Career development, Mentorship, and the Future of Environmental Careers with Kevin Doyle

Share your Field Stories!Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Kevin Doyle, Executive Director of Career and Professional Development at Yale School of the Environment about Career development, Mentorship, and the Future of Environmental Careers.   Read his full bio below.Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 2:04  Nic & Laura talk about Getting the Most out of a Mentor Relationship9:56  Interview with Kevin Doyle Starts11:55  Mentorship18:12 Career Development27:13  Future of Environmental CareersPlease be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Kevin Doyle at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-doyle-98aa4820/Guest Bio:Kevin Doyle is Executive Director of the Office of Career and Professional Development, and a member of the leadership team at the Yale University School of the Environment (YSE), one of the world’s leading environmental graduate schools, with ten specializations and twenty Centers and Programs.Before coming to YSE, Kevin was President of Green Economy, an independent environmental consultancy in Boston, from 2007-2019, serving dozens of public, private and nonprofit clients throughout the US and its territories, with a focus on coastal management, clean energy, and environmental workforce/professional development. He continues to serve as a professional development consultant for NOAA’s Coastal Management, Digital Coast Management, and Coral Reef Conservation Fellowship Programs.Prior to 2007, he was National Director of Program Development for the former Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), a national nonprofit organization that organized and managed more than 12,000 employer-paid internships and fellowships, including a national Diversity Initiative paid internship program. Kevin is the co-author of four popular environmental career guides for Island Press in Washington, DC.Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.