Will Roger Peterson's Biography through 2006

Present:

Member, Board of Directors, Black Rock City LLC, Director Nevada Relations and Special Projects.

Member, Board of Directors, Black Rock Arts Foundation.

Member, Vice President, Board of Directors, Friends of the Black Rock Desert/High Rock Canyon.

Appointed to the Resource Advisory Council (RAC), Sierra Front Western Great Basin, Representing Recreation Users.  

Appointed to the Resource Advisory Council Sub Committee (co-chairman) for the Black Rock Desert/ High Rock Canyon/Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area.

Secure, Negotiate and Interpret the 5 Year Recreation Permit with the BLM (2006-2010).

Construction Director, 2007 Man Base (Green Man Pavilion).

Advisor to Burning Man's Department of Public Works.

Advisor to Burning Man's Nevada Properties.

Burning Man Nevada Properties Liaison to Washoe County Department of Community Development.

Burning Man Liaison to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

First Camp Coordinator and Host.

Anonymous Camp Councilman.

Help negotiate, compile and edit the BLM stipulations governing the Burning Man event.

Advisor to the Black Rock City Airport.

Past Black Rock City LLC:

Construction Director 2006 Man Base (Pavilion of Hope and Fear).

Construction Director 2005 Man Base (Fun House).

Founder and Chief of Staff of Burning Man's Department of Public Works (1998- 2003).

Founder and Manager of Burning Man's Nevada Properties (1998)

Authored, Compiled and Edited the Annual Burning Man Operating Plan (1998-2006).

Initiated and Secured the 5 Year Festival Permit with the BLM (2006-2010).

Developed and Helped Edit and Write the first Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Burning Man Event (1998).

Helped establish the clean up standard for Commercial Events on Public Lands (1998-2000).

Initiated, Managed and Helped develop the setup, maintenance and clean-up methods for Burning Man's Black Rock City.

Helped develop the initial Black Rock City Infrastructure Design from 1997-2000.

With partner, Crimson Rose, Started 'Check Point Salon' Black Rock City's first information camp.

Helped develop the initial Management Plan.

Helped develop the initial Financial Plan.

Burning Man Comptroller (1997).

Past Other:

Associate Professor, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Courses Taught included Biomedical Photography, Technical Photography, Large Format Photography, Fine Art Photography, Various Workshops and Developed a Course entitled ' In Search of the Mystical Image'.

Assistant Director, SPAS, RIT in charge of budgets and scheduling.

MFA, BFA, Art and Photography, AAS Analytical Chemistry, Graduate Work in Instructional Technology, RIT, Other undergraduate course work at New York University and the University of Buffalo

MFA Thesis included Peripheral Strip Photography and Underwater Photography.

Owner, Operator, Provocative Portraits, Portrait Studio, Oakland CA

Co-Owner, Operator, Photopia, General Photography Service, Specializing in Aerial Photography, Rochester, NY.

Associate Contractor, Rod Garrett Designs and Construction.

Other Interests and Accomplishments Include:

Private Pilot License and Motor Cycle License.

Sailing and Wind Surfing (Great Lakes, Martha's Vineyard, Caribbean)

Hiking and Back Packing (hiked most of the Sierra Nevada Crest Trail and the Appalachia Trail.

Under Water Photography (British Virgin Islands).

Camping in the Great Basin Desert, Especially the Black Rock Desert/High Rock Canyon Area.

Alternative Energy and Green Energy.

Photography, especially underwater, aerial, portraits and erotic movement

Construction and Renovation Projects.

I Ching Student.

Member National Rifle Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club, Airhead BMW Motorcycle Club.