0307 - Conservation Program Management Intensive

Course Description

An intensive two-week course for working conservation professionals comprising 14 modules designed to expose, inspire, prepare, and train future conservation program managers in various fields of conservation. The course is organized into four primary focal areas: place-based learning, technical skills, administration, and professional development. The course learning objective is to introduce and train students to develop competency in these complementary areas of conservation management. Conservation professionals skilled in a variety of areas will teach modules, covering different specializations and approaches. Students will have the opportunity to make important contacts within the field, while gaining practical knowledge and experience.

Instructor/Coordinator: Suzanne Case

Suzanne Case is the inaugural Director of the University of Hawaiʻi Office of Land and Ocean Conservation Futures, established in 2023.

She served under Governor David Ige as Director of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources for two terms, from 2015 to 2022, where she oversaw the work of eleven divisions, including Forestry and Wildlife, Aquatic Resources, Boating and Ocean Recreation, Conservation and Coastal Lands, State Parks, Historic Preservation,State Lands, the Bureau of Conveyances, Engineering, Conservation and Resource Enforcement, and the Commission on Water Resource Management. In this capacity she chaired the Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Commission on Water Resource Management; co-chaired the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Committee, the Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and the HawaiʻiDrought Council; and served on the Hawaiʻi Board of Agriculture and the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.