Course Type: Short Courses
Training Provider: Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Graduate School of International Policy Studies

The Conservation Leadership Program (CLP) is a new two week certificate course at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, running from May 29th - June 8th 2007. Its innovative curriculum delivers the necessary skills for current and future environmental leaders. Graduates will to go on to manage and lead successful conservation projects with local and global organizations.

This unique program is appropriate for graduate students, junior professionals, and motivated undergraduates. CLP students will receive a Certificate in Conservation Leadership and may be eligible for up to 8 units of credit from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a fully accredited graduate school in Monterey, California.

The Monterey Institute of International Studies is a small, private, graduate school that educates U.S. and international students for professional, global careers in international business, the international policy world, translation and interpretation, and language teaching.

Our Mission

The Monterey Institute Conservation Leadership Program's mission is to provide students and professionals with relevant and practical skills for successful management and leadership in conservation projects world-wide.

Course Structure 

The two weeks will be divided into ten key skill areas to be taught by Monterey Institute professor Jeffrey Langholz, Foundations of Success Co-Founder Richard Margoluis and other qualified professionals in the field from such organizations as PACT, Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Big Sur Land Trust.

The program will concentrate on the formation of theoretical and technical leadership following this schedule:

Week 1 - Leadership in Project Design

Tuesday May 29 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Understanding the Conservation Project Cycle and
Creating Meaningful Mission Statements
Trainer: Jeff Langholz, Monterey Institute

Wednesday May 30 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Using Comprehensive Site Assessment Tools
Trainer: Jeff Langholz, Monterey Institute 
Guest Leader: Mark Silberstein

Thursday May 31 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.  
Skills: Creating Conservation Management Plans 
Trainer: Jeff Langholz, Monterey Institute
Guest Leader: Bill Leahy

Friday June 1 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.  
Skills: Project Monitoring and Evaluation 1 
Trainer: Richard Margoluis, Foundations of Success

Saturday June 2 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Project Monitoring and Evaluation 2
Trainer: Richard Margoluis, Foundations of Success 

Sunday June 3
Day Off! (Optional Hike in Big Sur) with Nik Strong-Cvetich

Week 2 - Leadership in Project Implementation

June 4 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Building Project Teams and Boards and
Leadership Ethics 
Trainer: Jeff Langholz, Monterey Institute
Guest Leader: Brett Melone

June 5 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Financial Management for Conservation Leaders 1 
Trainer: Alfredo Ortiz, PACT

June 6 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Financial Management for Conservation Leaders 2 
Trainer: Alfredo Ortiz, PACT 

June 7 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.  
Skills: Effective Outreach and Media Relations
Trainer: Jeff Langholz, Monterey Institute
Guest Leader: Holly Price, MB National Marine Sanctuary 

June 8 , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Skills: Conflict Resolution
Trainer: Jeff Langholz,  Monterey Institute 

A "Meet the Leaders" session will convene throughout the course to allow students contact time with local conservation leaders to ask questions about the material, broaden their professional networks, and see how the skills apply in a real world context.

The course will meet daily 9am-4pm from May 29 to June 8, 2007 in classroom B105 on the Monterey Institute of International Studies campus.

Other Activities

Located in historic downtown Monterey, just blocks from Fisherman’s Wharf, the Monterey Institute campus provides access to a wide range of activities. Participants take advantage of their time in beautiful Monterey with weekend hikes in Big Sur, visits to Carmel, and group outings in the evenings.

For more information, please contact:
CLP Program Coordinator
Nik Strong-Cvetich clpprogram@miis.edu
831-647-6641

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Staff:
Jeffrey Langholz,
Monterey Institute Professor,
CLP Academic Coordinator

Professor Jeffrey Langholz spent five years designing and implementing environmental policy for the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington DC, where he focused on developing strategies for increasing citizen involvement in agency decision-making. While pursuing his PhD at Cornell, he coordinated a Sustainable Farming Systems seminar series that compared farming systems in nine developing countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He is a trained mediator with experience in two - and multi-party disputes on environmental and other topics. He has served as a consultant in Latin America and Europe for the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution. His background also includes working as a fisheries technician in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and a two-year assignment with the U.S. Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, West Africa. His research focuses on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, and much of his work takes place in and around protected natural areas, especially in the tropics. His passion is identifying and evaluating land use options that are ecologically, economically, and socially viable. His publications appear in a wide variety of transdisciplinary journals, including Conservation Biology, Society and Natural Resources, Ecological Economics, and Bioscience.

Richard Margoluis, Co-Director,
Foundations of Success

Richard is co-founder and co-director of Foundations of Success. Richard’s work in FOS has focused on assisting partner organizations develop adaptive management systems, evaluating conservation projects and programs, managing applied research related to M&E, organizing learning networks, and facilitating cross-site and cross-institutional learning – including co-facilitation of the Conservation Measures Partnership. Prior to working with FOS, Richard was the director of two programs at the Biodiversity Support Program (BSP): the Analysis and Adaptive Management Program, and the Latin America and Caribbean Program. Before going to BSP, Richard worked primarily for local non-governmental organizations in Latin America and Africa. In Guatemala, he served as the assistant director of the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve for Defensores de la Naturaleza and worked with WWF and TNC representatives to evaluate the impacts of community conservation and development projects in the Reserve. While in Guatemala, Richard also co-founded and directed two local health, conservation, and development organizations, and directed a multi-year disaster relief and rehabilitation project. In Africa, Richard worked for USAID through Tulane University on the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) project for which he managed evaluations of food-security related projects and developed a community-based famine monitoring system. For a 14-month period while in Africa, Richard evaluated the relationship between human health and conservation in and around national parks from Sudan to South Africa. Richard holds a PhD in Epidemiology from Tulane University. He also completed a Masters of Public Health degree in International Health, with a concentration in Planning, and Evaluation at Tulane. Richard graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Latin American Studies and is fluent in Spanish.

Alfredo Ortiz, Country Director Ecuador,
PACT

Alfredo specializes in strategy and planning; business management and process improvements; financial management and sustainability strategies; training and facilitation for NGOs and environmental organizations. He has worked in Ecuador; Bolivia; Perú; Nicaragua; Honduras; Guatemala; México; Bangladesh; Japan; Angola; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Zambia and South Africa. Alfredo has served as Manager of Financial Services with Pact (a leading international development NGO), as well as Finance Officer. He has previous experience as a Special Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS. He also received an M.A. in International Conflict Resolution, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX.

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Guest Leaders

Mark Silberstein, Executive Director,
Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Trained as a marine zoologist, Dr. Mark Silberstein has worked on the study and conservation of coastal wetlands for three decades. Working with a group of community volunteers, Mark developed the land trust function of the Foundation, which is aggressively working to conserve and restore the Elkhorn Slough, one of the last remaining estuarine wetlands on the central coast. Mark was on a team of conservationists that developed a watershed conservation plan for the Elkhorn watershed that led to significant funding for land acquisitions here.

Bill Leahy, Executive Director,
Big Sur Land Trust

Bill Leahy is leading the BSLT team in developing an expanded vision for the Trust as it broadens its works and mission in the region. With over 11 years of experience at The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Bill is well versed in conservation transactions and related policy issues. Bill worked most recently as project director for Monterey County and as the key liaison with The Big Sur Land Trust on behalf of the Conservancy. Bill received his bachelor\'s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. After spending eight years in commercial real estate, he decided to redirect his expertise toward a more fulfilling mission and joined The Nature Conservancy as the director of land protection in Missouri. At TNC, Bill successfully carried out several landscape scale conservation plans in southern California, negotiated more than $20 million in land acquisitions in California, and managed staff in acquiring over $14 million in critical properties. He is known for his ability to develop effective partnerships and alliances and for testing innovative approaches to land protection. Over the years he has served on numerous environmental and community-oriented steering committees and planning groups in the communities where he has lived.

Holly Price, Acting Superintendent,
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Dr. Holly Price oversees the Sanctuary’s Resource Protection Program. This includes coastal and marine biological resource management, water quality and watershed programs, permits, enforcement, and emergency response. She joined the Sanctuary in 1994 and has worked extensively on collaborative multistakeholder efforts to protect Sanctuary resources, including water quality and offshore shipping traffic, and, more recently, marine reserves. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology from the University of Hawaii and a Ph.D. in Ecology specializing in marine coastal systems from the University of Georgia. She has 18 years of experience in the management of natural resources, marine ecological research, and education.

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Staff Nik Strong-Cvetich,
CLP Program Coordinator

Nik Strong-Cvetich is a fourth semester student pursuing his Masters in Public Administration in International Management student at the Monterey Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lewis and Clark College in International Affairs and a certificate in Development Project Management from the Monterey Institute. He has worked in bilingual outreach in water quality in the Salinas Valley, as a consultant in ecotourism development in Croatia and Costa Rica, on the development of a study abroad program in Siena, Italy, and as an outdoor environmental educator in the San Juan Islands. He is currently researching the role of ecotourism in peace-building. Hailing from the state of Washington, the natural landscape has played an important part in his life.

Entry Requirements:
To apply applicants should have a demonstrated interest in conservation and environmental issues either through coursework, research, volunteer or professional work.

This program is for graduate students, junior professionals, and advanced undergraduates with two years of experience, as well as those seeking to enter the field from other professions.

Applicants who are not enrolled Monterey Institute students are required to submit supplemental materials in addition to this form. Please see application form for details: http://policy.miis.edu/programs/clp_apply.html

Course Duration:
The course is two weeks long, running from May 29 - June 8, 2007. We meet seven hours each day, for a total of 70 course hours.

Language(s) of Instruction:

• English

Mode of Study:

• residential

Thematic Focus:

• Environmental Issues
• Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
• Project Planning

Country(ies):

• USA

Town(s) or City(ies):
Monterey, California

Course fees:
The CLP fee is $1,500 for enrolled Monterey Institute students and $1,750 for all other participants. There is a $30 application fee. A non-refundable deposit of $400 will be due for all accepted participants on April 30, 2007. Full tuition is due May 10th, 2007.

Scholarships & Awards:
Federal Student Financial aid may be applicable.

Further Funding Information:
http://policy.miis.edu/programs/clp_tuition.html

Course's Webpage:
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