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Cole Mannix

Cole Mannix is part of the 5th generation of his family’s Mannix Ranch (est. 1883) in Helmville, MT where he grew up raising livestock and learning about ranching. After undergraduate degrees in biology and philosophy at Carroll College in Helena, he earned his masters in theology at Boston College and taught at his alma materContinue reading “Cole Mannix”

David Groves

David Groves is Executive Director of Private Capital for Public Good. Prior to PCPG, David worked for a conservation-focused nonprofit advocacy organization in Washington, DC. He spearheaded a comprehensive campaign that resulted in passage of a federal law to restrict the flow of illegally sourced wood products into the United States. The law earned theContinue reading “David Groves”

Bryse Gaboury

Bryse Gaboury has extensive experience in civil engineering and construction management, primarily in Southeast Asia. Bryse cofounded and has been the director of a SE Asia based Engineering Consulting firm, Advancing Engineering (AE) for the past six years. Bryse and his AE partner, Dr. Matt Basinger are now working to launch a new micro-utility ventureContinue reading “Bryse Gaboury”

Jeff Batton

Jeff Batton is a serial entrepreneur with a diverse professional background in start-ups, large corporations, and non-profit entities. Most recently Jeff completed a 3-year turnaround project as CEO of The Natural Baby Company, a Certified B Corporation in the baby products industry. Prior to that, Jeff established a successful “executive for hire” practice, assisting aContinue reading “Jeff Batton”

Joseph Azzarelli

Joseph Azzarelli is a graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. in chemistry at MIT, where he focuses on inventing novel classes of low-cost wireless chemical sensors for water, food, agricultural, and industrial applications. Prior to graduate school, he spent one year in Pfizer’s Neuroscience unit in search of therapeutics to treat Alzheimer’s disease. He holds aContinue reading “Joseph Azzarelli”

Terra Alpaugh

After a decade in New York, Terra Alpaugh returned to her home state last year to start her masters in Environmental Science and Management at the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara. She is specializing in Climate and Energy, with an emphasis on the impacts of climate change on water supplies. She is contributing toContinue reading “Terra Alpaugh”

Josh Eagle

Josh Eagle is a professor of law at the University of South Carolina and a 2014 PERC Lone Mountain Fellow. He is affiliated both with USC’s Marine Science Program and the School of Earth, Ocean and Environment.

Frank Wolak

Frank A. Wolak is the HolBrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. His fields of specialization are Industrial Organization and Econometric Theory. His recent work studies methods for introducing competition into infrastructure industries — telecommunications, electricity, water delivery and postal delivery services — and on assessing theContinue reading “Frank Wolak”

Whitney Tilt

Whitney Tilt is a PERC Impact Fellow and Private Lands Coordinator, applying over four decades of professional experience and passion within the conservation community. Early in his career, Whitney was a wildlife technician with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as a cattle rancher. He went on to serve in leadership roles forContinue reading “Whitney Tilt”