Michael Boland

Background

About Michael Boland

For three decades I have focused my academic and professional work on the future of parks as vehicles for addressing the pressing social and environmental challenges of our time. As a parkmaker, my work has focused on the transformation of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and in particular the Presidio of San Francisco, into an innovative urban national park. My work has included public, private, and non-profit experience, with a focus on managing multiple interdisciplinary teams; delivering high-quality, high-stakes, high-visibility public projects; facilitating complex community engagement and public participation processes; creating relevant contemporary park programming; and modeling 21st century sustainable stewardship practices in urban parklands.