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Bruce McKenney
Senior Economic Advisor
Conservation Finance & Planning Group

Bruce McKenney is a Senior Economic Advisor in The Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Finance and Planning Group, where he works on advancing market-based approaches to conservation. He manages the Conservancy’s work on biodiversity offsets and collaborates with project teams to develop ecosystem service-based strategies for conservation. He has 15 years of experience applying policy and economic analysis to improve the environment and human well-being, including five years working in Cambodia. Bruce joined the Conservancy in 2006. His previous work included projects and studies for the World Bank, World Commission on Dams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, World Wildlife Fund, Moore Foundation, and National Parks Conservation Association.

Bruce holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University, an Honors Degree in African Studies from the University of Cape Town, and a Bachelor of Arts with honors in political science from Brown University. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.