Staff and Consulting Associate Collaborative
Michael Collins»
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Barry Long»
Creative Technologies Management
A lifelong sailor and boat builder, Barry Long studied communications at the College of William & Mary. In the late ’80’s he directed the Chesapeake Bay Youth Conservation Corps for the Virginia Department of Conservation. He served as Communications Coordinator for the Department of Planning & Recreational Resources, and was liaison to the [...]
Nick Evans»
Environmental Research
Nick has a doctorate in Geology from Virginia Tech and is a graduate of the Sorensen Institute, Chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District, and a Principal with Virginia Groundwater, LLC and The Center for Sustainable Groundwater. Nick is responsible for several of the technical components of the South Fork Rivanna River Forests to Faucets [...]
Richard “Buzz” Van Santvoord»
Business Development Management
Buzz assists with several projects in the Rappahannock River Basin. He has extensive experience in designing fulfillment systems and processes for direct to consumer as well as business to business programs. He has been a Vice-President of a multi-title $185mm catalog company and has more than 30 years of professional work experience in [...]
David Hay»
Advertising and Marketing Management
David is an innovative and accomplished marketing professional with more than 20 years of management experience with a national multi-channel consumer retail company. His areas of expertise include direct mail management, database marketing, digital marketing, strategy and budget planning, business development and organizational development. He is a hands on manager and planner, [...]
Stephen C. Keach»
Project Analysis and Management
Steve Keach has an MBA in international management, a BA in government and politics, and is an experienced writer, researcher and analyst on environmental issues. He has more than 20 years experience, including 7 years as a senior associate with Perrin Quarles Associates (PQA), a Charlottesville, Virginia environmental consulting firm, and 9 [...]
Chris Sonne»
Ecological Engineering Design
Christopher Sonne, PE, LEED AP, graduated as a Civil Engineer from Virginia Tech, and has over 25 years of engineering experience as a civil engineering consultant and environmental engineer. In 2007 he started Civil & Environmental Services to provide design and consulting services with an emphasis on sustainable and low-impact site design.
He is [...]
Dan Spethmann»
Ecological Economics Research
Dan is a founding member and Managing Partner of Working Lands Investment Partners, LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in natural resource management. Previously Dan was Manager of Investment Programs for New Forests, Inc. where he helped to raise and place institutional and private capital into ecosystem markets. Prior to [...]
Linnea Saby»
2011 Conservation Meadow Services Research
Summer intern Linnea Saby is helping out with new Conserv Initiative Conservation Meadow Services (CMS) - focusing on advertisement, research, meadow installation, and by starting a native plant nursery in her own backyard in Nelson County. She is a rising senior at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina where she studies Environmental [...]