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 19th
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
