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Chief Executive Officer, CEO | Executive Director

Other Affiliations: University of Colorado, Center for the Study of Conflict, Collaboration, and Creative Governance
Rocky Mountain Peace Institute, Environmental Security and Peacebuilding Roster Manager

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge

Thesis Title: Political Ecology of Mangroves in southern Honduras: Emergence and Evolution of Environmental Conflict in the Gulf of Fonseca 1973 - 2006

About

Matthew has lived in multiple countries and worked in over a half dozen. In 1999 he was competitively selected to become a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow under the Clinton Administration where he served until 2001. Following 9/11, he served as the Senior Program Manager for Latin America | Caribbean with the US Department of Commerce, NOAA Research’s Office of International Activities, 2001 – 2007.

Matthew has studied at a number of prominent universities worldwide. He most recently completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge, England 2004 – 2008. Prior studies included a Master of Philosophy in Peace Studies at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland 1998-1999; study abroad at the University of Edinburgh, Old College of Law and Social Sciences, Scotland 1996-1997; and the University of Tulsa’s Political Science and Legal Studies program in the United States 1993-1998.

Matthew has traveled extensively to conduct research throughout Central America, where he conducted his doctoral fieldwork in southern Honduras. As a researcher in the Political Ecology of Development (PED) Research Group at Cambridge, he developed an innovative approach to analyze environmental conflicts. Geographically, his academic work is focused on the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He is a bilingual practitioner, particularly interested in the issues associated with the politics, management, and human ecology of natural resources; particularly environmental conflict and governance. His experiences in public service, academia, and as a practitioner in the private sector have made his approach to some of the most critical social and environmental challenges incisive.

During the Spring of 2010, Dr. King returned to his undergraduate university as the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Lecturer in Politics and Law.

He is currently the CEO for The Living GREEN Foundation and manages the environmental security and peacebuilding roster for the Rocky Mountain Peace Institute.

His selected works are available at Select Works of Matthew W. King

Creative Facilitation (Expert, 11 years experience)
Strategy Facilitation (Expert, 11 years experience)
Conflict Analysis (Expert, 12 years experience)
Consensus Building/Policy Dialogues (Expert, 12 years experience)
Change Management (Advanced, 10 years experience)
Mediation/Dispute Resolution Systems Design (Expert, 10 years experience)
Fact Finding/Neutral Evaluations (Expert, 10 years experience)
Training Design and Delivery (Expert, 11 years experience)
Academic Research and Teaching (Expert, 10 years experience)
Negotiation (Expert, 14 years experience)
Environmental Services (Expert, 11 years experience)
Socioeconomic Analysis (Advanced, 6 years experience)
Environmental Education (Expert, 15 years experience)
Public Participation (Advanced, 10 years experience)
Social Communications and Marketing (Advanced, 18 years experience)
Discourse Analysis (Expert, 7 years experience)
Market Research (Advanced, 5 years experience)

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