Pandion Systems, Inc. + Christian Newman

Christian Newman

Jim Newman

Christine Denny

Crissy Sutter

Caleb Gordon

Fay Baird

Peter Colverson

Greg Forcey

John Maresh

Carla Ebeling

Karen Hill

Jenny Carter

Pandion Associates

Our diverse work experiences and backgrounds allow us to create project teams that can address a wide range of client needs using interdisciplinary, comprehensive approaches.

16 years natural resource related experience, including wildlife data collection and analysis including GIS/GPS

12 years experience developing and implementing public outreach and training programs for natural resources

10 years project management experience

Certified in Public Participation and Meeting Facilitation

Certified in GPS and GIS from Trimble, Inc. and ESRI, Inc.

Experienced in natural communities groundtruthing and assessment

Experienced in effects of recreational activities on the biodiversity of natural communities and wildlife habitats

Experience conducting market analysis, needs assessments, and statistical evaluation of data

Christian Newman, MS, MBA
President / Principal Ecologist
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Christian Newman is president and co-founder of Pandion Systems, Inc. He was inspired to start Pandion by his father's 30 years of experience in the environmental field so that they could pursue and complete interesting and important projects that make a difference. Christian's diverse background, training, and interests in wildlife ecology, marketing, business, education, nature-based recreation, and ecotourism reflect the multidisciplinary nature of Pandion's core services.

Christian holds a BA in Biology from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts (1991) and an MS in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida (1997). He also has an MBA from the University of Florida (2002) where he focused on Market Analysis and Program/Business development.

Like Christian's educational background, his work experience is multidisciplinary and comprehensive. Christian is a wildlife biologist with practical experience developing, implementing, and managing large projects using both his ecological and business background combined with his facilitation expertise.

Over the past 16 years, Christian has worked on multiple projects on federal, state, and private lands involving endangered species surveys, habitat evaluations, and management planning. He has extensive experience conducting field studies, including over 50 avian, mammalian, and herpetofaunal surveys.

Christian has facilitated a variety of stakeholder and public meetings for a number of Pandion projects, including the Babcock Ranch Preserve Management Plan, Florida Springs Task Force report update Florida's Springs: Strategies for Protection and Restoration, and the rewrite of the DCA manual Protecting Florida's Springs: Land Use Planning Strategies and Best Management Practices.

Prior to starting Pandion, Christian was a middle school and high school teacher. Out of college Christian joined the Teach For America (TFA) program to teach in Arkansas' Mississippi Delta for the Lee County School District. While with TFA, he taught middle school science for two years. During the second year he helped start and teach in an alternative school for "at-risk" students. Following his two years in Arkansas, Christian was hired to teach at his former high school where he taught ninth grade science, coached both the varsity and junior varsity teams, and was the Key Club service club sponsor. During his three years of teaching, he participated as a trainer in a number of programs for new teachers including the TFA summer institute in 1995.

Christian's other interests include the outdoors, cycling, athletics, and traveling, but with three children under the age of six, his most important interest is spending time with his exceedingly energetic young family.