Leah CuynoSenior EconomistLeah Cuyno joined Northern Economics in May 2001. She earned a doctoral degree from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree from Michigan State University, both in Agricultural and Applied Economics with a specialization in environmental economics. Leah’s dissertation research involved assessing the risks of pesticide use on human health, non-target species, and the environment, and determining society’s willingness to pay to reduce these risks. For her master’s thesis, she developed a framework for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a nonpoint source pollution control program in Michigan. Prior to joining Northern Economics, Leah worked as an economist for a non-government organization specializing in resource economics and environmental policy in the Philippines. She was involved in the USAID-funded Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting Project and a project on integrated resource management. Her work and research in the Philippines examined poverty alleviation, use of market-based instruments for environmental management, and resource accounting using market and non-market valuation. Leah’s work at Northern Economics focuses on assessment of economic and fiscal impacts of infrastructure/development projects. Her field of interest is in the energy sector and she has been closely involved in studies on rural energy, as well as oil and gas issues in Alaska. |
Leah’s answers to life’s more important questions:Great escape: Maui and Boracay. I am also still dreaming about doing a bike tour that will take me from Vienna to Prague. Why Alaska: The answer is, because of Northern Economics. When I arrived in Anchorage seven years ago that was the burning question in my mind—why Alaska? Now, besides work, I have lots of other answers to that question. Idea of fun: Exploring new places on a bike or on foot. Curious About: Why there are silent letters and how to explain it to my 5-year old daughter who is learning how to read phonetically. |