where she led the work of more than 50 staff working remotely across the continent. Through proven leadership, and her ability to work collaboratively with other organizations, she was able to address a range of conservation challenges related to natural resource extraction, ecosystem connectivity and climate change. Dr. Hilty has spearheaded several ground-breaking initiatives, including developing the scientific basis for expanding Canada’s Nahanni National Park, guiding policy toward protecting the “Path of the Pronghorn,” the first U.S. federally-designated wildlife corridor, and conducting the science that proves the need for expanded land protections in the trans-border Crown of the Continent area linking Montana with Alberta and British Columbia. A prolific researcher and writer on topics related to large landscape conservation, connectivity and climate change, Dr. Hilty has been co-editor or lead author on three recent books, most recently Climate and Conservation: Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action (2012). Jodi is facilitating the Summit's Wildlife & Natural Resource Roundtable. |
Regan Kohlhardt has been the Associate Long Range Planner for the Town of Jackson and Teton County since 2015. The Associate Long Range Planner is a joint County/Town position is responsible for carrying out various duties associated with Comprehensive Plan administration, Land Development Regulations amendments, and data collection and maintenance.
Regan has an undergraduate degree in International Relations and a graduate degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia. As a graduate student, Regan worked with British Columbia Parks helping to draft provincial park master plans and carrying out studies on park carrying capacity. She also worked as a Research Assistant for Eco-Plan International, an award-winning multidisciplinary planning firm in Vancouver, BC. At Eco-Plan, Regan worked on topics as diverse as capacity development for First Nations communities and integration of public art into municipal infrastructure. Prior to her studies in planning, Regan worked as Assistant Director at Quest University Canada, a new and innovative liberal arts school located in Squamish, BC. A Wyoming native, Regan now lives in Jackson Hole and loves to ski, mountain bike, climb, and otherwise get up into the mountains any chance she gets. She has a passion for the natural environment and particularly enjoys living in and planning for a community like Jackson that similarly values natural and scenic resources. Regan is facilitating the Summit's Coding/Bylaws Roundtable. |
Diana Madson is the Founder and Executive Director of The Mountain Pact. Developed from Diana’s graduate research at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the Mountain Pact is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to exploring how climate change has transformed mountain resort communities. Over the course of her research, including interviews with local governments, businesses and nonprofit groups, Diana identified essential gaps in knowledge and obstacles preventing action. Diana has built the Mountain Pact specifically to overcome these obstacles.
In addition to her work with the Mountain Pact, Diana leads Sierra CAMP, the Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Partnership (Sierra CAMP), at Sierra Business Council. Sierra CAMP is a collaborative effort designed to reduce the burden of climate impacts on communities and ecosystems throughout the Sierra Nevada and in the downstream urban communities that depend on those rural resources. Prior to the Mountain Pact, Diana was the Founder and Director of Yale University’s Team Climate, a climate change media campaign that partnered with 16 Olympians at Sochi to reach over 315 million people with the message that climate change is compromising winter sports. Diana has also worked for Protect Our Winters on the Climate Change Leadership Group and for the Climate Registry where she consulted over 400 corporate and government clients on greenhouse gas accounting. Diana received her Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and graduated with Highest Distinction from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Society & Environment and a B.A. in Rhetoric. Diana is facilitating the Summit's Climate Change & Resiliency Roundtable. |
Christine Walker is principal of Navigate, LLC a real estate development consulting firm that
specializes in workforce housing strategies. Current projects include advising housing developers in the Rockies on methods to fund workforce housing projects, consulting with businesses on employee housing options specific to their needs, and guiding local government officials on solutions for their workforce housing initiatives. Prior to Navigate, Christine was the Executive Director of the Teton County Housing Authority (TCHA) from 2005-2014. She facilitated the development of hundreds of homes for working members of the Jackson Hole community and played a key role in the formulation of local housing policy Christine holds a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Colorado. She is a licensed realtor and lives in Jackson Hole. Christine is facilitating the Summit's Housing Roundtable. |
top photo courtesy of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort