Keith Wheeler is a former Chair of the IUCN Commission on Education and
Communication (www.iucn.org). He is President of the Foundation for Our Future, an
international NGO whose mission is to support capacity development for individuals and
institutions in the area of sustainable development, organizational development,
knowledge management, education/training, and strategic communication planning
(www.ffof.org).
Keith is also Chief Executive Officer for ZedX Inc., an international agro-environmental
knowledge management and IT company (www.zedxinc.com), and is a Senior Partner of
WorldViews LLC an international sustainable development and training consultancy. In
addition, Keith is currently the President of the board of Trustees of the Paul FBrandwein Institute, an international conservation science education not-for-profit
(www.brandwein.org) dedicated to the education of future leaders and their
recognition of human interdependence with nature, and a Director of the Keystone
Center, an international NGO focused on environmental conflict resolution.
Keith served on President Clinton’s Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD)
Education and Communication Task Force (1993-1999); was Co-Chair of the White
House Initiative Education for Sustainability, and Co-Chair National Forum for
Partnerships Supporting Education about the Environment. He was the first Executive
Director and CEO of Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN), a 135nation international nongovernmental organization that was the recognized leader in
watershed education and conservation. He served an Assistant Director for the
Adirondack Park Agency, leading the development of interpretative programs for the six
million acre park. In addition, Keith was internationally recognized soil scientist for the
USDA and for Cornell University from 1976-1987.
Keith holds a graduate degree from Cornell University and undergraduate degree from
Syracuse University. He has presented keynote addresses to business, scientific,
technologic and education conferences throughout the world on a variety of sustainable
development, conservation, knowledge management and education issues. He has
authored over two dozen peer review publications, dozens of general publications and
published a book entitled Education for Sustainability: A Paradigm of Hope for the 21st
Century.