Dave Wager is the owner, artisan, and forester for Tree Ring Pens LLC. Tree Ring LLC, was founded in 2010 to manufacture and sell fine writing instruments (and other goods) that commemorate milestones of individuals, society, and natural history through the growth rings of a tree. It is a goal of Tree Ring to promoteContinue reading “Dave Wager”
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Jay Truty
Founder/CEO of Ecosystem Capital, LLC, an advisory services firm specializing in corporate sustainability/ESG strategy and market-based environmental and sustainable development strategies, including the development of environmental markets projects and approaches for assessing the financial value of benefits and services derived from ecosystems. Prior to founding Ecosystem Capital, I practiced environmental, energy and natural resources lawContinue reading “Jay Truty”
Byron Thayer
Byron Thayer is a master’s student at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC-Santa Barbara. Prior to graduate school, his career has been a hybrid of environmental and business work: he has both helped reintroduce river otters to the Rio Grande and provided guidance to Starbucks and PepsiCo for their green products.Continue reading “Byron Thayer”
Ryan Smith
Ryan Smith is a strong leader adapt at building collaborations; he thrives in uniting diverse stakeholders. Since 2011 Ryan has been working as an asset manager for Beartooth Capital—a $70M impact investment fund that specializes in complex real-estate transactions creating value by restoring and protecting ranches. At Beartooth Capital, Ryan led three of their mostContinue reading “Ryan Smith”
Greg Sherman
Greg Sherman is a native of Indiana and a long-time resident of Chicago, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and recently graduated from the Chicago Booth School of business where he was the John E. Jeuck Distinguished Fellow. Greg has worked in the fields of management consulting, executive compensation consulting, entrepreneurial management,Continue reading “Greg Sherman”
Kelly Sands
Kelly Sands is a Mitigation Banking Analyst at WRA Environmental Consultants. Kelly has eight years of experience in land conservation, environmental consulting, and mitigation and conservation banking with an emphasis on market and policy research. With the Environmental Policy Award from the Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia to her credit, Kelly received herContinue reading “Kelly Sands”
Shelley Hudson Robbins
Shelley Hudson Robbins is a North Carolina native and a 1989 graduate of Duke University, where she majored in economics. She regulated water and wastewater utilities for the Florida Public Service Commission and then served as Governor Lawton Chiles’ outer continental shelf policy staff in the early 1990’s. She earned a Master of business administrationContinue reading “Shelley Hudson Robbins”
Marine Pienaar
Mariné Pienaar is a self-employed land-use specialist and the founder of Terra-Africa Consult. She was born and raised on a cattle farm in the Northwest Province of South Africa. Mariné earned a bachelor degree in agricultural science at the University of Pretoria, the leading research university in South Africa and one of the largest inContinue reading “Marine Pienaar”
Daylin Munoz-Nunez
Daylin Muñoz-Nuñez is a marine scientist currently working with EDF’s Oceans Program to promote sustainable and responsible marine fishing practices. Daylin is currently responsible for conducting research and coordinating the activities of several EDF teams to develop solutions for key fisheries in Mexico, Belize and Cuba. Daylin has conducted outreach in fishing communities in the GulfContinue reading “Daylin Munoz-Nunez”
Shira Kronich
Shira Kronich is an environmental engineer responsible for monitoring and upgrading the small-scale decentralized rural arid environment wastewater systems at the Eilot Regional Authority in Hevel Eilot. She is the consultant environmental engineer with the sanitation department to ensure all systems comply with current regulations, since many kibbutz wastewater systems are over- utilized and ineffective.Continue reading “Shira Kronich”