Lynn Scarlett
The Nature Conservancy
Arlington,
VA
USA
Biographical Sketch: Former Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Lynn Scarlett is now Managing Director for Public Policy at The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Prior to joining TNC, she was Co-director of the Center for Management of Ecological Wealth at Resources for the Future. She also co-chaired the Large Landscape Conservation Practitioners’ Network. During her eight years at the Interior Department, Scarlett initiated a multi-agency Cooperative Conservation Task Force and chaired the Department’s Climate Change Task Force. She served on the Executive Committee of the President’s Management Council and also cochaired the First Lady’s Preserve America initiative on historic preservation. She is author or co-author of recent publications on climate change adaptation; urban greening; large landscape conservation; and science and decision making. Scarlett serves on the National Research Council Sustainability Linkages Committee and their U.S. Global Change Research Program Committee. Scarlett received her M.A. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she also completed her Ph.D. coursework and exams in political science.
Papers:
271
Introducing the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Council -- an international stakeholder working group in support of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Network