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Leadership Teams

The Carpe Diem model is to develop a strong leadership team around a particular initiative to develop collaborative solutions.  We have had extraordinary success with our first effort -- the Healthy Headwaters Leadership Team. This team is comprised of experts representing a range of interests across sectors who use their collective knowledge to develop innovative responses to challenges for individual Carpe Diem West projects. Carpe Diem's goal is to replicate this approach across our program areas.

Carpe Diem West Leadership Team Concept:

  • Define and re-frame the fundamental challenges the project was created to address
  • Identify existing programs that are effectively addressing these challenges, explore ways to highlight their success, and find ways to replicate them and take them to scale
  • Ascertain the additional scientific and technical knowledge needed to develop proposals for new policies and management practices
  • Lay the groundwork for new initiatives by identifying essential partners, key leaders, and strategies for the next stages.
     

Healthy Headwaters Leadership Team

  • Mike Anderson, Senior Resources Analyst, The Wilderness Society
  • Sarah Bates, Senior Fellow, Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Policy, University of Montana
  • Laura Briefer, Water Resource Manager, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
  • Kim Carr, Sustainable Initiatives Coordinator, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
  • Jad Daley, Climate Director, Trust for Public Land
  • Charlie Ester, Manager of Water Resource Operations, Salt River Project
  • Bruce Goines, Region 5 Ecosystem Services, USFS
  • Sterling Grogan, Senior Advisor, Carpe Diem West
  • Holly Hartmann, Director, Arid Lands Information Center, University of Arizona/CLIMAS
  • Polly Hays, Water Program Manager, USFS Rocky Mountain Region
  • Cynthia Koehler, Director of Programs, Carpe Diem West
  • Dale Lyons, Water Resource Coordinator, City of Santa Fe
  • Mike McHugh, Environmental Permitting Coordinator, Aurora Water
  • Mary Mitsos, Vice President, National Forest Foundation
  • Karl Morgenstern, Drinking Water & Source Protection Coordinator, Eugene Water & Electric Board
  • David Pilz, Senior Flow Restoration Manager, The Freshwater Trust
  • Adam Schempp, Director, Western Water Program, Environmental Law Institute
  • John Shepard, Senior Advisor, Sonoran Institute
  • Randi Spivak, Vice President for Government Affairs, Geos Institute
  • Kimery Wiltshire, Carpe Diem West
  • Rebecca Wolfe, National Forest Committee & Washington State Chapter, Sierra Club