Eric Holmes is an Associate at Kearns & West focusing on community engagement, stakeholder facilitation, and participatory processes in support of water resources and coastal renewable energy programs. His areas of interest include watershed management, environmental communications, and collective action and decision making. Eric has previous experience in citizen science campaign development, STEM education stakeholder engagement, headwater ecosystem service analysis, and program management. At the University of California, Santa Barbara, Eric earned a master’s degree in Water Resources Management with a specialization in strategic environmental communications.