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John earned a B.S. in forestry from Humboldt State
University and a M.S. in forest engineering from Oregon State
University. He is also a registered professional forester in California
and a registered professional engineer in Oregon and holds both basic
and advanced Certificates of Public Administration from Lewis and Clark
College in Portland Oregon. In 1997 he graduated from the 2-year
leadership development program conducted by the Washington State
Agriculture and Forestry Foundation.
 He began his Forest Service career in 1977 in California as a
zone logging engineer for Sierra and Sequoia national forests. A year later he
transferred to Tahoe National Forest, where he held assistant staff positions in
both timber and engineering. In 1982 he was appointed to Nevada City as District
Ranger, and in 1985 he began serving as the District Ranger at Quinault on the
Olympic National Forest. In August 1996, he became Special Assistant to the
Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation at the National Forest Foundation (a
national NGO), where he helped maintain a successful partnership between the
National Forest Foundation and the Forest Service. After leaving the Foundation
he was assigned to special details for the Forest Service, including the
Washington Office Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness Resource Staff as the
National Partnership Coordinator. He also served as the Executive Team Director
for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE)
staff.
In June 2001 he was transferred to the Policy Analysis staff
in the Agency’s headquarters and worked on a wide range of issues including
community-based partnerships. Just prior to leaving Washington DC he was the
Deputy Director for Lands for the Agency. His last position in the Forest
Service was the Pacific Rim Forest Legacy Program Manager (2003-2009). Forest
Legacy is a land conservation program in the State and Private Branch of the
Agency that works to promote the long-term integrity of forestlands. John
covered a large area in managing this program including Alaska, California,
Hawai‘i, Oregon, Washington, and the Pacific Islands. He worked in partnership
with a wide range of private non-profit land trusts in organizations throughout
the country. During the first 6 months of 2006 he was Acting Deputy Forest
Supervisor on the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara California, where
he was responsible for the management of nearly 2 million acres with over 500
employees.
In January of 2009 he retired from the US Forest Service with
over 30 years experience. In February of 2009 he started a new career with the
Nature Conservancy, the largest conservation organization in the world. His
position is the Director of Conservation and is responsible for all of the
conservation work of TNC in Hawai‘i. He has staff on 6-islands managing all of
TNC’s preserves and their science program. He is also responsible for directing
the land acquisition program for TNC in Hawai‘i.
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