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Phone: 740-753-3888 or 740-707-4110; chadkister@gmail.com;
www.chadkister.com
Published Books:
Arctic Quest: Odyssey Through a Threatened Wilderness Area; Common Courage
Press, 2003
Arctic Melting: How Climate Change is Destroying One of the World’s
Largest Wilderness Areas; Common Courage Press; 2005
Against All Odds: The Struggle to Save The Ridges;
Produced Film
Caribou People: an exciting documentary mostly in the words of the
Gwich’in and Inupiat peoples with stunning wildlife footage.
Education: Masters of Science, Environmental
Studies, Ohio
Ohio
Upper Arlington High School, Class of 1989, 3.6 GPA
SAT score: 780
math; 560 verbal
Skills:
Web page design, search engine registration, writing, editing, event organizing, group consensus-building, meeting facilitating,
digital photography, desktop publishing and fundraising
Computer skills:
MacIntosh and PC proficient. Fluent in the following applications: Pagemaker, Quark Express, Word 3-7, Excel, Adobe
Premier Elements, Corel Suite, Quatro Pro, Frontpage, Powerpoint, Picture It,
Photoshop, email configuration, web design, web promotion and much more
Civic Activities:
Participated in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change
in the Hague, Netherlands as a Greenpeace International
delegate, November 2000
Coordinator, 50-day, 846 mile Walk for A Green Ohio that reached
4 million people through television, radio and print
media, September-October 1994
Athens Coordinator, Walk for Justice, June, 1994, "The best
organized of all" stops on the 5 1/2 month, 3,600 mile walk,
said American Indian Movement co-founder Dennis Banks
Speaking Tour, Japan, March - April, 1993
Helped organize more than 200 peace and environmental
events instrumental in winning a recycling campaign at Ohio
University and preserving 671 acres of public land, 1989 to present
Participated in more than 250 peace and environmental actions,
1989 to current
Ohio Coalition for First Amendment Rights, secretary, 1988-1989
Work Experience:
Public Speaker: More than 1,000 presentations around the
Campaigner for Ozone Action on
Global Warming issues, June, 2000 to November, 2000
Web Page Designer, 1997 to current
Editor, Book by Professor Richard Edgar, Athens Ohio,
May, 1997 to current
Researcher and organizer, Campaign to Save Dysart Woods, Ohio
University Administration, June to December, 1997
Assistant Editor, Countdown Magazine, October, 1991 to June 1992
Staff Writer, Suburban News Publication, 1989 to 1990
College
Activities: Environmental Activism, four years
The Post (OU paper), copy editor, reporter
Earth Speaks, environmental journal, Editor
High School
Activities: Arlingtonian, In-Depth Editor - 1988-1989
Arlingtonian, Investigative Reporter - 1986-1988
National Awards:
USA Today All Academic Team, 1992
Gannet Freedom Forum Award, 1991 and 1992
Scripps Howard Scholarship, 1990 and 1991
National High School Journalist of the Year,
Journalism Education Association, 1989
National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution and Bill
of Rights, Member of Top Ten Team in Nation, 1989
First Place, Newswriting, Quill and Scroll
First Place, Single Subject Presentation, Columbia University,
New York, 1989
First Place, Cover Design, Columbia University, New York, 1989
Third Place, Health Reporting, American Medical Association, 1989
Excellence in Newswriting, National Journalism
Association, Washington D.C., 1988
Great Lakes Region Awards:
First Place, In-Depth Reporting, Great Lakes
Interscholastic Association, 1989
First Place, Newswriting, Great Lakes
Interscholastic Association, 1989
First Place, Feature Writing, Great Lakes
Interscholastic Association, 1989
First Place, Feature Writing, Great Lakes
Interscholastic Association, 1988
First Place, Newswriting, Great Lakes
Interscholastic Association, 1988
State Awards:
Ohio High School Journalist of the Year, 1989
Ohio First Place Team, National Bicentennial Competition on
the Constitution and Bill of Rights, 1989
First Place, Newswriting, Ohio Press, 1989
First Place, Feature Writing, Ohio Press, 1989
Second Place, Editorial Column Writing, Ohio Press, 1989
First Place, Newswriting, Kent State University, 1989
First Place, In-Depth Reporting, Kent State University, 1987
Local Awards:
Best Leading Citizen of Athens County, Athens News vote, 1998
Best Media Figure in Athens County, Athens News vote, 2000 and 1998
Kennedy Leadership Award, Ohio University, 1990
Arlingtonian Journalist of the Year, 1987-1988
Boy Scout
Activities:
Eagle Scout, 1988; 3000 Hour Award, Camping, 1988
Philmont Trail Crew Staff, New Mexico, Summer, 1987
World Conservation Award, 1987; Order of the Arrow, 1987
Nagatamen Leadership Award, 1985