North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle [also known as the Prototype State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR) focused on North America]

Mieke van der Wansem

Consensus Building Institute, Inc.

131 Mt. Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

phone: (617) 492-1414, ext. 19

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Consensus Building Institute (CBI), Cambridge, Massachusetts  September 1998 – Present

A not-for-profit organization that provides mediation and dispute system design services to public and private clients worldwide.

            Vice President for Research, Evaluation, and Special Projects and for Management. Conduct conflict assessments and develop negotiation and consensus building training courses for public and non-profit organizations. Convene and facilitate public meetings and on-going policy dialogues. Train various audiences on facilitation and stakeholder participation approaches. Design multi-party negotiation simulations. Conduct research on and write about the use of mediation in solving land use disputes. Program Manager for CBI work in the Netherlands. Manage CBI’s program development.

 

Consultant                  February 1997 – August 1998

            Oxfam America, Boston, Massachusetts -.Conducted a research survey on hydrology and fish studies of the Mekong River Basin.

 

            Consensus Building Institute (CBI), Cambridge, Massachusetts – Project Advisor.

 

            Stonyfield Farm, Inc., Londonderry, New Hampshire - Set up a corporate Carbon Mitigation Program and wrote a brochure on how to start a Carbon Mitigation Program for other businesses.

 

            World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, D.C. - Wrote a technical report on participation and facilitation in the Cambodian National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) process.

 

World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, D.C.         November 1990 - January 1997

An independent center for policy research and technical assistance on global environmental and development issues.

Associate and Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific, Center for International Development and Environment. October 1992 - January 1997

            Managed the Cambodia Environmental Management Project (CEMP) and served as Environmental Policy Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment -- based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (for eight months).

            Coordinated the USAID-Indonesia Environmental Assessment and Strategy.

            Managed the "Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Capacity in Asia" project.

 

Program Analyst, Center for International Development and Environment. November 1991 - September 1992

 

Research Assistant, Resource and Environmental Information Program.            November 1990 - October 1991

United Nations Environment Programme, Bangkok, Thailand           June – August 1989

UN agency addressing the management of global and regional environmental issues.

            Intern

            Researched and wrote a report on alternative policies for addressing climate change in Asia and the Pacific.

 

Center for Environmental Management, Tufts University, Medford, MA.     July - October 1990

Research center addressing local, national, and international environmental management issues.

            Research Assistant.

            Assisted in the preparation of a case study on the regional, national, and local boundaries of decision-making and implementation of global climate change responses in New England and Eastern Canada.

 

International Institute for Management and Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland          May 1986 - June 1987

International management school with advanced programs for senior executives and an MBA program.

            Public Relations Coordinator and Editor.

 

United Nations Association of Greater Boston, Boston, MA.        January - December 1985

Association set up to create awareness of the United Nations and the issues they address.

            Co-Executive Director.

 

EDUCATION

 

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, August 1990. Masters thesis topic: Alternative Policies for Addressing Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific. Teaching Assistant for Professors William Moomaw and Rick Wetzler for a graduate and undergraduate course on Environmental Science, Spring 1990.

 

Boston University, Boston, MA.

Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications, May 1985.

 

PERSONAL

 

U.S. Permanent Resident, Dutch citizenship

 

Fluent in English, Dutch, and French. Reading knowledge of German, and beginning Indonesian.