Greg Jackson, Seattle, WA

Originally from Minnesota, Greg attended college at Marquette University in Milwaukee where he studied Economics and International Affairs. He joined the SCA in 2008 when he spent a year as an AmeriCorps volunteer with the SCA’s New Hampshire Conservation Corps at Bear Brook State Park. He taught environmental education to fourth graders and spent the summer and fall leading trail crews on projects including stone staircase construction, and a carpentry project building yurts in the White Mountains. In 2009 and 2010, he worked on an SCA Leader Crew in Pennsylvania and led four SCA National Crews on the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts, Grand Teton National Park, Denali National Park and on the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon.

Greg’s work in conservation inspired him to pursue a graduate program in economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to apply an economics-based approach to conservation. In addition to training in economic modeling and research in environmental economics, Greg also published a paper on local food systems and community economic development and worked as a Teaching Assistant for World Hunger and Malnutrition. Following completion of his master’s thesis in 2011, Greg worked on another SCA Leader Crew on the PCT in southern California. He now lives in Seattle, WA where he works as an economic consultant to international development NGOs, is an SCA Conservation Work Skills Instructor, is a leader with SCA’s Seattle Community Crew Program, and works as the field guide and conservationist for the Nature Valley Trail View initiative in the National Parks. He is also a member of the planning committee for the Partnership for the National Trails conference.

Greg’s work with SCA has brought him to 17 states and allowed him to see some of the most beautiful places on earth. His other interests and hobbies include hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, triathlons, fly-fishing, backpacking, and organic farming. Email Greg