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Brian App

Brian App

Director, Environment and Natural Resources, East and Southern Africa, Chemonics International

Bapp@chemonics.com

Chemonics International
1717 H St NW
Washington, DC 20006

Titles

  • Director, Environment and Natural Resources, East and Southern Africa, Chemonics International
  • Co-Director, Conservation Solutions Lab

Biography

Brian App is an international natural resource management specialist with nearly 20 years of experience working in the environmental sector. Mr. App currently serves as the home office project director for the Resilient Waters and VukaNow regional environmental programs in southern Africa, which work with regional, national, and community stakeholders to improve transboundary watershed management and combat wildlife crime. Previously, he served as the deputy chief of party for the Southern Africa Regional Environmental Program (2011-2015) to build resiliency and improve management in the Okavango River Basin. Mr. App has worked in more than 15 countries with a focus on environment, biodiversity conservation, community-based natural resource management, and global climate change. He has also contributed to numerous biodiversity and tropical forest assessments and environmental compliance activities for USAID programs across multiple sectors. He holds a B.S. in management science from the School of Business at the State University of New York and an M.S. in international natural resource management from the School of Forestry at the University of Montana.

Education

  • MS, International Natural Resources Management, University of Montana
  • BS, Management Science, State University of New York