Bruce Potter
Bruce Potter is President and CEO of Island Resources Foundation
Mr. Potter has 30 years experience in information systems consulting, economic planning, and organizational development for a variety of public and private organizations. In addition to serving as Foundation President, Bruce has served as a Trustee of the Foundation since 1980. His career has concentrated on the adaptation and development of information and decision support tools for improved management of development. He has consulted on management information systems for environmental management, economic planning and development activities. In addition, he has planned and implemented development projects for communities in tropical developing countries, including Central and South America and the Caribbean, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Chile.
Mr. Potter also has extensive experience in environmental consulting and the design of environmental information systems and Internet applications for small tropical islands, particularly in the Caribbean. Mr. Potter currently resides in Washington, DC, but he has lived and worked in tropical developing countries for much of his adult life. In addition to the Island Resources site, Mr. Potter has contributed to web sites for the Inter-American Strategy for Participation, and the search tools used on the Caribbean Project for Adaptation to Climate Change (CPACC).
1989 to 1994, Mr. Potter worked for American Management Systems, where he focused principally on the organization and management of programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including new environmental monitoring and assessment programs, combining leading-edge science, large-scale operations and complicated intergovernmental environmental management systems. In addition, Mr. Potter developed GIS and other map-based visualizations of research results.
For EPA's Office of Research and Development, Mr. Potter managed a series of projects to support overall management and communications strategies for the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), EPA's most extensive ecological assessment initiative. For EPA's Office of Water, Mr. Potter managed an engagement to assess and advise local managers of the Sarasota Bay National Estuaries Program on program structure and information system organization, including systems to monitor the impacts of tourism on the Bay.
For the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Information Resources Management, Information Management and Services Division, Mr. Potter managed a major assessment and program strategy recommendations for the State-EPA Data Management (SEDM) Program. Under Mr. Potter's direction AMS staff performed logistic support, recording and analytical functions for this project in addition to formulating basic recommendations for the overall program assessment and a new program strategy based on that assessment.
Publications
Potter, B. , Miller, J., Wernicke,W. 1998 Abbreviated Water Quality Assessment for the US Virgin Islands. Available in hard copy from the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, and on the web at <http://www.irf.org/vidpnr/305b_vi.htm>.
Potter, B. Coastal Impacts of Tourism. Island Resources Foundation. St. Thomas, 1997. <http://www.irf.org/irtourdg.html>
Potter, B. Best Management Practices for Tourism in the Coastal Zone. Island Resources Foundation. St. Thomas, 1997. <http://www.irf.org/ir_bmp.html>
Potter, B. , Green, K., and Goodwin, M., Management of Natural Resource Information for the Virgin Islands National Park and Biosphere Reserve. Virgin Islands Resource Management Cooperative (VIRMC). St. Thomas, 1989. 45pp.
Potter, Louis and Potter, Bruce. "Comparing Experiences of the British and United States Virgin Islands in Implementing GIS for Environmental Problem Solving." Island Resources Foundation, 1994, Washington, DC. (EPA has said this will be published in Proceedings of a Conference on the Use of GIS in Environmental Decision-making, Cincinnati, OH, September, 1994, but this is not assured.)
Colman, S., Potter, B., and Teytaud, R., Virgin Islands Land Use Survey, Final Report. Prepared under contract for the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, May 1989. 57 pp.
Potter, B., Tyson, G., et al., Water Island Economic Development Options. Prepared under contract for Virgin Islands Department of Commerce (under a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant), May 1980. 170 pp.
McElroy, J., Potter, B., and Towle, E., "Challenges for Sustainable Development in Small Caribbean Islands." Invited paper presented at Interoceanic Workshop on Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Small Islands (San Juan, PR, Nov. 1986). 21 pp.
Potter, Bruce "Environmental Information Resources for Caribbean Users of the Internet." Island Resources Foundation (updated continually) Washington, DC., 1995, also posted on Micro State Resources Web site at http://www.microstate.com/html.
Towle, J. and Potter, B., Organizational Profiles Of Who Is Doing What In Support Of Programs For Sustainable Resource Development And Environmental Management In The Eastern Caribbean. A Guide to Donor Organizations and Technical Assistance Agencies. Funded by World Wildlife Fund-US and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, February 1989. 109 organizational/program entries; in 3-ring binder
Employment summary:
1994 to Present Island Resources Foundation
1989 to 1994 American Management Systems, Arlington, VA
1985 to 1989 Consulting, Washington, DC
1980 to 1985 Mobil Oil, Exploration and Producing, [then] NYC,
1975 to 1980 Consulting, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
1972 to 1975 Sailing in Eastern Caribbean
1969 to 1972 UNCO, Inc., Information Systems, Washington, DC
1964 to 1969 Peace Corps Volunteer Santiago, Chile, and
Chief of Planning, LA Region, Washington, DC.
A.B. in Government, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
