2015-Present President and Executive Director
Mil Abrazos Community Land Trust A 32-acre farm growing native crops such as Chihuahua blue corn and Bolita beans.
2017-2018 Creator & Facilitator
2017-2018 Creator & Facilitator
2011-2012 Creator
2011 Co-Creator
El Jardin de Guadalupe A half-acre community garden in San Pancho, Mexico, using the Biodynamic French-intensive method pioneered by Alan Chadwick, who was tutored as a child by Rudolph Steiner.
2009-2011 Executive Director
2009-2011 Executive Director
The Nodilus Project
An attempt to develop a social utility designed to harness collective
intelligence in order to inspire and foster sustainable and regenerative
culture.
2008 Sabbatical Embarked on a five-month walkabout in France, Morocco and Ghana, West Africa, then hiked the New Mexico portion of the Continental Divide Trail to go experience the Gila wilderness.
2008 Sabbatical Embarked on a five-month walkabout in France, Morocco and Ghana, West Africa, then hiked the New Mexico portion of the Continental Divide Trail to go experience the Gila wilderness.
2003-2007 Founder and Director
Gypsie Nation:
an organization fostering community dance rituals for self-expression,
healing and community-building. Gypsie Nation initiated a dozen weekly
dances in Hawai’i, Washington, Colorado, Montana and New Mexico.
2001-2003 Board Member
Evergreen Land Trust: a community landtrust in Washington state. Helped develop Pragtri Farm in Arlington, WA, and built a house on the farm in 2002 from 50% recycled material.
2000-2001 Traveled in South America and American Southwest.
1999-2000 Director, Field Operations and Training
2000-2001 Traveled in South America and American Southwest.
1999-2000 Director, Field Operations and Training
ServiceMagic, Inc.
(now HomeAdvisor.com), a start-up company, now the largest provider of home remodeling
services on the Internet. Resigned after 14
months and upon participating in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
demonstrations of Seattle in Nov. 1999.
1993-1999 Founder, President and majority shareholder
1993-1999 Founder, President and majority shareholder
Contractor Referrals Inc.: This company marketed more than 150 small and medium-size construction firms in the Seattle area. ServiceMagic Inc. purchased Contractor Referrals in April of 1999.
1994-1998 Developer of a contact management software for referral businesses in collaboration with an MIT graduate and former Microsoft programmer. Initially created as the operating platform for Contractor Referrals, the software was marketed and sold to other referral services around the country.
1991-1995 President
1994-1998 Developer of a contact management software for referral businesses in collaboration with an MIT graduate and former Microsoft programmer. Initially created as the operating platform for Contractor Referrals, the software was marketed and sold to other referral services around the country.
1991-1995 President
Miranda Ltd.
a company specializing in design and consulting to the food industry.
Developed concepts and facilities for Seattle restaurants and food
manufacturers. Clients include Gravity Bar, Plenty, Northwest Bagels,
Sit and Spin, and Essential Foods.
1988-1991 Corporate Trainer
1988-1991 Corporate Trainer
SportsMind, Inc. Clients included such Fortune 500 companies as: AT&T,
General Motors, Microsoft, and the James River Paper Co. Facilitated
five-day seminars on team-building and corporate visioning.
1985-1996 Co-Creator
1985-1996 Co-Creator
Free Mars: an innovative vegetarian restaurant and art gallery in Seattle’s Belltown district. The business was sold in 1988.
1982-1985 Owner
1982-1985 Owner
Metropolis Productions:
promoter of contemporary live music in medium-size venues (500 – 4,000
seats). Metropolis Productions produced more than 100 concerts over a
three-year period in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, B.C.
Owner and operator
Metropolis Club: a 300-seat all-ages nightclub in Seattle.
1978-1982 Commercial fisherman in Alaska, during summer seasons. Fished salmon, herring and halibut in the waters surrounding Kodiak Island and in the Bering Sea. Worked for Tom Nelson, one of Alaska’s legendary skippers.
1976-1982 Professional ski coach and instructor, French Alps. Graduate of the National Institute of Mountaineering (ENSA) in Chamonix, France.
1978-1982 Commercial fisherman in Alaska, during summer seasons. Fished salmon, herring and halibut in the waters surrounding Kodiak Island and in the Bering Sea. Worked for Tom Nelson, one of Alaska’s legendary skippers.
1976-1982 Professional ski coach and instructor, French Alps. Graduate of the National Institute of Mountaineering (ENSA) in Chamonix, France.
STUDIES AND DIPLOMAS
Baccalaureat of Maths and Physics (France)
Studied biology at the University of La Doua (France)
Graduate of ENSA (France) as a professional ski instructor
Private Pilot’s license (USA)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
French: Fluent (Native)
English: Fluent
Spanish: Moderate
SPORTS EXPERIENCE
1971-1981 Downhill ski racer in France and Europe. Raced the International FIS circuit.
1992-1999 In-line skate road-racing. Finished 11th nationwide in the US professional masters division (35 and older) in 1999.
NON-PROFIT and VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT
NW Hospital, Seattle - volunteer
Bailey Boushay House (Aids Hospice), Seattle - volunteer
Seattle Men Magazine, Seattle - Board of Directors
Seattle Men Wisdom's Council - volunteer, facilitator
Eco-Building Guild, Seattle - Board of Directors
Evergreen Land Trust, Washington - Board of Directors
Santa Fe Farmers' Market Institute - Board of Directors
Mil Abrazos Community Land Trust - Board of Directors
Vado de Juan Pais Ditch Association- Commissioner