Ian transitioned to this role after serving as Executive Director of the Northern California Land Trust since early 2002. In this new role, he will bring technical and creative expertise, institutional memory, and relationships to incubation programs, project development, and financing. He is a long-term CLT and coop resident.

Professionally, Ian has over 10 years of experience in sustainable construction and architecture, as well as community activism and organizational development. He trained as a photographer/filmmaker and art/architectural historian at Tufts University and the Boston Museum School, and pursued graduate architecture and design work at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture.

Outside of the CLT world, he maintains an active life as a working artist.