Robertson WorkROBERTSON WORK is a nonfiction author and ecosystem/justice activist. As an international development practitioner, he has worked in over fifty countries. For the past ten years he was professor of innovative leadership at New York University Wagner raduate School of Public Service, UN consultant, Fulbright senior specialist, and public speaker. As UN Development Programme (UNDP) principal policy adviser on decentralized governance for sixteen years, Work assisted many countries in formulating new policies and programs. While director for twenty-one years in three countries with the nonprofit Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), he led numerous community, organizational, and leadership development projects. He has published three books and contributed to eleven others as writer and editor. Work received his BA in English from Oklahoma State University, which honored him with their Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2003; and his graduate studies were at Indiana University and Chicago Theological Seminary. He and his wife live in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Read More Read Less