Dr. Mark S. Freudenberger is a leader in the field of global climate change, deforestation, and land use with over 30 years of experience designing, implementing, evaluating, and providing strategic direction to natural resource programs across the Global South. Prior to his retirement in July 2022, he implemented USAID-financed projects on deforestation-free cacao in Ghana, artisanal mining and property rights in the Central African Republic, and natural resource management in Madagascar. Freudenberger served with distinction as the Director of the Land Tenure and Property Rights Sector at Tetra Tech. Throughout his career, Dr. Freudenberger provided significant thought leadership around community resource governance and vulnerable peoples’ inclusion in global and national climate and land use agendas, publishing significant peer-reviewed publications directed to governments, multilateral institutions, leading NGOs, and the private sector. Skilled as a convener of policy-making forums bridging the gap between rural peoples and national and international policymakers, he has contributed to significant policy and legal reforms on resource tenure throughout his career. As a veteran manager using participatory rural research methods for situational assessments (PRA/RRA), he has overseen dispersed teams across multiple continents, coordinated grantmaking to local NGOs and technical partners, and implemented USAID, European Union, World Bank, and foundation-funded projects in politically challenging contexts. Retirement activities focus on resource governance at the neighborhood level, networked geothermal energy, and climate change policy in Jamaica Plain, Boston