Dean’s Advisory Council

The Dean’s Advisory Council is a board of accomplished Warner College of Natural Resources alumni selected by the Dean to provide strategic counsel and to support Warner College’s vision to be a global leader in natural resource education, research, and engagement.  The Council helps increase the visibility and reputation of Warner College locally and nationally, is invested in the College’s future, and supports the development and strengthening of relationships with industry leaders. The Council meets twice a year and is composed of 10-15 members.

DR. FRANCISCO DALLMEIER

DIRECTOR, SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE’S CENTER FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

M.S. and Ph.D in WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Francisco Dallmeier directs the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation and Sustainability. The Center’s mission is to apply the expertise of the Smithsonian to integrate conservation needs with sustainable development priorities. Dallmeier has a wide range of global experience in planning for biodiversity-friendly working landscapes, sustainable infrastructure conservation planning, quantification of the Mitigation Hierarchy tool toward no-net loss of biodiversity, scenario planning to inform policy makers, Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment Programs (BMAP), human-wildlife conflicts, and professional training programs for conservation leaders and professionals.

Dallmeier leads and manages international projects with operations in Washington, D.C., Peru, Paraguay, and Gabon. He is a team-oriented leader with 30 years of experience assessing the impact of development projects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. His expertise also includes designing development project mitigation strategies within policies and legal frameworks to achieve sustainable infrastructure goals.

Dallmeier regularly advises senior leadership of corporations, governments and NGOs with demonstrated collaborative excellence in interdisciplinary and multicultural science and capacity building for projects in biodiversity-rich areas and critical habitats. He was an early innovator in co-developing (with the energy industry) the inland’offshore exploration and development approach, no roads for sensitive tropical rainforest areas and the Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment Program (BMAP) now used worldwide.

He has been an adviser for the energy and mining sectors, NGOs, international financial organizations and governments and is an expert adviser on self-actualization and environmental leadership development and training. He is also a Certified Associate Meta-Coach and Practitioner, and a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Neuro-Semantics and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

DAVID GIBSON  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – ’77 B.S. Wildlife Biology

David Gibson is a senior environmental and social specialist for the International Finance Corporation in Washington, DC. He has worked in more than 50 countries providing business solutions to reduce environmental and social risks and has extensive operational experience in forestry, bioenergy, agrifood, and hospitality supply chains.

Gibson is a qualified and accredited Lead Auditor across several sustainability standards with extensive experience in climate change risk assessment and adaptation strategy development. Since 2011, Gibson has served on the External Advisory Board of the Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) for the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization. He was also the founding member of The Tropical Forest Management Trust, Forest Stewardship Council, and Trade Standards Practitioner’s Network.

He earned his B.S. in wildlife biology from Colorado State University in 1977 and then graduated from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1984 with a M.S. in forest management and land use planning.

SCOTT GILMORE

DENVER, CO – ’94 B.S. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Scott Gilmore is deputy executive director of Denver Parks and Planning. Denver Parks consists of 250 urban parks of close to 6,000 acres and the Denver Mountain Parks system made up of 22 parks, 24 conservation areas (14,000 acres total) and 2 bison herds.

Gilmore graduated in 1994 with a B.S. in wildlife biology and minors in fisheries and conservation biology. He was recruited by the Colorado Division of Wildlife to help create a small urban fishing program that would introduce urban youth to the joys of fishing and conservation. In 2004, this program was recognized by the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as having one of the most innovative and successful urban fishing programs in the nation.

In 1996, Gilmore and his wife co-founded the nonprofit organization, Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK). Through fun educational experiences such as fishing, hiking, and camping, urban youth are inspired to become responsible, engaged citizens and stewards to Colorado’s natural resources.

CHARLIE GRIMWOOD

FORT COLLINS, CO – ’69 B.S. OUTDOOR RECREATION

Charlie Grimwood is the owner of Grimwood Strategies LLC, a consulting company specializing in organizational strategy and performance improvement. He retired in 2015 from Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS, where he was vice president of regional development.

He serves as a chair on the Rocky Mountain Sustainability and Science network, is a member of the Board of Trustees of Kansas Wesleyan University, and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Grimwood was president, campaign chair, and the 2004 “outstanding volunteer” for the Salina Area United Way and has a legacy of professional and community involvement in a wide variety of organizations.

In 2012, Grimwood was honored as Colorado State University Distinguished Alumnus and was also recognized the Charles A. Lory Public Service Award.  The award recognizes one individual each year that has exceptional and sustained leadership in the community, professional field, or personal commitments, and has given a significant contribution of time and talent to the University.

Grimwood received his B.S. in outdoor recreation from Colorado State University 1969, a M.S. in administration from Central Michigan University, and an M.S. in biology and a Ph.D. in ecology from Kansas State University.

SUSAN HOWARD

CO-FOUNDER and MANAGING DIRECTOR, HOWARD DELAFIELD INTERNATIONAL LLP

Susan Howard is a successful entrepreneur and passionate educator who applies design thinking, principles of gamification and game-based learning, direct-to-consumer marketing, research, and creative ideation tools to understand the intrinsic link between health, environmental, social, and economic challenges and provides both her clients and students with an arsenal of tools to ultimately adopt, advocate for, or design transformative solutions at an individual, campus, community or global level.

In her leadership role as co-founder and managing director of Howard Delafield International, LLP (HDI), Susan has secured and managed over $35 million in funding to design products, programs and implement interventions that embody a systems-approach to solving humanitarian, global health, and environmental challenges. Her research on human behaviors and the causal loop of self-inflicted harm through disease emergence was published in the Journal Environmental Communication in 2021. Her research used game-based learning approaches and simulations to demonstrate this systemic connection.

The company she co-founded and her multidisciplinary team of more than 25 product designers, researchers, marketers, communication specialists, and subject matter experts are pioneers in applying games and gamification to solve global health and sustainable development challenges. The Game of Choice, Not Chance, a USAID-funded, Direct-to-Consumer platform targeting adolescents in India experienced over 100,000 downloads of the first of a suite of games on the Google Play Store in the first 3 months of launch.

The daughter of Indian immigrants, Susan received her Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a dual specialization in Health Systems and Global Health, and her PhD with a research interest in the applications of game-based learning in One Health in the Environmental Science and Policy Department of George Mason University. She received her undergraduate degree in English from Wesleyan University. Complementing Susan’s academic background and professional experience is her commitment to service that includes her active volunteer involvement with the National Park Service, where she earned recognition through the 2016 NPS Centennial Service Award. An avid outdoors person, she enjoys hiking, biking, and ocean kayaking. Susan also is an amateur painter and supports artists both locally and internationally.

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BOB MCDONALD

FORT COLLINS, CO – ’66 B.S. FISHERIES SCIENCE
’74 M.S. NATURAL RESOURCE ADMINISTRATION

Robert McDonald has more than 50 years of experience in the environmental professional field working for Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management and several Environmental Engineering firms where he held executive level positions. He was instrumental in developing agency regulations to comply with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. He has managed more than 400 interdisciplinary environmental analysis studies for various types of industrial projects throughout the United States. He is a Qualified Environmental Professional and a Certified Environmental Professional and is a past president of the National Association of Environmental Professionals and a Board Trustee for the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice. He was awarded IPEP’s annual award in 2008 for Professional Development and Mentoring.
McDonald earned his B.S. in fisheries science in 1966 and his M.S. in natural resource administration in 1974 both from Colorado State University.

GREG ROUSH

DENVER, CO – ’81 B.S. WATERSHED SCIENCE

Greg Roush is the chief operating officer of Leonard Rice Engineering, Inc. He has been with the company for more than 30 years providing municipal and business clients with strategic counsel and technical expertise in water rights engineering, acquisitions, and portfolio protection, watershed yield analysis, management, and protection.

He also currently serves as the President of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado and is past chairman of the Water Resources Committee of American Society of Civil Engineers of Colorado. He has worked across the region on a broad range of water rights issues from river basin modeling for State adjudications, crop and wetland consumptive use analyses, to specific changes of water rights in water court for cities and private industries such as snowmaking for a ski area, and more.

Roush received his B.S. in watershed science from Colorado State University in 1981.

ROBERT STOLLAR

LAGUNA BEACH, CA – ’69 M.S. GEOLOGY

Robert Stollar is a partner with Regenesis Management Group and an affiliate faculty and member of the Geosciences Advisory Council for the Department of Geosciences in CSU’s Warner College of Natural Resources. Stollar previously founded and served as president and chief technical officer of R.L. Stollar and Associates, an environmental and groundwater consulting firm, from 1983 until he sold the firm in 1991.

Stollar has served as a consultant providing project management and technical assistance on projects related to groundwater resources, financial allocation of responsibility for remediation, contaminant hydrogeology, groundwater modeling, monitoring, aquifer remediation and the environmental impact of hazardous materials for a wide range of clients throughout the United States.

He received the Willem Rudolf’s Medal for Outstanding Contribution on Industrial Waste Control, was the Geological Society of America John F. Mann Mentor in Applied Hydrogeology, and was also selected as a recipient of the Colorado State University Distinguished Alumni Award and commencement speaker.

Stollar received his B.A. in geology from Hunter College before getting his M.S in geology with a specialty in hydrology from Colorado State University in 1969.

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TOM THOMPSON  

DENVER, CO – B.S. ’68 FOREST MANAGEMENT

Tom Thompson is the owner of TLThompson Consulting, LLC and is an accomplished leader in the forestry profession who is recognized as one of the most influential foresters in the nation. Thompson worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 36 years, and worked his way through the ranks from forester-trainee to U.S. Forest Service Deputy Chief at the time of his retirement in 2005.

Thompson has been an active and valued member of the Society of American Foresters since 1968. He was named a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters in 1995 and served as the President of the Society in 2008.Thompson is also a strong advocate for the history of sustainable forestry, and is a board member and past director for the National Museum of Forest Service History. He is the executive producer of the award-winning film “The Greatest Good,” a documentary on the history of the Forest Service. The film is shown in classrooms around the country.

Thompson earned his B.S. in forest management from Colorado State University in 1968.

DR. BEN TUGGLE

PRESIDENT, IMPULSE ABT, LLC
FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR for SCIENCE APPLICATIONS with U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Dr. Benjamin N. Tuggle, a dynamic conservation leader and diversity champion, was with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 40 years prior to his retirement in 2019. In his last position before retirement he served as the Service’s Assistant Director for Science Applications. He fostered collaboration among federal, state and local natural resource agencies, Native American tribes, private sector and non-governmental environmental groups in order to develop and advocate the use of sound science to promote good decision-making for fish and wildlife conservation and management.

Prior to that position, Dr. Tuggle served as the Regional Director for the Southwest Region for eleven years and provided leadership and policy direction for the conservation of natural resources to 1,000 Service employees in the four-state area of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. During his tenure, he successfully managed some of the nation’s most complex and controversial natural resource management issues, including Endangered Species.

Throughout his prominent career, Dr. Tuggle has been a tireless advocate for field biologists and researchers working on notable wildlife conservation issues and continues to promote the development, distribution and use of rigorous scientific information in making wildlife management decisions. He has continued to prioritize the development of opportunities for youth, and particular minority youth, in natural sciences and natural resources management, while emphasizing keystone values of scientific innovation, integrity and diversity.

Dr. Tuggle holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (1975) in Biology from Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley GA; and Master of Science (1977) and Doctor of Philosophy (1982) Degrees from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. As a result of his academic pursuits, he has written 16 publications in 8 referred scientific journals and 3 chapters in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publications. He has also served as an editor for 3 Department of Interior publications. He is currently the President of Impulse ABT, LLC and on the National Board of Conservation Without Conflict.

ED WARNER  

DENVER, CO – B.S. ’68 GEOSCIENCES
HONORARY PH.D.  ’11 

Ed Warner is past president and owner of Expedition Oil Company and is known for his outstanding volunteer and philanthropy work. He spent 30 years as an exploration geologist, and founded Expedition Oil 1982. The company partnered with Casper, Wyo.-based McMurry Oil Co. to acquire a small natural gas field in west-central Wyoming, now known as Jonah Field. Warner discovered innovative methods to tap Jonah Field, which has been estimated to contain more than 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – 1.5 percent of the nation’s reserves. Jonah Field is responsible for creating 600 jobs in Wyoming and, over its expected 75-year lifetime, will create more than $30 billion in economic activity – including more than $3 billion in tax revenue for Wyoming.

In 2005, Warner donated $30 million to his beloved alma mater, which responded by naming the college the Warner College of Natural Resources. His gift established endowed chairs in Economic Geology and Geophysics, funded teaching assistantships and created the Center of Collaborative Conservation. His donation was the largest gift in CSU’s history at the time it was received, and remains one of the largest still today.

He is a partner and joint venture liaison with Regenesis Management Group and is also a Director of the Sand County Foundation, Director of the Explorers Foundation, past director of the Geological Society of America Foundation, a trustee of the American Geological Institute Foundation, and Board of Trustee member for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Warner has received Public Service Awards from the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Warner received his B.S. in geosciences from Colorado State University in 1968 before earning his M.S. in geology from University of California in Los Angeles in 1971.  In 2011 he also received a degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from CSU.

CINDY WILLIAMS

B.S. and M.S. Geology

Cindy Williams received both her BS and MS in Geology from Colorado State University and holds a Certificate of Executive Leadership from the University of Denver Daniel’s College of Business.

Cindy is an accomplished executive with 30 years of domestic and international mining experience. Rising from a role as an exploration geologist in South America, Cindy went on to serve as Vice President of Solutions and Innovation and Vice President of Business Opportunity Creation at Newmont Mining, one of the world’s largest gold companies, where she worked from 1992 to 2013. In these roles she led global exploration, development, technical services, innovation, and due diligence programs. Cindy served as a Corporate Officer of Newmont Mining, and as the highest-ranking female employee.

A passionate community organizer and outdoor recreator, Cindy now serves as Co-Chair of Envision Chaffee County.  Envision is a nonprofit convened by unanimous decree of the Chaffee County Commissioners in 2017 to catalyze community visioning and action.  Envision engaged more than 1,500 people and 80 organizations to create a shared community vision and now leads the community to implement programs that address beautiful landscapes, clean water, small town vibrancy, recreation, friendly people, healthy forests and thriving wildlife.

Envision wins provide an example of community stewardship action for the west.  As a result of the program, the community passed Ballot Issue 1A in 2018, creating a county sales tax that provides roughly $1.5 million per year to support healthy forests and agricultural lands.  In 2019, the Next Generation Community Wildfire Protection Plan was completed.  The Envision Forest Health Council is on track to implement 30,000 acres of treatments by 2030 to cut the risk of severe wildfire in half.  In 2021 the Chaffee Outdoor Recreation Management Plan was completed, providing a new community-driven model to manage outdoor recreation growth in a way that retains exceptional experiences, a healthy environment, and the economic benefits of outdoor recreation.

Cindy was named Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year in 2019, nominated by Chaffee County Commissioner and Envision Co-lead Greg Felt.

KEN WILSON

EMERITUS PROFESSOR and FORMER DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR FISH, WILDLIFE, and CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Ken is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University, where he served on the faculty from August 1991 until retiring on December 31, 2020. During this time, he also served as Department Head from 2006-2018. Over his career, he enjoyed teaching over 10 courses from the freshmen level to the graduate level.

Along with his students and colleagues, he conducted research on wildlife management, conservation, and ecology related to impacts of human activities on wildlife, population ecology especially of small mammals, and understanding patterns of species richness and our ability to predict species distributions across the landscape. He is enjoying more time to visit with family and friends, travel the world, meet new people, and, of course, spend more time hiking, fishing, wildlife watching, and boating in nature. He is excited to help WCNR maintain and expand a tremendously respected conservation vision as a global leader in natural resources education, research, and outreach.