Alex’s experience in theater and film, ecotourism, communication, collaboration, and sustainability brings a distinct skillset to MSI. Alex works within the Forest Team to elevate voices and capture stories occurring within the innovative collaborative partnerships working across Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Alex’s communication and coordination work helps these partnerships achieve landscape-scale initiatives and effective cross-boundary management all while informing and engaging broader audiences.
Alex grew up in Steamboat Springs, CO, developing an early love for the outdoors and theater. After spending a cultural exchange year in Switzerland, Alex pursued an undergraduate degree in French and Geology before earning a Masters of the Environment, all at the University of Colorado. For five years, he was an adventure tour guide for French speakers in the western US and western Canada after which he held the role of Communications Director for Headwaters Alliance in Creede, CO. Alex has lived in cities and towns across the US and the world, learning that most of our environmental and natural resource problems are people problems — it’s all about relationships. He likes to think of creative ways that people can communicate and interact in order to have a future we can all live with. And by all, he means people, plants, animals, mushrooms, and everything else.
Alex tried to leave Colorado several times, but was inevitably drawn back, lured by the unrivaled access to trees, mountains, adventure, and family. He enjoys climbing, biking, running, hiking, and writing dystopian fiction.
Contact Alex at alex@mountainstudies.org
