BRETT KENCAIRN 

Institute for Self Reliance

Brett serves as the city of Boulder’s Senior Policy Advisor for Climate Action and leads the City’s Natural Climate Solutions team.  He is also the Director of the Center for Regenerative Solutions (CRS)—a national initiative to expand natural climate solutions nationally that is co-sponsored by the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.

Brett’s primary responsibility is the ongoing evolution of the city’s climate action

initiatives. Over the past two years, Brett has coordinated cross-department/multi stakeholder efforts in soil regeneration and sequestration research on agricultural lands and an urban forestry expansion campaign at a local, regional and national level. Prior to working for the city, Brett worked across the western US in community-based sustainable development, working in both rural, Native American and other communities in transition across the western US. He also is the founder or co-founder of four non-profits and two for-profits including the Rogue River Institute for Ecology and Economy, Veterans Green Jobs, and Community Energy Systems.