Co-founder of Wellspring Group Consulting, he and Kate are the driving force behind the vision, goals, and operations of the business. Caleb worked as a consultant in rural Alaska for eight years, researching the impacts of state and federally-funded development projects on local subsistence practices and cultural resources. He has also worked as a tribal Grants Manager in his hometown of Seldovia, Alaska and as a contributor to a non-profit that seeks to educate and engage the public on Alaska’s natural resource issues.
Prior to his work in Alaska, Caleb participated in collaborative research programs at the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT) in Patan, Nepal. He also helped develop a community-based model for heritage tourism in the Indian state of Uttarakhand while working at the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in Delhi, India. He received his M.A. in Cross-Cultural Studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2009, following a B.A. in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington in 2004.
Caleb and Kate spent nearly a decade as a commercial fishing family in Bristol Bay, and continue to live and work in rural Alaska. He lives with his wife and two kids in Seldovia, Alaska.