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Suzanne "Zan" Jones
Mayor, City of Boulder; Executive Director, Eco-Cycle
MS - 1990
Favorite Memory
Traipsing thru the Michigan woods in Professor Barnes’ Ecology lab, analyzing glacial-influenced landscapes to predict what trees would be growing there. And the camaraderie and free-flowing dialogue of Yaffee’s policy classes.
Advice
Don’t just hope someone will offer you a good job. There are so much environmental challenges that need addressed today—figure out which one speaks to you, and then dig in and get to work! The career will follow. And don’t forget to also get involved in making environmental progress in your local community—including by running for local office!
Idol
The “Policy-Negotiation Dynamic Duo” Steven Yaffee-Julia Wondolleck, followed closely by “Aspen Uber Alles” Burt Barnes