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TRACK RECORD

Tested where the
stakes are highest.

Selected work from two decades of independent practice.

Pasture below the foothills in Idaho’s Snake River Basin
01 WATER-RIGHTS LITIGATION

Challenging $500M
in water rights.

Led the scientific strategy, research team, fundraising, and coalition-building for ranching families and conservation interests in a four-year effort in Idaho’s Snake River Basin Adjudication, working closely with legal counsel.

SNAKE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO
A shrunken river winding through the dry bed of a drawn-down reservoir
02 CORPORATE WATER RISK

Preparing executives
for a water crisis.

For a Fortune 500 company, briefed senior executives on global water scarcity and corporate water risk, then built a realistic water-crisis scenario for a major facility in Asia, with mitigation options, as the basis for executive crisis-management simulations.

ASIA
Aerial view of a glacier and its meltwater lake in Chilean Patagonia
03 HYDROPOWER ASSESSMENT

Weighing the true
cost of big dams.

Led MIT’s year-long evaluation of five proposed hydroelectric dams in Chilean Patagonia—carbon impacts, glacial-lake flood risk, reservoir operations, and water quality—supervising five master’s theses and fieldwork from ice field to sea.

RÍO BAKER, CHILE
Looking down into a meter vault at a water flow meter and data logger
04 MUNICIPAL STRATEGY

Integrating a city’s
water decisions.

Three years as Strategic Water Advisor to the Mayor of Ketchum, including project manager for the city’s water and wastewater portfolio—spanning rights, supply, infrastructure, rates, policy, and financing.

KETCHUM, IDAHO
Clients have included county governments, municipalities, landowners, ranching associations, canal companies, private equity, private investors, and Fortune 500 companies.DOWNLOAD CV

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Bring a specific question or bring the whole situation. Some calls end with a clear, direct answer. Others get to the crux: identifying the issues that matter most and raising the critical questions.

This is more than an hour on the phone. Start with a short application. If it’s a fit, you’ll receive a link to book and pay, then share key documents—water-rights records, deal terms, maps—so I’ve studied your situation before we speak. The 60-minute session focuses on your question and is followed by a written summary: the answer, or your options and next steps.

  1. 01Application
  2. 02Document review
  3. 0360-minute session
  4. 04Written summary

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