New Faces Join the Nicholas Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 30, 2011
CONTACT: Erin McKenzie
(919) 613-3652
erin.mckenzie@duke.edu

DURHAM N.C. — The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University welcomes two new researchers and a development officer this fall semester.

K. Emerson Beyer joins the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions in October as its associate director of corporate and foundation relations. He comes to the Institute with a 10-year background in fundraising that includes strategic planning, major gifts and organizational development.

For the last three years, Beyer has been an institutional giving officer at the Environmental Defense Fund. Prior to this, he handled fundraising for the Museum of the City of New York and the New York Restoration Project.

Abby Van de Bogert is now an associate in policy and research using her expertise in water resources, state government and ecosystem services to aid projects within the Institute’s Ecosystem Services Program.

Prior to joining the Institute in September, Van de Bogert worked as a research assistant in the Wisconsin Legislature as well as the Wisconsin Department of National Resources as a water quality specialist. While at the department, she developed stream indicators and assisted in the triennial review of the state’s water quality standards.

She earned her master’s degree in limnology and marine science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from MIT.

David Gordon is an associate in research for the Environmental Economics Program at the Institute. In this role, he is tasked with projects encompassing ecosystem markets, blue carbon and water infrastructure financing.

Before joining the Institute in August, Gordon studied at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, earning his master’s degree in environmental economics and policy earlier this year. During his time at the school, he worked closely with the Institute on analysis of nutrient trading in the Falls Lake watershed.

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