The Forests Dialogue

Gary is the Executive Director of The Forests Dialogue (TFD). TFD comprises a group of individuals from diverse interests committed to conservation and sustainable uses of the earth's forests. TFD's Secretariat is located at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gary is responsible for the overall operations of TFD and its activities.

Prior to his current position Gary was the Executive Director of the Global Institute of Sustainable of Forestry, and the Director of the Yale Forest Forum . Before becoming the Director of YFF , he was the National Roundtable Coordinator for the Seventh American Forest Congress. Prior to coming to Yale Gary taught Agroforestry and Forest Extension techniques at the Kenya Forestry College in Londiani, Kenya, and he worked briefly as a Community Forestry Research Assistant in Papua New Guinea. He received his Masters of Forestry Degree from Yale University and holds a bachelors from Humboldt State University in California.

He is married to Colleen and has two children.

TFD Interns

Teresa Sarroca

Teresa is working on a Masters of Forestry at Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies where she is due to graduate in May 2008. She is interested in sustainable forestry and integrated landscape management and ways in which she can address those issues back home in Uruguay.

Prior to attending Yale, Teresa obtained a Geography B.A. degree from Clark University and spent a short time in Montevideo working with a GEF project in conjunction with UNDP and the government to aid and strengthen the implementation of a National System of Protected Areas in Uruguay.

Camille Rebelo (check back soon for details)

Lisa O'Brien (check back soon for details)

Stella Schons (check back soon for details)

James Leslie (check back soon for details )

Past Interns