Mitch Chrismer is a Program Manager for the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation’s (Udall Foundation) John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution (National Center). His emphasis during his time with the Udall Foundation has been on public lands and Tribal issues. His primary responsibilities have included coordinating collaborative planning and conflict resolution processes, with a focus on landscape-scale ecosystem planning. Mitch has worked extensively on Missouri River Basin issues and helped lead the Missouri River Basin Interagency Roundtable and Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee projects for the National Center. He has worked closely with many Federal agency partners during his time with the National Center, particularly the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, and numerous others. His current work focus is on meeting facilitation, project and contract management, and training courses in Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution.

Mitch is a graduate of the University of Denver, where he completed master’s degrees in International Politics and Conflict Resolution. He focused on environmental issues while pursuing both master’s degrees, with a concentration in Environmental Mediation. His Bachelor of Arts is in Psychology, which he received from the University of Colorado at Boulder.