Michael Robertson has over twenty five years of management and investment experience in natural resources, investment firms and the environmental technologies sectors. He is Managing Director and Partner of Clean Energy Venture Group, an investment group that provides seed capital and management expertise to early stage clean energy companies. He is also a Managing DirectorContinue reading “Michael Robertson”
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Peter Dykstra
Peter Dykstra is a lawyer with a practice focused on water rights, conservation real estate transactions, natural resources policy, and government relations at Plauche & Carr LLP. He serves public and private clients in these areas and is leading his firm’s efforts to expand its ecosystem services practice. Peter’s background in designing and closing over $120Continue reading “Peter Dykstra”
James Friscia
James Friscia is originally from Long Island, NY. Currently, he works for Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm. James specializes in growth strategy and business design development across a number of industries. Recently, James pursued a non-profit fellowship with the Nature Conservancy, where he focused on economic modeling and presentation of new financial toolsContinue reading “James Friscia”
Connie Rutledge
As Associate Director of the Carlson Ventures Enterprise at the University of Minnesota, Connie Rutledge brings over 10 years of experience in entrepreneurship and business management. As an analyst with an early stage venture capital firm, she reviewed over 500 business plans and helped guide local entrepreneurs through due diligence to completed financing. As theContinue reading “Connie Rutledge”
Matt Dunbar
Matt Dunbar is Managing Director of the Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) and a Founder the South Carolina Angel Network and Palmetto Angel Fund. UCAN is a Greenville, SC-based group of accredited investors who support high-growth startup ventures in the Southeast with capital and expertise. Since its inception in 2008, the group has invested nearlyContinue reading “Matt Dunbar”
Daniel Claussen
Daniel’s expertise lies at the intersection of finance and social impact with specialized experience in sustainable real estate and business development. As the Managing Director of the Impact Finance Collaborative, a partnership with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the University of Denver, Daniel leads R&D, education and advisement on Impact Finance. Over the past 5 years,Continue reading “Daniel Claussen”
Paul Bauman
Previous to the Nature Conservancy, Paul Bauman was the director of development for the CU-Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where he helped organize and complete capital campaigns on the Boulder campus. He was the lead fundraiser in negotiating the $250 Million pledge to CU from Bill and Claudia Coleman in 1999 to createContinue reading “Paul Bauman”
J.M. Ornstein
J.M. Ornstein is the managing director of J.M.ORNSTEIN, a UK based clean technology commercialization firm, where he structures breakthrough clean energy and clean tech companies, often originating with university lab technology. Mr. Ornstein also serves as framergy’s executive director, leading strategic development; he is also a director of ORRO.CO, which develops sustainability events in Asia.Continue reading “J.M. Ornstein”
Paul F.R. Corens
Paul Corens is a Senior Investment Portfolio Manager for the Arizona Public Safety Pension and is currently responsible for over $1.2 billion of physical assets around the world including timber, wetland, agriculture, infrastructure, oil & natural gas, power generation & transmission, minerals & mining, and real estate investments. Paul is responsible for allocating investment capitalContinue reading “Paul F.R. Corens”
Tonya Graham
Graham graduated from Northland College with a B.S. in Biophysical Environmental Studies in 1994 and received her M.A. in Community Development at Goddard College in 1997. She was the Development Director of Headwaters, an environmental organization that encourages just, sustainable communities in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion and neighboring areas. She hopes to assist in creating aContinue reading “Tonya Graham”