In the 1960s, Trzyna was a career U.S. Foreign Service officer in Africa and at the State Department in Washington. In 1969, he founded the California Institute of Public Affairs, which was renamed InterEnvironment Institute, www.InterEnvironment.org, in 2010. Through that organization, he and his colleagues have organized numerous projects aimed at improving policy-making on complex issues, both in California and internationally. Always planned and carried out with a range of other organizations, these projects include conducting problem-solving research, producing print and online publications, and convening groups of leaders and experts to search for solutions. They emphasize a long-range view of public and world affairs that combines political, social, cultural, and economic, as well as environmental concerns.

Most of Trzyna's international work has been done with IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature), www.iucn.org. From 1990-96 he served on IUCN's governing Council and chaired IUCN's Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning. Currently, he leads an effort to encourage IUCN to become more engaged with the connections between nature, urban people, and urban places. He co-founded and chairs the Urban Specialist Group of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas.

Trzyna received a bachelor's degree from the School of International Relations of the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in government from Claremont Graduate University. In addition to his longstanding connection to CGU through InterEnvironment Institute, he is a Senior Research Fellow in CGU's School of Politics and Economics. He is also a Fellow and former board member of the World Academy of Art and Science, and serves on the advisory boards of several organizations and projects, including the UN Cities and Biodiversity Outlook, the Mojave Desert Land Trust, and London-based InterClimate Network.

His publications include The Urban Imperative (2005), A Sustainable World (1995), and The Power of Convening (1990).

Thaddeus C. (Ted) Trzyna

InterEnvironment Institute

P.O. Box 99

Claremont, California 91711, USA

(1 909) 621-9018

E-mail: Ted_Trzyna [at] InterEnvironment [dot] org

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Photo by S. Allen: At Keys View, Joshua Tree National Park, California