M BEACH CONSULTING, LTD., Portland, Oregon USA

Director, April 2002 to present

Provide consulting, training and support, including social and livelihood impact assessment, evaluation and monitoring, project management, partnering and stakeholder engagement. Industrial sector work in oil/gas, timber and sustainable forestry. Primary, but not exclusive, focus is China, both rural and urban, with concentration on livelihood impact in of extractive industries in interior regions. Recent research work completed in the economic viability of the medicinal and aromatic plant industry in Afghanistan.