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Logan Yonavjak

Logan is the Director of Sustainability for International Farming as well as a Venture Partner and Advisor for SeaAhead. Since 2012, after transitioning from the World Resources Institute, Logan Yonavjak began working as an independent consultant in impact investing and conservation finance. She has worked with a number of U.S. private equity funds and investmentContinue reading “Logan Yonavjak”

Mark Schaffer

Project Hydrologist, Copper Environmental Consulting, Anaconda MT, 2012 – Present Collection and analysis of data and documents to assist liable parties with long term planning for the remediation of Superfund sites in the Upper Clark Fork Basin. This research requires coordinating and interacting with subcontractors, regulatory agencies, and private entities. Copper Environmental is an establishedContinue reading “Mark Schaffer”

Mimi Mather

Mimi Mather is a designer and co-founder or Root House Studio, she designs communication media for non-profits, social entrepreneurs and government agencies. Through creative design, Root House draws attention to their clients’ stories and campaigns and helps them make a more robust impact. Root House’s design services include graphic design; video and animation; branding and logoContinue reading “Mimi Mather”

Becca Madsen

Becca Madsen is an environmental analyst with a decade of experience in issues at the intersection of nature and economics. As Project Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute, Ms. Madsen provides research and analysis on sustainability, endangered species, and water quality trading as it relates to the electric power industry. Ms. Madsen started aContinue reading “Becca Madsen”

Samson Parsimei Lenjirr

Samson Parsimei Lenjirr is a wildlife manager with the County Council of Narok in the republic of Kenya. He is in charge of a trust land forest-Mau, one of the largest water towers in the country. Previously he was a senior manager in the leading National Reserve in Kenya namely, Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo &Continue reading “Samson Parsimei Lenjirr”

Robert Kimball

Robert Kimball works on promoting collaboration towards sustainable water management between businesses, investors, and governments.  He is currently working on measuring and managing water related risks facing companies and investors with the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct project. He works to maximize the visibility and impact of Aqueduct with audiences ranging from businesses and investors toContinue reading “Robert Kimball”

Bob Hix

Bob Hix is the Colorado/Wyoming Regional Director for Pheasants Forever. Bob started with PF in November 2006. Bobs love of the outdoors comes from his father who introduced Bob into the world of conservation, fishing and hunting at a young age. Bob is an avid outdoorsman and loves to fish and hunt upland birds withContinue reading “Bob Hix”

Jeremy Gingerich

Jeremy Gingerich grew up along the Palmer Divide in Colorado, spending much of his free time in the foothills or on the ranches of friends and neighbors.  After watching the ranches of his youth become subdivisions, Jeremy became interested in maintaining the remaining open landscapes of the West.  He believes the best way to doContinue reading “Jeremy Gingerich”

Mark Gibson

Mark Gibson is a marine policy specialist currently working with WWF’s Market Transformation Initiative to implement rights-based management (RBM) in Latin American fisheries. For the past 6 Mark Gibson is a Fisheries Program Officer with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the author of Breaching the Blue, a marine policy blog. He earned his M.A. inContinue reading “Mark Gibson”

Kate Fitzpatrick

Kate Fitzpatrick is a Program Director at the Deschutes River Conservancy where she leads strategy development and implementation to restore streamflows and water quality in the Deschutes Basin of Oregon. The DRC uses market-based incentives and a collaborative community-based approach to reallocate water rights to restore instream flows to dewatered streams. Previous to Kate’s nine yearsContinue reading “Kate Fitzpatrick”