Resolving Conflict Through Leadership
Resolving Conflict Through Leadership


A Partnership Program of the University of Virginia Institute for Environmental Negotiation, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Department of Forestry and the Department of Conservation and Recreation

 

 

VNRLI ALUMNI REPRESENT ALL PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Alumni are working in:

  • Tidewater (Norfolk, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach)
  • Eastern Shore
  • Northern Neck
  • Northern Virginia
  • Shenandoah Valley (Upper, Mid, and Lower Valley)
  • Southwest Virginia
  • Central Virginia (Upper and Lower Piedmont area, Richmond area)

Alumni are active in Virginia’s Nonprofit Organizations

  • AARP Virginia
  • African American Heritage Association (AAHA)
  • Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
  • Andrus Family Fund
  • Blue Ridge Foothills Conservancy
  • Boxerwood Education Assn.
  • Canaan Valley Institute (3)
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation (5)
  • Chesapeake Bay Program
  • Citizens of Shenandoah Page County Tree Board
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Friends of Chesterfield Riverfront
  • Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah
  • Friends of the Rappahonnock
  • Greater Richmond American Cancer Society
  • Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation
  • Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
  • Model Forest Policy Project
  • Madison County Task Force for Sustainable Growth (3)
  • Piedmont Environmental Council (3)
  • Renewal of Life Land Trust
  • Shenandoah Forum
  • Southern Environmental Law Center (2)
  • Stream Watch
  • The Conservation Cooperative
  • The Mountain Lake Conservancy
  • The Nature Conservancy (4)
  • Urban League of Hampton Roads
  • Virginia Conservation Network
  • Virginia Forever (2)
  • Virginia Outdoors Foundation
  • Wildlife Foundation of Virginia
  • 1781 Foundation

Alumni are active in Virginia Industry and Small Business:

  • ACSTAL Training and Program Developers
  • Altria Client Services
  • Anderson Associates
  • Aquarius Engineering, P.C.
  • Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
  • Dominion (4)
  • duPont (3)
  • E², Inc.
  • Environmental Stewardship Concepts
  • ENSR/AECOM
  • GreenVisions Consulting
  • Hurley Associates
  • Hull Springs Farm
  • J. M. Huber Corporation
  • K W Poore & Associates
  • Lawrence Design/Build
  • McCormick, Taylor & Associates
  • Miller Properties, LLC
  • MWCOG-Clearn Air Partners
  • New Paradigm Planning
  • New River Land and Trust
  • Oakley Farm
  • Paradox LLC dba Paradox Farm
  • Piedmont Research Institute
  • Plum Creek Timber Company
  • RASco, Inc.
  • Resource Management Associates
  • Robert W. Luce (hydrogeological consulting)
  • Singing Farm
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc.
  • Southern Environmental Law Center
  • Snow Mountain Nursery
  • Terwilliger Consulting, Inc.
  • The Paw and Whisker
  • The Timber Company
  • The Wright (consulting)

Alumni are active in Local, Regional, State and Federal Government:

  • Alexandria – elected official
  • Blacksburg – town staff
  • Clarke County – county staff
  • Charlottesville – PDC
  • Department of the Army
  • Fairfax County
  • Henrico County – elected official
  • Hopewell – city manager
  • James City County
  • Richmond – elected official
  • Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
  • Winchester – city staff
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • National Park Service (Shenandoah National Park)
  • Office of the Attorney General (Virginia)
  • Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution
  • Rappahanock-Rapidan Regional Commission
  • Soil and Water Conservation Districts
  • Texas Forest Service
  • Thomas Jefferson Planning Disctrict
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Districts
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • US Forest Service
  • US Department of the Interior
  • Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Virginia Department of Forestry
  • Virginia Department of Business
  • Virginia Department of Health
  • Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
  • Virginia Department of Emergency Management
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • Virginia Department of Mines and Minerals
  • Virginia Department of Transportation
  • Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
  • Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
  • Virginia’s Region 2000 Local Government Council
  • Secretariat of Natural Resources

Alumni are active in Virginia’s Academic Institutions:

  • James Madison University
  • Longwood University Foundation, Inc.
  • Ohio State University
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Virginia Military Institute
  • Virginia State University
  • Virginia Tech
  • Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension
  • University of Denver
  • University of Texas School of Law
  • University of Virginia

Alumni are drawn from communities of color:

  • Rachel Bagby, central Virginia attorney, poet, writer
  • Monica Esparza, Renewal of Life Land Trust
  • Connie Hill Galloway, US Federal Highway Administration
  • Elena Gonzales, US Department of Interior
  • Barry Harris, USDA NRDC
  • Khalil Hassan, Madison County Task Force for Sustainable Growth
  • John L. Johnson, Professor Emertus, consultant and scholar
  • Desiree Lopasic, Virginia Department of Health
  • Rudy McCollum, attorney and former Richmond City Councilor
  • Leanne Nurse, US EPA Center for Environmental Innovation
  • Samantha Pitts, The Nature Conservancy
  • Brian Reid, Virginia Department of Transportation
  • Kent Ruffin, Ex Director of African American Heritage Assn
  • Anthony Scott, ACSTAL Training, Richmond citizen leader who facilitated an inter-faith collaboration for inner city revitalization
  • Willie Woode, NoVa Soil and Water Conservation District

A sampling of Alumni who are influential in the Commonwealth:

  • Anne Beals, Oakley Farm and Spotsylvania citizen leader
  • Susan Cable, Founder, Blue Ridge Foothills Conservancy and Madison citizen leader
  • Ed Daley, Hopewell City Manager and Chair, Virginia Institute of Government Advisory Committee
  • John Deuel, Executive Director, Norfolk Environmental Commission
  • Bob Dunn, legislative assistant to Delegate Kirk Cox, formerly with DuPont; key leadership positions on boards of VirginiaForever, Friends of Chesterfield Riverfront and CVWMA.
  • Carl Garrison, III, State Forester and director of the Department of Forestry
  • Rebecca Gwynn, Assistant Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
  • Patti Jackson, former Director of the James River Association
  • Ann Jennings, Virginia Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Rob Krupicka, Alexandria City Councilor
  • Rudy McCollum, attorney and former Richmond City Councilor
  • Pat O’Bannon, Henrico Supervisor
  • Cathy Taylor, Electric Environmental Services, Dominion
  • Kay Slaughter, former Mayor of Charlottesville, SELC
  • Rosemary Wallinger, Shenandoah Forum
  • Bud Watson, attorney, influenced Chesapeake Bay Act, founder of Model Forest Policy Program

 

 
 

Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute
c/o Institute for Environmental Negotiation
2015 Ivy Road (Dynamics Building)
Charlottesville, VA 22903
phone: (434) 924-1970
fax: (434) 924-0231
email: envneg@virginia.edu