Presentation on Int'l Environmental Careers ~ Weds, 10/19 @3p

International Environmental Careers

Current and emerging global environmental professionals in the NGO, private, and academic sectors will talk about their careers and provide advice to students on preparing for successful careers working internationally and on global environmental issues.

Wednesday, October 19^th

1040 Dana

Panel: 3-4pm, Networking: 4-4:30 p.m.

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World Wildlife Fund
Robin Abell, Senior Freshwater Biologist

Robin Abell has helped lead WWF’s freshwater science efforts for nearly 15 years.  Her work has involved conservation research and planning efforts at global, continental, and ecoregional scales, including in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong.  Robin’s work examines the benefits to freshwaters from protected areas and looks at the nexus of freshwater biodiversity conservation and commodity certification.  She also currently oversees WWF’s Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund programs as well as a new initiative to bring together WWF’s globally dispersed scientists through the development of online resources and services.  Robin is an MS alum of SNRE.

KPMG, Global Center of Excellence for Climate Change & Sustainability (Netherlands)
Brent Hire, Strategy Consultant

This summer, as a strategy consultant for KPMG’s recently launched Global Center for Climate Change and Sustainability (in the Netherlands), Brent helped identify key strategic sectors and developed go-to-market strategies for each of the Center’s 54 national sustainability consulting services.  Prior to his work at KPMG, Brent spent 10 years working as an entrepreneur in Europe, where he founded a management consultancy.  Brent is currently completing dual MBA/ MS degrees at the Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment and an MPA from Harvard.

 

University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Dr. Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor (with research work in Africa)

Rebecca Hardin is an anthropologist who studies the linked social and ecological changes from extractive and conservation based activities in rural African settings.  Her global research work has taken her to places like the Congo Basin, East African highlands, and South African veld. Rebecca served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Central African Republic, working on beekeeping and wildlife conservation. She has consulted for the American Museum of Natural History, the World Wildlife Fund, the Royal Bafokeng Nation (South Africa), the United Nations Forum on Forests, and the U. S. State Department and has served as an elected member of the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force steering committee.

Facilitator: Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, Coordinator of Student Career Services

University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment

This program was sponsored by the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment and the International Institute and it is part of the U-M International Career Pathways (ICP) series: http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/work/resources/ICP/index.html