John Giordanengo has thirty years of project management experience and fifteen years of stakeholder engagement work for regional master planning and conservation projects. In the process, John has founded three small businesses and four non-profit organizations, and has served on several non-profit boards. John’s unique experience and skills include restoring highly damaged agricultural and natural landscapes, a deep understanding of sustainable economic systems, and entrepreneurship. John has an innate ability to bring people together from across the political and economic spectrum in support of conservation, sustainability, and similar initiatives. Clients and partners attribute this to his welcoming and transparent communication style, effective communication, and his genuine desire to find collaborative solutions that balance multiple goals.

John’s first career was developing and managing recycling and composting programs, after which he earned an M.S. degree in ecological restoration. He has since dedicated his life to restoring degraded systems, while pursing investigative research, writing, and education on sustainable economics. John’s educational work includes over 150 articles, technical manuals, and restoration guidelines for state, local, and non-profit entities. His book, Ecosystems as Models for Restoring Our Economies, was a finalist in the 2023 CO book awards. John’s lecture circuit includes ecology, economic, sustainability, and restoration topics in the U.S., Mexico, Sri Lanka, Italy, and elsewhere. Over the decades, John has come to realize that the surest path to enduring social & environmental progress is through the restoration of our economies.  

Education and Core Skills

M.S. Ecological Restoration, Colorado State University (2000)
B.A.  Business Administration, minor in ecology: San Diego State University (1993)
25 years organizational development and business management experience
17 years senior project management experience
22 years of leadership and technical training program development and delivery
15 years of professional speaking experience
12 years of experience in stakeholder engagement for regional and watershed-scale restoration projects