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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”

Mike Higuera

Mike Higuera works for The Nature Conservancy in Boulder, Colorado, where he protects land through conservation transactions across the state. He focuses on sourcing, structuring and closing large land conservation transaction, most of which consist of conservation easements. He grew up in Michigan and has traveled extensively throughout his life developing a strong interest in the environment.Continue reading “Mike Higuera”

Jorge Ramírez González

Jorge Ramírez González is a marine biologist with a M.Sc. in Sustainable Marine and Coastal Management from the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (UABCS), Mexico. Presently he is the fisheries program officer at WWF-Galapagos where he focuses on sea cucumbers and spiny lobsters. Prior to joining WWF, Jorge worked in UABCS’s sharks and raysContinue reading “Jorge Ramírez González”

Anna Ebers

Since 2010, Anna Ebers has been a research assistant at the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management at SUNY-ESF, in upstate New York, working on economics of conservation easements. Her primary research interest lies in renewable energy economics and investment. Current research includes biomass to energy policy analysis in the US, microfinance as aContinue reading “Anna Ebers”

Jingjie Chu

Jingjie Chu, is a natural resource economist, working in the Global Program on Fisheries and Aquaculture at the World Bank. She holds a doctorate degree in environmental and natural resource economics from the University of Rhode Island and a masters of science degree in environmental economics and policy from Peking University, China. Jingjie has workingContinue reading “Jingjie Chu”