Julie brings knowledge of land use patterns and environmental management to Bio-Logical Capital’s strategic decisions and investment analysis. She helps the team evaluate and communicate business models that integrate social, ecological and economic systems on the land. Previously, as a project coordinator at Urban Villages, she helped with planning and pre-development activities for a modelContinue reading “Julie Witherspoon”
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John Tynan
John Tynan is co‑director of Upstate Forever’s Clean Air & Water Program, where he works to reduce the impacts of land use change on water quality and reduce the size of Upstate’s climate footprint. He directs Upstate Forever’s Rural Waters project, which works to protect and restore the quality and character of mountain streams, piedmontContinue reading “John Tynan”
Kathleen Staks
Kathleen Staks has been the Program Coordinator for Open Space at Great Outdoors Colorado for the past two and a half years. She runs grant programs that fund conservation work across the state by land trusts and local government open space programs. Prior to her work at GOCO, she worked for the Colorado Coalition ofContinue reading “Kathleen Staks”
Liz Spence
Liz Spence is the sustainable harvest project coordinator for the north and central coast region of the Nature Conservancy California. In her role, Liz leads the planning of a vineyard conservation initiative strategy, developing communications materials for the strategy, performing industry research, and managing outreach to influential stakeholders in the California wine industry. In additionContinue reading “Liz Spence”
Marcie Rash
Marcie Rash is a senior consultant at Tetra Tech EM Inc., an environmental consulting and engineering services firm. Her consulting services range from geologic field work and investigation to project and strategy management at environmental restoration sites for federal government clients including the United States Navy, United States Forest Service, and EPA. She also managesContinue reading “Marcie Rash”
Eric Kihiu Ngure
Eric Kihiu is the Resource Development Manager for Rhino Ark Charitable Trust. After a stint in the business world (insurance and oil industries) in the mid nineties, he followed his true passion and joined the conservation ranks in Kenya. From 1999–2008, Eric worked as the Head of Productivity Improvement and Quality Assurance and Project ManagerContinue reading “Eric Kihiu Ngure”
Joe Morris
Joe Morris is a veteran government relations and public affairs strategist who has worked in the city of Atlanta local politics and government arena for quite some time. Joe served as a project coordinator with Ahmann for the Atlanta Committee for Progress, an association of top business and academic leaders brought together to collaborate withContinue reading “Joe Morris”
Shannon Meyer
Shannon Meyer, Western Conservation Manager,Land Trust Alliance. Shannon provides Alliance services to land trusts in the southwestern states, California and Texas. Shannon moved out west after college and spent several years teaching outdoor education in California before heading to Montana for graduate school in Environmental Policy. Since then Shannon has gained over 14 years ofContinue reading “Shannon Meyer”
Jake MacArthur
Jake MacArthur completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia in 2000. He has worked as a microelectronics reliability engineer at IBM, an outdoor educator, and, most recently, as a design engineer for a renewable energy firm in Idaho and Wyoming. Currently, Jake is a Master’s Candidate at the BrenContinue reading “Jake MacArthur”
Stacey Kennealy
Stacey Kennealy is currently Certification Program and Sustainability Director at GreenFaith, an interfaith environmental organization that works across North America. She coordinates numerous programs within the organization, including a leadership-level environmental certification program for houses of worship, and beginner-level programs for faith-based institutions on the topics of water and energy. Stacey has written various sustainabilityContinue reading “Stacey Kennealy”