Fred Boltz heads Resolute Development Solutions, a consulting firm specialized in climate change, environment and resilience. Dr. Boltz formerly served as Managing Director and member of the leadership team at The Rockefeller Foundation, where he led the environment program and key resilience initiatives. He earlier served in Conservation International’s leadership team as head of conservation strategy and practice, climate change lead and head of international policy.

Fred holds a Ph.D. in natural resource economics from the University of Florida. A native English speaker, Dr. Boltz is fluent in French and Spanish, and conversant in Portuguese, Malagasy and Mandarin Chinese.