Ben Alexander is Associate Director of Headwaters Economics. He has extensive experience working with land management agencies, ranchers, county commissioners, conservation groups and land use planners in the West. Ben has published in the areas of ranch economics, collaborative land management, and community development. He started the Working Landscapes Program at the Sonoran Institute, and most recently was Director of the Sonoran Institute's SocioEconomics Program. Ben holds a B.A. in History from Tufts University and an M.A. and M.Phil. in American Studies from Yale University.: