Jon Hoekstra
Executive Director at The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
- Role
- Executive Director at Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jon Hoekstra
A forward-thinking and highly accomplished scientific executive with extensive local, national and international experience in strategic planning, non-profit operations, scientific research, environmental policy, and conservation practice. Expertise in climate change, ecology, endangered species, environmental issues, biodiversity, sustainability, fisheries, natural resources, and carbon. Leverages practical experience with strong communication skills to define clearly operational goals and objectives, including persuasive presentation and strategizing with executive and board leadership and all levels of management. An analytical evaluator and consistent producer who diagnoses problems and empowers teams to solve them, effectively positioning an organization as an industry leader.
Experience
Executive Director
Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust
Jun 2015 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Lead the Greenway Trust staff and Board of Directors in developing and implementing long-term strategies, programs and initiatives that carry out the mission of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Oversee all administrative and fiscal policies and functions. Serve as the primary public spokesperson for the Greenway Trust, promoting it to the public and donors. Engage partners, land managers and others in a way that produces synergies and collaboration among diverse constituents of the Greenway.
Education
Stanford University
B.S. with Distinction, Biological Sciences
1988 — 1992
Stanford University
M.S., Biological Sciences
1988 — 1993
University of Washington
Ph.D., Zoology
1995 — 2001
Skills
- Gis
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Carbon
- Science
- Environmental Policy
- Environmental Issues
- Environmental Awareness
- Environmental Planning
- Sustainable Development
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Biodiversity
- Grants
- Research
- Wildlife
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Education
- Natural Resources
- Arcgis
- Strategic Planning
- Wetlands
- Natural Resource Management
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Climate
- Nonprofits
- Non-Profits
- Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
- Ecosystem Services
- Ecological Restoration
- Endangered Species
- Fisheries
- Conservation Issues
- Ecology
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