Jared is responsible for communications campaign support and building a broader wilderness support in his position at The Wilderness Society. As a Communications Manager, he works closely with and helps coordinate communication efforts around both placed-based and general conservation efforts of The Wilderness Society, its coalition partners and citizen advocates.

Jared helps oversee media and communications needs for several simultaneous, multi-faceted campaigns using a varied and dynamic range of strategies and tactics. This includes the following responsibilities:

assisting program staff with media outreach, working with them to handle breaking news and developing future story concepts;
playing a role in strategy development, communications planning, and implementation of campaigns for the conservation of specific places and landscapes;
developing a variety of message and media outreach materials, including op-eds, news releases, brochures, fact sheets, alerts and briefing packages for print, broadcast, and other media;
maintaining strong working relationships and collaborating with coalition partners, interested citizens, and other opinion leaders in local communities and assisting with their media and messaging efforts;
helping with efforts to collect, organize, and produce new maps and visual images that will accompany press releases and be used in fact sheets and web sites.
These duties draw on his interests and background in value-based research, communications, and conservation science.

Originally from New Hampshire, Jared has lived in the Northern Rockies for the past four years.

Academically, Jared has degrees in Anthropology/Biology (B.A. Skidmore College) and Environmental Studies (M.S. University of Montana). In addition, he has studied pastoral water use in India, worked in conservation of cheetahs in South Africa, and performed qualitative research in rural Montana. Prior to arriving at the Wilderness Society in 2007, Jared was the Communications Coordinator at American Wildlands.

He is a burgeoning sportsman, writer by hobby, and member of the Outdoor Writers Association.