John has nearly 20 years of experience working on land and water conservation projects and transactions. He focused his training and work on field ecology and conservation real estate and has engaged directly with protect landscapes that help form the character of rural communities across Colorado. Most recently, John was the Executive Director of the Colorado Water Trust, a unique start-up conservation organization dedicated to protecting flow levels in Colorado’s streams and rivers. John served on the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts Board of Directors for six years as the organization worked with local organizations and developed market-based incentives that have catalyzed private land conservation on hundreds of thousands of acres across Colorado. John has worked on numerous conservation projects including transactions and restoration as the land protection specialist for Ducks Unlimited, Inc’s Colorado conservation program. As the first Land Protection Fellow for Colorado Open Lands, John developed community-based open space protection programs in the Wet Mountains and the Wahatoya Valley. John has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a Master's of Science from the University of Vermont. He lives in Denver with his wife.
