Master's and PhD in City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley. Since 2009, current positions; recently developed series of reports for Ford Foundation on utilization of energy as catalyst for community, economic, business, and workforce development in low-wealth communities; development coach for regional planning organizations building state wide energy efficiency programme, Pennsylvania; finishing project on spatial location of wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan and hopes this will help draw attention to difficulties of soldiers seeking healthcare while living in rural areas. 1997-2007, Adviser to and Researcher, Appalachian Regional Commission. Author including: two books on policies to develop and expand technology industries; Global Competition in the World Watch Industry, 1750-2000; two books focused on special development problems of rural areas; An Atlas of Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart, 1960-2003 (2005).