Stanley Young is a marketing, communications and media relations consultant.
Also an author and journalist, he has written books and articles on several
subjects with a focus on the environment.
He was formerly the Communications Director of the California Resources Agency, the umbrella state agency for natural
resources and environmental management. In that capacity he oversaw the internal and external communications of 28 departments, boards, commissions
and conservancies with a budget of $5 billion and a total staff exceeding
14,000. Later, as Director of Marketing for Jones & Stokes he oversaw the communications and branding for this
environmental consulting firm of 500 professionals with offices in seven
states.
Stanley is on the board of River of Words, a non-profit
organization promoting environmental literacy through art and poetry, and
serves on the advisory board of the Ecolinx Foundation dedicated to promoting sustainable development and public participation in
China.
A Commonwealth Scholar who attended universities in Canada, Israel and
England, Stanley has also had a career as a modern dancer, yoga teacher,
chef, and was a field officer for CARE in a Cambodian refugee camp. He is
now based in Davis, California with his wife and two children.