christopherneff.com

April 2008:

Welcome to christopherneff.com

I am Christopher Neff and I am pleased you've stopped by my website. It has been a continuing lesson to keep this updated and I welcome any thoughts or feedback!

Back in the U.S. 

After 18 months in Sydney, Australia at the University of Sydney I graudated with an Honours Masters in Public Policy and returned to the U.S. on November 27th.

New job at Outright Vermont:

Since December 2007, I have been the proud Executive Director of Outright Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. Outright VT is a state-wide queer (lgbtq) youth advocacy and services organization. You can find out a lot more or donate :) at www.outrightvt.org

Living in Burlington:  

I am now living outside of Burlington and enjoying being back in New England and working on lgbtq issues. This is a beautiful part of the country with some of the friendliest people I've ever met.

Political Work:

I am excited to continue my work in Democratic politics both in Vermont and nationally for LGBT issues. I have been lucky to work on Presidential Campaigns, for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and marriage equality and being back in the U.S. offers exciting opportunities in a historic political year.

Finishing what I started in Sydney:

I have been working on marine policy issues while in Australia, first as a Graduate Research Assistant on a review of the Great Barrier Reef and second, through two papers I've written on sharks that have been accepted in a review of Australia's national shark conservation policies.  

I have always loved studying sharks (since 3rd grade) so I was excited to be able to research and contribute to the debate about their conservation. SO - my Honours Thesis  reviewed the impact that shark attacks have on the development of shark conservation policies in the United States, Australia and South Africa.