SPENCER PHILLIPS PH.D.
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Spencer is a natural resource economist who founded Key-Log Economics to help people, communities, and institutions understand and attain the benefits of improved land stewardship. He previously did this work at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and as Vice President for Ecology and Economics Research at The Wilderness Society. Spencer’s current research focuses on ecosystem service values—especially as affected by climate change, public land and resource management, and water quality regulation—and on the economic development implications of land stewardship. His B.A. in economics is from the University of Virginia, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics are from Virginia Tech.
Backpacking on a snowy Mt. Rogers in 1983 re-connected Spencer to wildlands and sparked his passion for exploring the intersections of wilderness with human spiritual and economic development. Whenever possible, he continues that exploration by skiing, hunting, canoeing, flyfishing, hiking and as a volunteer with the Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group. Send an email to Spencer | Spencer Phillips on LinkedIn |
Carolyn Alkire, Ph.D.
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Carolyn is a natural resource economist with extensive experience analyzing federal agency budgets and the application of economic principles to federal, state and local government land and resource management. She focuses on economic and policy issues associated with the management of lands and resources — often regarding conflicts over resource uses and/or development. Her research has addressed market and nonmarket values of natural resources, tradeoffs associated with commodity uses vs. conservation, direct and indirect employment and income effects associated with land and/or resource uses, and federal funding for resource management and conservation. Carolyn earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Richmond, M.S. in economics from North Carolina State University and Ph.D. in public policy from George Washington University.
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Barbara Cozzens
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Barb recently joined Key-Log Economics, bringing her extensive experience synthesizing science, policy and economics to guide high-profile campaigns on behalf of NGOs, state and local governments, agencies, foundations and academic institutions, primarily in the areas of biodiversity conservation and sustainability. Through advocacy and innovative communication strategies, she recently helped the Bureau of Land Management put in place a common-sense rule requiring oil and gas companies to capture vented, flared and/or leaked natural gas at production sites on public lands. Previously she directed the Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s work in northwest Wyoming and the Nature Conservancy’s Northern Montana Prairies program. From 1999 to 2008, Barb was at the International Finance Corporation where she developed projects that advanced sustainable, economic growth in developing countries. In addition to her work in the not-for-profit sector, she spent nearly a decade with Fortune 500 companies, utilizing predictive modeling, data mining and advanced analytics to help solve complex business problems. Barb earned a B.A. in biology from Colgate University, completed a multi-year study of Neritina virginea at the University of West Indies’ Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Jamaica, and is completing (2018) a Master of Environmental Management at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment.
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sonia wang
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Sonia completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, double majoring in Environmental Science and Public Policy and Leadership. Before joining Key-Log’s staff, Sonia conducted research for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, worked for The Shenandoah Watershed Study, and interned at The Wilderness Society.
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Anna Perry
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Anna is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, earning a B.A. in Economics/Public Policy and a minor in Global Sustainability. She has interned for the UVA Office for Sustainability (for whom Key-Log Economics has developed a sustainability dashboard) and continued research on the economic costs associated with nitrogen emissions from UVA’s purchased utilities. She has also been a researcher for the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, most recently developing a report on the feasibility of implementing an internal carbon charge at UVA.
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