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Charles Dixon has has BA's in Mathematics and Computer Science as well as lifetime secondary credentials in math and computer topics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Educated as a Medical Anthropologist, he holds a Ph.D. degree awarded by the New School for Social Research in 1975. David Barker was a co-founder of Management Systems International, where he worked as a management consultant from 1981-83 and 1989-97. From 1983-89, he worked for the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization and the U.N. Development Program. He lived in Asia for nearly 20 years, Africa and the Caribbean, and, most recently in Indonesia. He and his wife Lisa currently live aboard their boat, Gyatso, traveling up and down the eastern seaboard and the Caribbean.

He taught mathematics, computer science, and network cabling at the high school and adult level since 1976. Charles is a friend to the earth and the people who live close to her soil. He has been a member of the Sierra Club since 1964. He is particularly interested in volunteer organizations that monitor water quality. He is a member of the Surfrider Foundation.

Charles believes he can foster communication, cooperation and support between CFI and local grassroots conservation groups throughout California.