Practical Strategies for Higher Values
Consulting, contracting, and project management services to public, non-profit, and private sector clients:
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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES:
Sustainability Integrate economic, social, and conservation objectives for the highest overall benefit at the lowest cost. Environmental management Assess resource systems for ecological, geophysical, and economic values. Preserve and enhance diverse market and non-market values and potentials. Land Planning and Management Planning, advisory, and contracting services for owners and stewards of land. |
Mark Picton:
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Mark Picton
markpicton1@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seeking a permanent position or consulting work with a governmental agency, non-governmental organization, or business group, helping to craft solutions to environmental challenges in planning, management, and policy realms which create a more ecologically and socially sustainable society.
Independent contracting in real property planning and management: developing practical strategies for higher values. Design, permitting, contracting, and supervision.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Theoretical and practical expertise in land and natural resource planning, policy, and regulation, and business and investment mechanisms.
• Over 2O years of experience in construction contracting and conservation development.
• LEED Accredited Professional for green building certification.
• Seven years of experience in land use regulatory review and decision making.
• Masters degree in Environmental Management, January 2012
EDUCATION
Yale University, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Master of Environmental Management, January 2012
• Concentration: Policy, Law, Governance, and Social Ecology of Conservation and Development.
• Selected coursework: Law: Environmental Law and Policy, The Free Rider Problem. Audited International Trade Law, Green Energy Policy, and Property Rights and Social Justice. Political Science: The New Corporate Social Responsibility, International Environmental Policy and Governance. Business and economics: Environmental Management and Strategic Advantage, Economics of the Environment, Green Markets. Forestry: Tropical Forest Ecology, Ecological Restoration. Sociology: Property Rights and Natural Resources, Haiti: Sustainable Development Post Disaster; Social Science of Development and Conservation. ARCGIS V 10.
University of New Hampshire, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, Durham, NH
Bachelor of Science, 1975 Cum laude
• Major: Dairy science, with significant studies in forestry.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: BUILDING AND LAND USE
Ten Titus, LLC., Co-Owner, Litchfield County, CT 1981 – 2010
• Planned and developed low-density residential conservation subdivisions with permanent protection for open space, agricultural land, and natural resources.
• Evaluated real estate for investment, conservation, and development, both as principal and consultant. Negotiated purchases and sales and drafted terms for contracts, covenants, easements, and other documents.
• Worked with land trusts to design and implement conservation easements.
• Coordinated land use and zoning permit applications to regulatory agencies.
• Commercial Property Investment: Converted three commercial buildings to office, retail, and residential uses, involving environmental site assessments and related legal issues.
• Managed company financial planning, accounting, tax, and legal matters, and equipment and rentals.
Picton Brothers, LLC., Co-Owner, Litchfield County, CT 1975-2010
• Residential construction contractor, site supervisor, foreman, and builder who participated in estimating, bidding, contract negotiations, and logistics with subcontractors and up to 10 employees.
• Completed over eight large projects, each between 5,000 and 15,000 square feet of construction, and many smaller projects. Coordinated project management and documentation among clients and architects, subcontractors, and our key employees.
• Built the first LEED Platinum-rated house in CT (Built 2007-2008; Certified 2009). Co-designed the compact, efficient house and site plan. Co-managed the LEED planning, research, construction, credit review and certification processes, publicity, and public education.
• Responsible for contract and business administration.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: LAND USE REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
Washington Inland Wetlands Commission, Volunteer, Washington, CT 2002-2008
• Commission member: Evaluated complex applications for building and land development. Incorporated written material and testimony from owners, citizens, and professionals into Commission decisions that balanced the protection of wetland resources with socioeconomic objectives.
• Chairman: Conducted public hearings for major land use applications with extensive input from citizens, attorneys, engineers, and other professionals representing conflicting viewpoints. Coordinated professional application reviews in support of Commission decision-making, and legal matters related to appeals. Participated in rewriting the town’s Inland Wetland Regulations and in improving the administrative organization of the town’s Land Use Department (2004-2008).
Masters Internship: Clinton Foundation Climate Initiative, Tanzania, REDD Forest Program support, 2010.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
• LEED AP: Attended U.S. Green Building Council’s "LEED for New Construction Technical Review" workshop and earned accreditation as a LEED Professional (2008)
• ARCVIEW GIS: Attended University of Connecticut’s one-week GIS training program (2008), and one semester of ARCGIS at Yale.
• Connecticut Land Use Leadership Alliance Training Program: Four, one-day sessions organized by Pace University School of Law’s Land Use Law Center (2006)
• CT D.E.P. Wetland Commissioner Training: Attended numerous lectures and conferences for Inland Wetland Commissioners on legal, physical, and biological aspects of local regulatory decisions and the extent and limits of authority. Attended annual Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetland Commissions Symposia (2002-2008)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, Waterbury, CT
Microeconomics, macroeconomics, and calculus I, 2008; Environmental law (1994)
University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
Two courses in Geographic Information Systems (1993-1994)
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Computer: Microsoft Office Suite; Quickbooks accounting and bookkeeping software; ARCGIS V10
Languages: Fundamental French and Spanish
Writing: Technical, expository, and creative writing
Interests: Skiing, skating, hiking, camping, rowing, and kayaking, travel, exploring. Sustainable landscape and building design. Strategies for productive sharing of information, collaboration, and adaptive governance.
markpicton1@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seeking a permanent position or consulting work with a governmental agency, non-governmental organization, or business group, helping to craft solutions to environmental challenges in planning, management, and policy realms which create a more ecologically and socially sustainable society.
Independent contracting in real property planning and management: developing practical strategies for higher values. Design, permitting, contracting, and supervision.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Theoretical and practical expertise in land and natural resource planning, policy, and regulation, and business and investment mechanisms.
• Over 2O years of experience in construction contracting and conservation development.
• LEED Accredited Professional for green building certification.
• Seven years of experience in land use regulatory review and decision making.
• Masters degree in Environmental Management, January 2012
EDUCATION
Yale University, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Master of Environmental Management, January 2012
• Concentration: Policy, Law, Governance, and Social Ecology of Conservation and Development.
• Selected coursework: Law: Environmental Law and Policy, The Free Rider Problem. Audited International Trade Law, Green Energy Policy, and Property Rights and Social Justice. Political Science: The New Corporate Social Responsibility, International Environmental Policy and Governance. Business and economics: Environmental Management and Strategic Advantage, Economics of the Environment, Green Markets. Forestry: Tropical Forest Ecology, Ecological Restoration. Sociology: Property Rights and Natural Resources, Haiti: Sustainable Development Post Disaster; Social Science of Development and Conservation. ARCGIS V 10.
University of New Hampshire, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, Durham, NH
Bachelor of Science, 1975 Cum laude
• Major: Dairy science, with significant studies in forestry.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: BUILDING AND LAND USE
Ten Titus, LLC., Co-Owner, Litchfield County, CT 1981 – 2010
• Planned and developed low-density residential conservation subdivisions with permanent protection for open space, agricultural land, and natural resources.
• Evaluated real estate for investment, conservation, and development, both as principal and consultant. Negotiated purchases and sales and drafted terms for contracts, covenants, easements, and other documents.
• Worked with land trusts to design and implement conservation easements.
• Coordinated land use and zoning permit applications to regulatory agencies.
• Commercial Property Investment: Converted three commercial buildings to office, retail, and residential uses, involving environmental site assessments and related legal issues.
• Managed company financial planning, accounting, tax, and legal matters, and equipment and rentals.
Picton Brothers, LLC., Co-Owner, Litchfield County, CT 1975-2010
• Residential construction contractor, site supervisor, foreman, and builder who participated in estimating, bidding, contract negotiations, and logistics with subcontractors and up to 10 employees.
• Completed over eight large projects, each between 5,000 and 15,000 square feet of construction, and many smaller projects. Coordinated project management and documentation among clients and architects, subcontractors, and our key employees.
• Built the first LEED Platinum-rated house in CT (Built 2007-2008; Certified 2009). Co-designed the compact, efficient house and site plan. Co-managed the LEED planning, research, construction, credit review and certification processes, publicity, and public education.
• Responsible for contract and business administration.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: LAND USE REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
Washington Inland Wetlands Commission, Volunteer, Washington, CT 2002-2008
• Commission member: Evaluated complex applications for building and land development. Incorporated written material and testimony from owners, citizens, and professionals into Commission decisions that balanced the protection of wetland resources with socioeconomic objectives.
• Chairman: Conducted public hearings for major land use applications with extensive input from citizens, attorneys, engineers, and other professionals representing conflicting viewpoints. Coordinated professional application reviews in support of Commission decision-making, and legal matters related to appeals. Participated in rewriting the town’s Inland Wetland Regulations and in improving the administrative organization of the town’s Land Use Department (2004-2008).
Masters Internship: Clinton Foundation Climate Initiative, Tanzania, REDD Forest Program support, 2010.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
• LEED AP: Attended U.S. Green Building Council’s "LEED for New Construction Technical Review" workshop and earned accreditation as a LEED Professional (2008)
• ARCVIEW GIS: Attended University of Connecticut’s one-week GIS training program (2008), and one semester of ARCGIS at Yale.
• Connecticut Land Use Leadership Alliance Training Program: Four, one-day sessions organized by Pace University School of Law’s Land Use Law Center (2006)
• CT D.E.P. Wetland Commissioner Training: Attended numerous lectures and conferences for Inland Wetland Commissioners on legal, physical, and biological aspects of local regulatory decisions and the extent and limits of authority. Attended annual Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetland Commissions Symposia (2002-2008)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, Waterbury, CT
Microeconomics, macroeconomics, and calculus I, 2008; Environmental law (1994)
University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
Two courses in Geographic Information Systems (1993-1994)
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Computer: Microsoft Office Suite; Quickbooks accounting and bookkeeping software; ARCGIS V10
Languages: Fundamental French and Spanish
Writing: Technical, expository, and creative writing
Interests: Skiing, skating, hiking, camping, rowing, and kayaking, travel, exploring. Sustainable landscape and building design. Strategies for productive sharing of information, collaboration, and adaptive governance.