Watershed Management Group Staff

Sky is a southwest native who loves our region's diverse biology, culture, and landscapes. He has worked primarily as a nonprofit administrator, naturalist/biologist, IT specialist, and website developer for organizations including Sky Island Alliance, The University of Arizona, SWCA Biological Consultants, National Park Service, among others. Sky is dedicated to protecting the region’s biodiversity through conservation action and lifestyle choices. In his free time, Sky enjoys exploring remote and wild parts of Arizona, Sonora and the greater Southwest, attempting photography, studying birds and plants, and growing native plants in his yard.

Max was born in Texas but grew up in Tokyo. He spent the formative years thereafter right here in Arizona, however, and graduated with a degree in Communication from the U of A. And that, ultimately, is his greatest strength – communication, in all of its myriad forms. Reading, writing, speaking, acting, interacting… ultimately it all comes down to storytelling. Max joined WMG in the hopes of shaping and sharing a better story – one of hope and triumph, of overcoming obstacles and surmounting odds, of connection and community. When not endeavoring to change the world for the better, Max also crafts cocktails, makes mocktails, plays music, practices yoga, and wanders the wilderness with his incorrigible pup Dani.