Staff Bio
Mark Schaefer
Deputy Executive Director for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Mark Schaefer is Deputy Foundation Director for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and Director of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, at the Morris K. Udall Foundation. Prior to this he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science, Acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, and Assistant Director for Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. For several years, he was President and CEO of NatureServe, an international nonprofit scientific organization. He also served with the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government, leading their Washington, D.C. office. Early in his career he was a staff member at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and later at the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, initially as a congressional science fellow. He recently completed two terms as a member of the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the National Research Council. A biologist by training, he received a B.A. from the University of Washington, and Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Mark Schaefer, (520) 901-8513 schaefer@ecr.gov