Dr. Quinn Shurtliff is a Conservation Coach, certified by the Conservation Coaches Network to teach and facilitate strategic conservation planning using the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (Conservation Standards). Since 2013, he has trained over 550 natural resource professionals from 5 continents how to apply the principles and tools of the Conservation Standards to their projects, evaluate project effectiveness, and adapt the project based on accumulated evidence. He is proficient with key elements of the Conservation Standards including using results chains to document and evaluate a project’s theory of change, and applying climate change adaptation and resilience techniques, Dr. Shurtliff has coached and mentored individuals and teams in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, Hawaii, Australia, Canada, and the United States. He is fluent in English and Spanish.