Southwest Collaboratives Support Network
Our Partners
Alan Barton
Collaboration Program Manager
New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
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I have studied and worked in the areas of natural resources sociology and law & policy for more than 30 years. During this time foresters have adopted principles of adaptive ecological management to create healthier forest ecosystems and have encouraged more community participation and collaboration in management decisions. As I have participated in several collaborative groups in New Mexico I have seen how collaborative partners can benefit by extending their collaborations to other like-minded organizations. I have worked to bring the SWCSN to life and appreciates the opportunity to engage each month with colleagues whose wealth of experience makes our peer-to-peer discussions so interesting and valuable.
Marjo Curgus
delcorazonconsulting@gmail.com
Del Corazón Consulting
I am the principal and sole proprietor of Del Corazón Consulting. I hold a Master’s in Community and Regional Planning and Master’s Certificate in Program Monitoring & Evaluation.
While my project portfolio is diverse, it has maintained three consistent themes: empowering communities to identify collaborative solutions to challenging problems, building effective leadership, creating new and innovative methods and tools. As a planner, I designed and facilitated the Growing Water Smart workshop for the Sonoran Institute, am leading the Colorado River headwater communities Water Saving Model Standards project assessing comprehensive plans and development codes for water conservation and supporting a USAID project in Nepal to develop integrated Water Resource Management across Western Nepal.
Lucy Moore
Mediator and Facilitator
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Having worked in the conflict resolution field for almost 40 years, I am a big believer in collaboration of all kinds. Joining forces when the need or the issue first arises can help avoid or lessen bumps in the road that can lead to major conflict. Collaboration also maximizes the impact that each group can have, as in ‘the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts.’ My practice involves multi-party, multi-issue disputes that may have a multi-year life span. They often involve government agencies and tribal governments and focus on natural resource and public policy issues. I believe deeply in the right of all voices to be heard and the responsibility of decision-makers to incorporate those voices in their thinking.
Tahnee Robertson
Facilitator, Mediator, and Collaboration Practitioner
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I am a professional facilitator, mediator and collaboration practitioner and the Director of Southwest Decision Resources, an Arizona-based facilitation team supporting more inclusive and informed decision making on natural resources and community issues in the southwestern US. For the past 20 years, my work has focused on designing and facilitating a wide range of collaborative efforts. My team and I also integrate capacity building into our work through training, peer-to-peer learning, and mentoring. I am a founding steering committee member of the Southwest Collaboratives Support Network, the Arizona Cross-Watershed Network, the Western Collaborative Conservation Network, and the Network for Arizona Trails.
Joe Zebrowski
Director of Geospatial Technology
New Mexico Highlands University
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I am NMHU’s Director of Geospatial Technology at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM. As a Visiting Instructor of Forestry, I teach remote sensing and geographic information systems courses at Highlands. I also facilitate collaborative conservation groups such as the Mountainair Ranger District Collaborative and the Estancia Basin Watershed Health Restoration and Monitoring Program. I am also the technical committee coordinator for the Greater Rio Grande Watershed Alliance. My research and applications interests center on the use of geospatial technologies in the support of collaborative conservation and watershed management. Landscape-scale restoration is a particular interest.
Stacy Beaugh
President and Co-owner
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I work with natural resource management-based collaboratives through strategic planning and facilitation, helping to lead all stakeholders involved through processes that support effective decision making and on-the-ground impact. Working on land and water issues often brings people from different value systems and philosophical perspectives together which can be challenging. Having the SW Collaborative Support Network is so useful for learning from, sharing successes and working through challenges with my peers and mentors.
Ann Gosline
Facilitator and Mediator
Borderlands Restoration Network
I have been a facilitator and mediator since 1984. The majority of my professional work was in the Northeast. My facilitation projects included multi-party groups/task-forces convened by governmental entities or non-profits to develop proposed rules or legislation, or recommendations, in transportation planning, wind-power siting, state/federal wetlands regulation, watershed planning, fisheries management, wildlife management, forestry practices, cross-boundary marine protected areas. My current focus has shifted from professional facilitation to work as a board member and ad hoc facilitator with a network of organizations in SE Arizona focused on habitat and watershed restoration, education, and building a restorative/regenerative economy.
Anna Murveit
Program Associate and Facilitator
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My work in river basins across the West has shown me the importance of multi-stakeholder dialogues to find creative and collaborative paths forward. As a professional facilitator and as a graduate student, my area of focus is water policy, climate adaptation, and conflict resolution. I am a member of SW Cousins for professional development and support in navigating the complex and vital role of facilitating natural resource collaboratives and stakeholder engagement processes.
Shannon Wadas
Associate Director
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RiversEdge West, the nonprofit I represent, focuses on riparian restoration through education, collaboration and technical assistance The nature of working on restoring riverside habitat across the southwest over large landscapes and varying jurisdictions requires dedication, patience and of course, partnerships. While this work has associated challenges, the positive impacts are certainly rewarding and the networking and relationships built truly help further this work. Having the opportunity to participate in the Southwest Collaborative Support Network to learn and share experiences with other facilitators, coordinators and leaders representing a wide variety of conservation collaboratives is invaluable, providing peer to peer exchanges in order to be more effective on the ground.
Emery Cowan
Program Coordinator
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition
I love my work at RVCC because it allows me to spend my days thinking and learning about how people can solve conservation issues in more cooperative and inclusive ways. I'm grateful to the SWCSN for the opportunity to engage with so many passionate and creative people who are thinking deeply about the intersection of social, economic and environmental aspects of this work.
Martha Graham
Source Water Protection Specialist
New Mexico Rural Water Association
I have a Ph.D. in anthropology and have worked with culturally sensitive issues throughout my professional career. Currently I am the Source Water Protection Specialist for the New Mexico Rural Water Association. I work with rural public water systems to safeguard their drinking water, including building community and government coalitions. Recent examples are the La Jara Source Water Protection Plan, the Village of Taos Ski Valley Region Source Water Protection Plan, and the Sile MDWSA Source Water and Conservation Plan. In the past I worked extensively on repatriation and other culturally sensitive issues concerning Native Americans and Indian tribes. I am trained in mediation and conflict resolution.
Jennifer Treutelaar Nelson
Regional Partnerships Program Manager
US Forest Service
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It is both a personal passion and a professional responsibility to encourage and nurture partnering and collaboration to identify and achieve shared goals. Working with Southwest Decision Resources, I led a region-wide project called “Taking Partnerships to the Next Level” that provided the spark and seed money for Arizona and New Mexico national forests to launch collaboratives with the support of co-conveners, among other outcomes. I’m working on making collaboration tools and best practices available for all employees in our region, and I support cross-pollination of collaborative efforts through participation in the SW Cousins.
Elliese Wright
Collaboration Specialist
New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
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I came to NMFWRI as an AmeriCorps VISTA, and have stayed on as a Collaboration Specialist. My work has focused on capacity building projects for place-based collaboratives and collaborative networks in the southwest. Before beginning my year as an AmeriCorps VISTA, I received my BS in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Toxicology. While completing my undergraduate studies, I spent a semester going to school in Ifrane, Morocco, where I studied gender and economic development. I have been able to use these experiences to inform my perspective in the Restorative Economy Discussion Group.