DONNA L. ERICKSON RESUME

Erickson Consulting, Inc.

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Missoula, Montana 59801 www.westernopenlands.com

Consulting Practice

Erickson Consulting, Inc provides technical assistance to land trusts and other land conservation

organizations in two main arenas: organizational development and landscape planning. Erickson

has particular expertise in private land protection and the conservation of open, working land.

Consulting services include:

Providing Standards and Practices assessments for land trusts

Helping land trusts prepare for accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation

Commission

Assisting in the preparation of organizational policies and procedures

Developing strategic land conservation plans

Facilitating strategic planning processes

Writing landscape management plans in collaboration with local organizations and

landowners

Professional Positions

2005-present President, Erickson Consulting, Inc.

2006-present Adjunct Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, The University

of Michigan

1989-2006 Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, The University of

Michigan. Chair, Landscape Architecture Program 1997-2002. Teaching and

research focus: land-use planning with emphasis on connected open-space

planning and conservation.

2003-2004 Fulbright Scholar, Canada-U.S. Scholars Program. University of British

Columbia.

2001-2006 Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Taubman College of

Architecture and Urban Planning, The University of Michigan

1996 Academic Associate, Oxford University, St. Peter's College, Oxford UK

Education

1988 Diploma Ingenieur Landschapsarchitectuur (Master of Landscape Architecture),

Wageningen University. Wageningen, The Netherlands

1986 Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, Washington State University. Pullman,

WA.

Publications Please see full list of publications at www.westernopenlands.com

Donna Erickson. 2006. MetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities.

Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 333p.

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Author of over two dozen refereed articles on landscape planning in scholarly journals such as

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Journal

of Planning Education and Research, Environmental Management, Landscape Ecology, Land

Use Policy, and Journal of Environmental Systems. Numerous articles and reviews in non-

refereed publications such as Planning and Zoning News, Small Town, Landscape Architecture

Magazine, and others.

Author of several book chapters in, for instance, Ecological Networks and Greenways: New

Paradigms for Ecological Planning (Cambridge University), Ecology and Design: Frameworks

for Learning (Island Press), and Human Systems Ecology (China Science and Technology Press).

Selected Awards and Honors

Fellow, Academy of Fellows, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. 2007

Fulbright Fellow, United States - Canada Fulbright Program. 2003-04

President s Award, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. 2002

Advisor, Grand Prize Team, National Green Space Design Student Competition. 2001

Selected Professional Activities

Technical Advisor, Missoula County (MT) Open Lands Committee, 2006-present.

Member, Missoula County (MT) Impact Fees Advisory Committee, 2008-present.

Member, Greenways Advisory Committee, Washtenaw County (MI) Parks and Recreation

Commission, 2000-02.

Member, Washtenaw County (MI) Agricultural Lands and Open Space Task Force,

Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, 1996-97.

President, Potawatomi Land Trust (now Washtenaw Land Trust), 1997-98. Vice President,

1993-97, Founding member of Board of Trustees, 1991-1999.

Chair, accreditation team at Harvard University (2005). Member, accreditation team at

University of Washington (2004). Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board.

Book Review Editor, Landscape Journal, 1996 2003; editorial board member 2003-

present.

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