CURRICULUM VITAE

MICHAEL JAMES MORTIMER

Office:

Virginia Tech, Northern Virginia Center

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Falls Church, Virginia 22043

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EDUCATION

2001 Ph.D. University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation,

Missoula, MT. (Forest Resource Policy)

1991 J.D. Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, PA.

(Law)

1988 B.A. Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA.

(Biology and English)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, Natural Resources Programs, 2008-CurrentVirginia Tech, National Capitol Region, Falls Church, VA

Supervisor for graduate program operations, includi ng 25 adjunct faculty, staff,

more than 160 graduate students, and a $1 million annual budget

Administrative, teaching, and research responsibilities including program

development & operation, budget planning & oversight, personnel hiring &

performance evaluation, and research design & implementation

Director of Forest Policy, 2007-2008Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD

Responsible for forest-related policy analysis and policy advocacy

Staff liaison for congressional affairs, federal legislation, federal agency

initiatives, state-related policy development, and coalition building

Regular interactions with congressional staff & federal agency leadership

Assistant Professor of Forest Law and Policy, 2001-2007Faculty of Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Research, teaching, and extension work in the areas of public forest

management, forest policy development and implementation, private

forestland regulations and conservation, state and local government

interactions, environmental conflicts, and natural resource law

Special Assistant Attorney General, 1998-2001Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Missoula, MT

Practice included litigation and advising with an emphasis in natural resource

issues, including state land-use management, water quality enforcement,

and wildfire mitigation and recovery across 5 million acres of state lands and

another 6 million acres of private forest land

Member of the agency management teams responsible for the development

and implementation of resource policies affecting old -growth forests,

threatened and endangered species, sustainable forestry practices, and the

state timber program

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Forest Policy Analyst, 1999-2001

Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

Research, writing, and editing in the areas of forest health, forest management,

and forest products in both state and federal settings

Attorney-at-Law, 1991-1996

Sole practitioner, Pittsburgh, PA

Specialty in Indian Gaming and Video Gambling Law

PEER REVIEW AND LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP PUBLICATIONS (Student co-authors are

underlined)

REFEREED PRESENTATION PROCEEDING

. 2000. Investigation and Enforcement of Streamside Management Zone

Violations, Montana DNRC Service Forestry Bureau, Forest Practices Annual Training,

Missoula, Montana, May 2.

Mortimer, M.J. 1999. Commercial Lease Development, Montana DNRC Land Use Planning

and Management Annual Training, Bozeman, Montana, September 22.

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MEDIA APPEARANCES

The Roanoke Times

The Missoulian

The Forestry Source

Washington Times

Contra Costa Times

Los Angeles Times

Denver Post

Arizona Republic

New York Newsday

Timber Talk, KZHE Radio

E&E Greenwire

TVW- Inside Olympia

E&E Land Letter

EXPERT TESTIMONY

Before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, regarding review of recent litigation on

Forest Service firefighting and forest health efforts, on behalf of the Society of

American

Foresters, Washington, DC. November 15, 2005.

ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT/CO-TAUGHT

Natural Resource Law and Policy (Virginia Tech, NR 5534) 2009, 2010, 2011

Environmental Conflict Management (Virginia Tech, FOR 5134) 2005, 2008, 2010

Study Abroad in China (Virginia Tech, NR 5954), 2010, 2011

Law of Natural Resource Management (Virginia Tech, FOR 5124) 2003, 2004, 2006

Forest Resource Policy (Virginia Tech, FOR 443*-****-****

Science and Policy in Natural Resource Issues (Virginia Tech, UH 3004) 2002, 2003

GRADUATE STUDENTS COMPLETED

Michelle Ryan, MNR, 2011

Meghan Morse, MNR, 2010

Stephen A. Predmore, PhD, 2009, Co-Chair with Dr. Carolyn Copenheaver

Lauren Stull, MS, 2007

Anthony Scardina, MS, 2004

Jeffrey Huff, MS, 2004, Co-Chair with Dr. Harry Haney

-Prior service on 2 PhD, 4 MS, 1 MF, and 3 MNR Committees

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING

Daniel Goerlich, PhD

James Freeman, PhD, Co-chair with Dr. Marc Stern

Cynthia Musick, PhD, Co-chair with Dr. John Munsell

Andrea Auerbauch, MNR

Amy Anderson, MNR

David Bennett, MNR

Julie Bessette, MNR

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Karleigh Burns, MNR

David Foulis, MNR

Tommi Tyler, MNR

-Currently a member of 3 PhD and 7 MNR committees

FUNDED ACTIVITIES

Green Infrastructure Assessment: Mapping and Evaluating the Support System for Green

Infrastructure Planning in the United States

USDA Forest Service

$217,014

April 2011July 2012

Co-PI with D. Robertson, R. Hull, and K. Wernstedt

Virginia Chesapeake Bay Implementation Program

Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Conservation and Recreation

$186,791

January 2009December 2011

Graduate seminar: Bioenergy and family forests

American Forest Foundation

$30,000

December 2008 June 2010

Co-PI with J. Alavalapati and J. Munsell

Best practices for NEPA decisionmaking: Lessons from Forest Service litigation

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

$125,000

September 2008December 2010

Co-PI with C. Ryan and K. Richards

Success in Forest Service NEPA projects and its determinants

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

$235,000

September 2007December 2011

Co-PI with M. Stern

Agency decisionmaking and NEPA in recreation management projects

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

$55,000

August 2007December 2009

Co-PI with M. Stern

Comparing NEPA processes across federal land management agencies

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

$39,000

July 2006 July 2007

Co-PI with M. Stern

Virginia's local forest-related ordinances

Virginia Forestry Association, Sustainable Forestry Initiative

$25,000

March 2005 March 2006

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Research on guidelines for using models for forest carbon accounting: A synthesis

USDA Forest Service

$22,000

October 2003 June 2004

Co-PI with S. Prisley

PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY REVIEWS

Director's Award for Superior Achievement, Montana Department of Natural Resou rces &

Conservation, 2001.

Graduate Research Fellowship, Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, Montana,

1998.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, December 1991

Admitted to practice law in Montana, December 1996

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA

Community Energy Plan Task Force Member, 2011 -

ST

1 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON AMERICAN FOREST POLICY (2008)

Steering Committee Member, 2006-2008

VIRGINIA TECH

Member, Northern Virginia Center Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs, Search

Committee, 2009

Member, Northern Virginia Center Space Committee, 2009

National Capitol Region representative to the University Commission on Graduate

Studies, 2008-2009

College Coordinator, Presidential Management Fe llow Program (PMF) 2005-present

College Representative, Faculty International Development Program, 2006

Faculty Senator, Forestry Department, 2004 -2007

Member, Department Budget and Planning Committee, 2002 -2004

Member, Department Graduate Affairs Committee, 2004-2006

Member, College Faculty Affairs Committee 2002 -2004

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS, Bethesda, MD

Forest Policy Committee, 2002-2004

Forest Policy Committee Chair, 2003-2004

Forest Practice Regulation Task Force, 2002 -2006

Certified Forester Examination Subject Matter Expert/Author, 2006

VIRGINIA SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS

Policy Chair, 2001-2007

Chair, 2006

Chair-Elect, 2005

NATIONAL CAPITOL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS

Chair, 2010

Chair-Elect, 2009

VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

Governmental Affairs Committee Member, 2002 -2005

Woodland Security Task Force Member, 2001 -2003

Reforestation Tax Form Modification Subcommittee Member, 2004 -2005

Forest Ordinances Task Force Member, 2006 -2007

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Society of American Foresters

International Association for Society & Natural Resources

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