Prior to my PhD, I worked for two years as the grant manager of the New York Farm Viability Institute, a non-profit grant funding organization in New York State that funds agricultural research and education projects that aim to improve the bottom line for farmers in NY. As grant manager, I was responsible for overseeing a yearly grant program, from solicitation of proposals to evaluation by reviewers to board decisions, and managed an active projects portfolio of several million dollars, among other duties.
From 2008-2013 I worked in various capacities as a livestock producer, including 2010-2013 as the manager of a large beef operation in upstate New York selling grain- and grass-fed beef in the New York City farmers market system. Simultaneously, beginning in 2007 and finally finishing in 2012, I worked on an MS in Conservation Biology at SUNY ESF, studying the habitat requirements and associations of a group of rare lowland boreal bird species in the Adirondack Park.
The years prior to 2007 were a blur of ornithological field jobs, vegetable farming, and travels, with longer stops in Washington, California, British Columbia, Montana, Panama, and Martinique.
I now live in the Finger Lakes region of NY with my family, including my wife Becca and two daughters. I enjoy reading, writing, swimming, skiing, and travel, and have recently spent a lot of time renovating an 1872 Victorian house in Ithaca.
Kevin Jablonski 