Rob has worked in the Upper Feather River region of California’s northern Sierra Nevada for the past 25 years. As the Outdoor Education and Science Coordinator for the Plumas County Office of Education since 1995, Rob has designed, developed, and implemented successful and sustainable K-12 programs in the region built upon a strategic partnership with over 32 agencies and organizations. These partnerships include the 2016 launch of a Next Generation Science Standards strategy, which took outdoor education and stewardship mainstream through the Outdoor Core Mountain Kid K-12 collaborative to help teachers integrate weekly outdoor learning adventures for all students. In addition to his regional work in California, Rob is a national facilitator and consultant supporting K-12 program development in the land trust community. Rob is the 2017 recipient of the Excellence in Environmental Education Award, presented by the California Environmental Education Foundation. Rob has a BS from the University of California-Berkeley in Conservation & Resource Studies and an MA from the School of Education at the University of San Francisco.
