David Labrador
Rocky Mountain Institute
David Labrador's background is in journalism, marketing and foreign aid. He worked as a writer and researcher at Scientific American magazine and as a copy editor at a scholarly press. He helped to found an English-language newspaper in Kosovo.In addition to his editorial work, he worked for a marketing firm representing corporate clients and raised funds for several nonprofits in the United States and abroad.David previously served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay and assisted development efforts in Kosovo and in Afghanistan, where he managed a large-scale infrastructure program with the United Nations. He comes to RMI from Vermont CARES, an HIV/AIDS service organization, where he served as development director.
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