Todd Gartner is the director of WRI’s Natural Infrastructure for Water and Cities4Forests projects working with governments and businesses to invest in conserving and restoring forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems in order to secure freshwater supplies, reduce flood risks, and obtain other economic and social benefits. Todd works with a broad range of stakeholders includingContinue reading “Todd Gartner”
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Nicole White
Nicole (Nikki) White is a Manager at Hitachi Consulting. She provides environmental and sustainability technical support for various government and corporate clients over the last 14 years. Her primary areas of expertise are operational efficiency, greenhouse gas analysis, environmental management system implementation, and environmental compliance auditing. She currently manages a team onsite in the environmental departmentContinue reading “Nicole White”
Patrick Shannon
Patrick Shannon is currently the CFO of PeachTree Real Estate Partners, LLC. He co-founded this company to explore his interests in architectural design, science, and engineering with the goal of building and selling sustainable high density urban housing. He has been a proprietary trader, a floor trader, a hedge fund manager, and a researcher/software developer.Continue reading “Patrick Shannon”
Stephanie Romanach
Stephanie Romañach completed her MA and then PhD (2003) in Ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She had previously earned a BS in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1998. Stephanie is a Research Ecologist at the USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center. She uses a combination of field observations and predictive ecologicalContinue reading “Stephanie Romanach”
Amanda Karns
Amanda Karns is the Land Protection Specialist for The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania. In this role Amanda works with landowners to protect important resources for biodiversity through acquisition of land and conservation easements. A conservationist at heart, her interests include issues surrounding land-use planning, recreational access, and non-profit organization. Amanda also has a background inContinue reading “Amanda Karns”
Teresa Platt
Teresa Platt is currently the owner of 24/7 Policy and Communications, which specializes in “production p.r.”— public relations work focusing on food and fiber production, a complement to marketing programs which focus on the benefits of the end products. In the past, Teresa has served as the executive director of Fur Commission USA, a trade associationContinue reading “Teresa Platt”
Alexandra Michalko
Alexandra Michalko is a native Californian, born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from Stanford University in 2003 with a BA in International Relations and a minor in Italian. After graduation, she volunteered as an environmental educator aboard the 90-foot schooner Adventuress in Puget Sound. She returned to San Francisco to work asContinue reading “Alexandra Michalko”
Fletcher Harper
Fletcher is an Episcopal priest and Executive Directorat GreenFaith. GreenFaith is a national, interfaith environmental organization that conducts education and advocacy, and provides sustainability services, to faith-based groups. Under his leadership, GreenFaith has developed innovative programs linking religious belief and practice to the environment. An award-winning spiritual writer and nationally-recognized preacher on the environment, heContinue reading “Fletcher Harper”
Matt Stein
Matt Stein is currently working on a project to transform a brownfield/superfund site in his home town of Portland, OR into a renewable energy focused industrial business park. In conjunction with this venture, he is working with an existing company to acquire used wind turbines, recondition them, and get them back into productive use. TheContinue reading “Matt Stein”
Joe Sehee
Joe is founder of the Green Burial Council and CEO of the recently launched Green Burial Council International. He also provides consultancy for the purpose of creating private/family conservation burial grounds. A Senior Fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program and former Commissioner on the City of Santa Fe Sustainability Commission, Joe graduated from Michigan StateContinue reading “Joe Sehee”