Paolo brings over fifteen years of experience in land conservation to the Advisory Council, and currently works as a Project Director, protecting land statewide, for The Nature Conservancy. Previously he worked with the Trust for Public Land, conserving multiple properties in Ventura County and across Southern California. He has a Masters in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and a Bachelors in Politics from U.C. Santa Cruz. When not protecting land, he is hiking and surfing the California coast, most often at Harmon Canyon and C Street here at home in Ventura, where he lives with his partner Alex, and their two dogs, Monkey and Chula.