Tahnee Robertson, Director
Tahnee has worked on natural resource management and community development issues in the U.S., as well as internationally, for the past 20 years, principally as a professional mediator, facilitator and collaboration specialist. She is currently director of Southwest Decision Resources, an independent Tucson-based firm that provides assessment, facilitation, mediation and process design services for community development and natural resource management efforts. Her recent work has included forest planning and management, recreation planning, community and regional visioning, overflight noise issues, affordable housing policy, youth engagement, and watershed management and grazing-related issues in project settings convened by federal and local government agencies, as well as non-governmental and community-based organizations.
Prior to moving to Tucson, Tahnee served as the Associate Director of the Program on Environment and Community at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). Her work at Cornell included capacity building, process design, facilitation, research and other assistance in collaborative processes in a range of natural resource management and community development projects in the northeastern U.S. and in Central America. Tahnee received a Bachelor’s in Biology from Grinnell College and a Masters in Natural Resources from Cornell University. She is a member of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’s Roster of Environmental Conflict Resolution Practitioners, and a member of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).
Jill Bluhm, Program Assistant
Having moved from Pennsylvania in 2005 to Prescott, Arizona, Jill spent the past four years teaching middle school before moving into an administrative role where she discovered her keen interest in collaborative processes. Sharpening her skills while working with SDR, Jill’s work focuses on meeting documentation, small group facilitation, survey development and assisting with overall logistics. Jill works on the Prescott National Forest stewardship project.