Jonathan "'Jla'" Labozzetta
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JONATHAN LABOZZETTA
Home 203 691-7153 Cell 917 514-8305
jonathan.labozzetta@yale.edu
CAREER OBJECTIVE To become a member of a leading forest management organization that develops innovative and
creative programs that benefit people and the planet.
EDUCATION Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Candidate for Master of Forestry (MF), 2010
New York University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts in English & Creative Writing, Honors - 1998
RELEVANT Fall 08 Yale - Forest Dynamics: Growth and Development of Forest Stands; Tropical Forest
COURSEWORK to date Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Statistics for Environmental Science, Private Investment & the
Environment. Spring 09 Yale – Practice of Silviculture; Agroforestry Systems; Managing
Resources; Economics of Natural Resource Management, & Southern Forest Field Trip.
EXPERIENCE Yale F&ES- Berkeley Scholars, New Haven, CT 09/08 - Present
Through this ongoing research program, I am one of three team members conducting research on
tax policies and other incentives for forest conservation in the Northeastern United States, with an
emphasis on how the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will contribute to forest
conservation on private land.
Toledo Institute for Development & Environment (TIDE) - Belize, Belize 05/05 - 07/08
http://www.tidebelize.org - Development Director
As the Director of Development I was responsible for raising $1.2 million US per year for this award-
winning Belizean NGO. As a senior member of the Management Team I helped make executive
decisions in regards to planning, recruitment, networking & alliances, community issues, and more.
As part of a constant goal to find new sources of funding I oversaw the development of an
organization-wide business plan, as well as a comprehensive Conservation Action Plan (with TNC)
and an organization-wide Strategic Plan. Throughout my tenure at TIDE I worked very closely with
the TNC Belize office.
Rainforest Alliance, NY NY 01/99 - 05/05 http://www.rainforestalliance.org - Membership Manager
As Membership Manager I raised $500,000+ annually in unrestricted funding, managed a team of
development staff, and wrote solicitations and reports for Membership, Major Gifts program and
Special Events programs. Prior to being promoted to Membership Manager, I was one of three
grant writers responsible for $20 Million annually.
PRESENTATIONS International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS) 3 Conference:
“Community Conservation in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System,” Cozumel, Mexico. 16-20,
October 2006
HONORS & AWARDS Member - Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society, New York University
PROFESSIONAL Society for Mesoamerican Biology and Conservation (SMBC), Belize - since 2005
MEMBERSHIPS United Nations Development Programme Equator Initiative Taskforce - since 2006
Kinship Conservation Fellow 2007 (www.kinshipfellows.org)
Society for Conservation Biology - Member Since 2007
Society of American Foresters - Student Member since 2008
Berkeley Scholars, Yale - since 2008
SKILLS Excellent written communication skills
INTERESTS & Strong fundraising, project development and management skills
HOBBIES Computer skills - MS Office Suite, Raiser’s Edge Database, Photoshop
Languages - English, Intermediate Spanish
Hobbies: Photography, Poetry, Painting
REFERENCES Tensie Whelan, Executive Director, Rainforest Alliance (twhelan@ra.org)
Lara Koritzke, Senior Manager of Institutional Giving, Rainforest Alliance (lkoritzke@ra.org)
Celia Mahung, Executive Director, TIDE Belize (cmahung@tidebelize.org)
Alejandro Martinez, Country Program Director, TNC Belize (alejandro_martinez@tnc.org)
