Michele Zukerberg has over 18 years of professional experience in natural-resource management. Her areas of expertise include conservation-land management and habitat restoration. Michele received her Master of Forestry degree from Duke University, with a focus on sustainable forestry. She worked as a forester on public lands and as an independent consultant certifying forestlands and mills under the Forest Stewardship Council’s third-party certification system.

Michele is a Certified Mediator with the Washington Mediation Association and a mediation trainer for the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County. She currently mediates multi-party, family and court disputes. In her training courses, Michele combines her experience in natural-resource management and conflict resolution to provide clients with practical skills for negotiating environmental-management challenges.