Nils D. Christoffersen is the Executive Director of Wallowa Resources, an organization he joined in 1999 as the first Field Program Manager. Wallowa Resources is a community based non-profit working to sustain working lands, and the associated livelihoods, in Wallowa County. Over the past 14 years, Mr. Christoffersen has managed the development of Wallowa Resources’ watershed stewardship and education programs, as well as their for-profit subsidiary investments in biomass and renewable energy. He has a Bachelor’s in Economics from Williams College (Massachusetts), and a Master’s in Forestry from Oxford University (UK). His work experience includes 6 years in Eastern and Southern Africa, with an emphasis on community based natural resource management. Previously, he worked with the European Commission on matters related to CITES, elephants and marine mammals, and field work in Australia (livestock production), UK (forestry), Norway (forestry and fishing), and Israel (agriculture). Nils currently serves on the Oregon Board of Forestry and the Enterprise School Board.  Previously he served on the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (2003-2008), and Chaired the Governor of Oregon’s Eastside Forest Advisory Panel from 2003-2005.  Nils is married to Anette Christoffersen. They have two children: Silje (18) and Nikolai (16). Mr. Christoffersen has contributed to a variety of publications, including: Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration: Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture. Edited by Dave Egan, Evan E. Hjerpe, and Jesse Abrams. Island Press. 2011.