Lead, Ecosystem-based Adaptation Thematic Group, Commission on Ecosystem Management, International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Chair, Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers
Editorial Board, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Nature and Society Section
Participant/Member in Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition
Participant/Member in Union of Concerned Scientists Science Network
Recipient of 2015 Radical Center Researcher Award, The Quivira Coalition, “to recognize those individuals who have shown remarkable and enduring leadership in the difficult job of working in the radical center – the place where people are coming together to explore their common interests rather than argue their differences” (Other winners include Dr. Richard Knight, Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan, Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, Dr. Christine Jones)