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William Durham, Ph.D., CESD's Director at Stanford, is the Bing Professor in Human Biology in the Department of Anthropological Sciences, and the Yang and Yamazaki University Fellow. Co-editor of The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America (Michigan, 1995), Bill has particular interest in ecotourism as a means to address conservation and development issues in Central America, the Amazon Rain Forest, and Galapagos.
Email: lrd@stanford.edu
Laura Driscoll is CESD's Stanford Coordinator, working on producing printed materials, helping to secure funding, organizing conferences and events, and assisting with a range of programs. She graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with both an M.A. and B.A. in Anthropological Sciences. Her master's research examined the cultural effects of ecotourism on indigenous identities in the rain forest region of southeastern Peru. She will be the primary contact for CESD's Travelers' Philanthropy program, and the Indigenous Workshop Project.
Email: lrd@stanford.edu
Len Materman is a Program Advisor for CESD, working to develop and implement the Market Research Department, Pacific Rim research efforts, and other programs. Len also currently serves as the Public Affairs Advisor for the Center for Ocean Solutions, a collaboration between Stanford and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Len also consults to foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies, including to the U.S. State Department on sustainable tourism issues in Europe. Previously, Len served in the Clinton Administration on two White House Task Forces related to integrating economic and environmental issues, and as UC Berkeley's government affairs director. Len has bachelors degrees in Biology and Political Science from UC Davis.
Email: materman@stanford.edu
Mollie Chapman is CESD's part-time consultant for the 2008 Ecotourism and Indigenous Rights Workshop. She graduated from Stanford in 2006 with a B.A. in Anthropological Sciences. While there, her work focused on narrative methods of environmental conflict resolution as well as documentary photography. She has worked on ecotourism projects in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Indonesia. She also works at the U.S. Market Access Center in San Jose, an international business incubator.
Email: mollie.chapman@gmail.com
William P. Barnett, Ph.D. is Professor of Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. He studies systems of competition, and how different logics of competition affect the development of organizations. Currently he is studying how certification systems shape competition among ecotourism organizations, and how such competition in turn helps or hinders environmental outcomes.
Email: barnet_william@gsb.stanford.edu
Margaret "Meg" Caldwell, J.D.
is a senior lecturer in Stanford’s Law School, with a joint appointment at the Center for Ocean Solutions, a branch of Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment. Meg studies the environmental effects of local land use practices, marine resource policy development and implementation, and developing incentives for conservation. She is assisting CESD with international law and land use policy research in our study of the impacts of coastal tourism development on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.Email: megc@law.stanford.edu
Rodolfo Dirzo, PhD. is professor of conservation biology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford, with research ongoing in Mexico and Central Amazonia. His work focuses on the implications of global biodiversity loss and human-environment interactions, with a specific emphasis on the importance of preserving ecosystem functions rather than individual species. Professor Dirzo is contributing to CESD’s research study on the impacts of coastal tourism development on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.
Email: rdirzo@stanford.edu
Barton ("Buzz") Thompson, J.D./M.B.A., is the Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Vice Dean at Stanford Law School and a Senior Scholar at the Institute for International Studies. Co-author of Environmental Law and Policy (Foundation Press, 2003), Buzz's current research focuses on environmental certification programs and the role of non-profit and commercial organizations in the preservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.
Email: buzzt@stanford.edu
Peter Vitousek, Ph.D., is professor of biological sciences and Clifford G. Morrison Professor of Population and Resource Studies. His wide-ranging interests include nutrient cycling, greenhouse gases, and invasions of exotic species. He focuses on linking conservation concerns with the functioning of ecosystems and the workings of the biosphere. He has particular interest in the conservation potential of ecotourism in island ecosystems, especially Hawaii.
Email: vitousek@stanford.edu