A clear-eyed assessment of where you are, a vision for where you need to be, and a practical roadmap to get there. I help organizations define what sustainability actually means for their specific context, not a borrowed framework, but one built around your place, your stakeholders, and your constraints. That includes the frameworks, targets, and accountability structures to make it real, as well as the stewardship principles that ensure the destination is cared for by the people and organizations responsible for it. For destinations navigating the tension between economic vitality and community wellbeing, this work creates the shared foundation that lets you act with intention rather than react to pressure.

Destinations are on the front lines of climate change, whether that’s ski resorts confronting shrinking seasons, coastal communities managing erosion and sea level rise, or cities absorbing the heat and weather volatility that’s already here. I develop strategies that address both sides of the equation: reducing your emissions footprint and building resilience for what’s already coming. I specialize in GHG inventories, decarbonization pathways, climate risk assessments and adaptation plans.

A destination management plan is a strategic framework for how a place is stewarded, not just marketed. It brings together visitor management, stakeholder governance, product development, infrastructure, environmental stewardship and community wellbeing into a coordinated strategy that all partners can work from. I develop DMPs with sustainability built in as a core lens rather than a chapter at the back. That means the plan reflects the full picture: the economic goals, the environmental limits, the resident experience, and the kind of destination you actually want to be in ten years.