Authors & Presenters



posted Aug 11, 2021

Dennis Benson

Dennis Benson has worked for the Forest Service for 34 years and is currently the Recreation Program Manager on the Deschutes National Forest in Bend, Oregon. Overall use on the Deschutes has more than doubled in the last five years. The combination ...


posted Aug 11, 2021

Deonne Vanderwoude

Deonne VanderWoude is the Human Dimensions Supervisor for the City of Boulder’s (Colorado) Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department, where she has worked for 17 years to integrate monitoring human systems with data-informed recreation manageme...


posted Aug 31, 2023

Derek Hansen

Derek Hansen is classically trained as a Landscape Architect and has been a Park Planner with the City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department for approximately 4 years. He has experience managing a wide array of projects ranging from city-wide...


posted May 29, 2020

Deven Young

Deven is an experienced project manager and designer, adept at overseeing and facilitating implementation for mobility corridors, trails, parks, and open space projects. He has delivered some of the largest and most complex active transportation proj...


posted Jan 25, 2024

Devin Hemker

Devin Hemker joined TPWD as an intern in 2022 for the Facility Management team after graduating with a Master of Science in Recreation and Leisure Services from Texas State University. After her internship she transitioned into the Accessibility Prog...


posted Jun 4, 2019

Diane Kripas

Diane Kripas is the Division Chief of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Conservation's Partnerships Division. She leads a division dedicated to fostering partnerships between nonpublic and public agencies to encourage ...


posted Oct 14, 2019

Dianne Martin

Dianne Martin is a professional wetland biologist and avid trail user living in Pinckney, Michigan. She feels blessed to have the Pinckney Recreation Area and Lakelands Trail within walking distance and can often be found riding her horse, walking he...


posted Jan 7, 2021

Don Meeker

Donald T. Meeker is president of Terrabilt: Wayfinding Solutions, a provider of sign system design and strategic planning for parks and natural preserves, and structures and signage graphics. Terrabilt is in Westchester County, New York. We work with...


posted Aug 21, 2020

Don Shafer

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posted Apr 24, 2018

Donna Boone

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