Nicholas Palso

Role: Speaker

Nick was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, and then, for reasons that he is still not sure of, moved to Alaska. He has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, an MPA from Villanova University, and Doctorate in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management from Penn State. He came to GDO in October 2022 after over 14 years at FERC, where he worked in hydropower licensing. When not working, Nick enjoys camping, kayaking, hiking, splitting firewood, marmots, long road trips to the edges of civilization, and watching trains. He once walked back and forth across Death Valley because it seemed like a good idea at the time. It wasn’t. He resides in Calvert County, Maryland with his young son.