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Neil Dampier

Assistant Professor of Practice

Bio

Neil Dampier's experience is in providing strategic, programmatic and administrative leadership and capacity building for high-performing environmental and education-focused nonprofits in Africa and the United States. He is currently Executive Director for NorthBay Education, a leading environmental nonprofit providing education services to public schools in the mid-Atlantic. He is a partner and private guide at Into the Wild Safaris, where he designs and leads luxury wilderness experiences worldwide. Neil holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from Rhodes University, South Africa, and a Master of Natural Resources from Virginia Tech.

Areas of Specialization

  • Nonprofit leadership capacity buidling
  • Environmental education
  • Education nonprofits 
  • Wildlife conservation 
  • Global issues in environmental sustainability