Working out of Sustainable Conservation’s Modesto office, Ryan leads collaborative efforts to identify and scale agricultural solutions that reduce nitrate leaching to groundwater, improve soils, and build water resiliency in the face of climate change. Ryan is Co-Chair of the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Manure Recycling and Innovative Products Task Force and serves on the Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Collaborative’s Leadership Council and BioCircular Valley’s Advisory Board.
Ryan has more than 20 years of experience in organizational and programmatic strategy, sustainable agriculture, water stewardship and stakeholder engagement. Prior to Sustainable Conservation, Ryan consulted with companies across the globe to develop sustainable agriculture and water stewardship strategies and worked in economic development in the United States and Latin America. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University and an International MBA from the University of South Carolina. He was nominated for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award and is a recipient of the VEGA Service Impact Award and the U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold Level).