Julian Portilla

Julian is the director of the Master's in Mediation and Conflict Studies at Champlain College in Burlington Vermont. Julian's experience has been primarily working on community, environmental and political consensus-building processes and trainings in several countries throughout Latin America as well as the United States. Most recently based in Mexico, his primary responsibilities were managing several consensus-building processes on and around the Baja peninsula regarding fishing, environmental and land development policy issues. In addition to his current responsibilities at Champlain College, he is currently involved in a multi-stakeholder dialogue process to revise the Management Plan of the Loreto Bay National Park on the Baja Peninsula. Julian holds a Master's degree from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University and a BA in Political Science from Vassar College.