Last updated: 2020/06/15

Storm Cunningham

Washington, D.C., United States
Institution/Employer
RECONOMICS Institute
Claim/Job description
Executive Director: RECONOMICS Institute. Editor: REVITALIZATION. Author; Speaker; Urban/Rural Regeneration Strategist
Language skills
English
Spanish

Storm is the Executive Director of RECONOMICS Institute in Washington, DC.  He's also the editor of the institute's journal, REVITALIZATION

He is a keynoter and workshop leader at planning, sustainability, community regeneration, economic resilience, and natural resource restoration conferences worldwide (see https://StormCunningham.com).

Storm lives in Arlington, Virginia, and is the author of three books:

  • The Restoration Economy (Berrett-Koehler, 2002), and 
  • Rewealth (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008)
  • RECONOMICS (Amazon, January 20, 2020)

(See https://RestorationEconomy.comhttps://Rewealth.com) and https://Reconomics.com 

Since 2002, Storm has been a full-time urban/rural/regional turnaround specialist, working as a revitalization strategist for mayors, housing authorities, Chambers of Commerce, and social/environmental non-profits.

As a consultant, he provides strategic analyses for organizations, cities, and regions seeking revitalization. George Ochs, Managing Director of JP Morgan, says: "Storm Cunningham is the world’s thought leader on community revitalization and natural resource restoration."

Storm has helped colleges and universities raise millions of public and private dollars to endow new chairs and launch new institutes related to community redevelopment, natural resource restoration, and climate adaptation. From 2006-2009 Storm was Distinguished Visiting Professor at Seneca College (Canada’s largest college) in Toronto.

Storm’s clients include national and local governments, universities, and non-profits in dozens of countries. A sampling of his 100+ global client list includes: US State Department, Boeing, Harvard University, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Israel Planners Association, European Property Italian Conference, University of Guadalajara, National Arbor Day Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Institute of Architects, Project Management Institute, US Embassy (Poland), Governor of Montana, Canadian Urban Institute, Santee Cooper, Urban Land Institute, University of Texas, Leadership Cleveland, and many more

From 1996-2002, he was Director, Strategic Initiatives at the Construction Specifications Institute, a technical society of about 14,000 architects, engineers, and manufacturers.

Storm was an A-Team SCUBA medic with the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces (Green Berets), and is still an avid SCUBA diver, motorcyclist, and amateur herpetologist.

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