Director of Strategic Conservation at The Conservation Fund
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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- Director of Strategic Conservation at The Conservation Fund
- Instructor, Conservation Leadership Network at The Conservation Fund
- Past
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- Geographic Information Services at The Conservation Fund
- Research Associate, National Commission on the Environment at World Wildlife Fund
- Education
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Stanford University
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Will Allen’s Summary
The Conservation Fund’s Strategic Conservation Services use a green infrastructure planning approach — simultaneously focusing on the best lands to conserve and the best lands to accommodate development and human infrastructure — to help communities, state and federal agencies, and business organizations balance environmental and economic goals through strategies that lead to smarter, sustainable land uses.
Strategic Conservation recognizes that there are limited resources available to identify and protect the lands most suitable for conservation, and therefore, competing values, needs, and opportunities need to be evaluated in order to develop the most efficient and effective land conservation strategies.
Every community is unique, so we provide customized services that reflect each individual scenario. The Conservation Fund draws from its strategic conservation toolkit to help corporations, transportation agencies, military services, city and county elected officials, regional and watershed organizations, natural resource agencies and nonprofits design comprehensive and customized strategies that balance land protection and development.
The Fund’s services include strategic conservation guidance, GIS modeling and mapping, green infrastructure plans, decision support tool design and implementation, mitigation support, Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) assistance, military compatible use buffer program support.
Will Allen’s Specialties:
land use planning, conservation planning, geographic information systems, green infrastructure planning, project management
Will Allen’s Experience
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Director of Strategic Conservation
The Conservation Fund
(Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)
February 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)
With the Fund since 1994, Will is responsible for managing and delivering the Fund's projects involving green infrastructure planning, rapid open space assessments, compatible land use planning, and other strategic conservation planning efforts. Will is the co-editor of the Journal of Conservation Planning, a member of the American Planning Association and a founding member of the Society for Conservation GIS. Will received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Stanford University in 1993 and his Master of Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995.
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Instructor, Conservation Leadership Network
The Conservation Fund
(Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)
January 1997 — Present (13 years )
Design and delivery of curriculum on green infrastructure network design and GIS tools for strategic conservation planning.
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Geographic Information Services
The Conservation Fund
(Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)
May 1994 — February 2005 (10 years 10 months)
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Research Associate, National Commission on the Environment
World Wildlife Fund
(Environmental Services industry)
April 1992 — September 1992 (6 months)
Support for book "Choosing a Sustainable Future"
Will Allen’s Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MRP , City and Regional Planning , 1993 — 1995
environmental and land use planning, GIS
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Stanford University
BA , Urban Studies , 1989 — 1993
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Will Allen’s Interests:
land and water conservation, green infrastructure, strategic conservation planning, natural resources
Will Allen’s Groups:
American Planning Association, Stanford University Alumni, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Alumni
Will Allen’s Contact Settings
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