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”
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Zoe Carlson
Zoë Carlson is currently pursuing her Master’s of Environmental Science and Management at the Bren School. Through the Eco-entrepreneurship program she is developing a business that applies financial mechanisms to groundwater management. She has worked for five years in the field of conservation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Resource Conservation District of SantaContinue reading “Zoe Carlson”
Zach Anderson
Zach Anderson is a recent graduate of the MBA program at Portland State University, where he focused on addressing business challenges through sustainability initiatives. While earning his MBA, Zach was an intern at Gerding Edlen Development, the country’s leading green developer, as well as Brightworks Sustainability Advisors. Zach began his professional career teaching high schoolContinue reading “Zach Anderson”
Ariel Steele
Ariel Steele is a former attorney who decided to “save the world through land conservation”. After working as a lawyer at a Los Angeles law firm and then for the Palauan government on a small Micronesian island, she decided to ditch practicing law and work directly to help preserve the places she loves in thisContinue reading “Ariel Steele”
Elyssa Serrilli
Elyssa Serrilli is guided in her outer purpose by the sutra, “without inner change, no change is possible; without outer change, no change matters” (angel Kyodo williams). Loving People as much as she loves our Earth, she strives for authentic relationship and is nourished by sharing the gifts that have helped her on her journey,Continue reading “Elyssa Serrilli”
Lotay Rinchen
Lotay Rinchen has worked as a budget officer in the Ministry of Finance of the Royal Government of Bhutan. He holds a MA Degree in sustainable international development from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. His interests include responsible tourism, sustainable development and issues related to the environment. DuringContinue reading “Lotay Rinchen”
Daniela Pinto
Daniela Pinto is the Director of Projects for the Brazilian Agency for Environment and Technology Information (ECODATA) a NGO based in the capital city of Brasilia, where she manages the development and implementation of eco-agro-extractivist projects in the Cerrado region of central Brazil, and directs ECODATA’s partnership with the US EPA and Argonne National LaboratoryContinue reading “Daniela Pinto”
Laura Munro Hamilton
Laura recently completed a Master’s Degree in Real Estate & Construction Management from the University of Denver. While a graduate student, Laura performed land investment deals in Costa Rica on behalf of several American investors. She is currently consulting for a Denver-based start-up resort development company. Inspired by her international travels from Laos to HaitiContinue reading “Laura Munro Hamilton”
Jeff Masten
Jeff Masten is the Co-Founder of Bluestem Conservation Cemetery as well as a Conservation Consultant and Partner with LANDMATTERS. He previously served as the Director of Conservation Strategies for Triangle Land Conservancy, a land trust located in Raleigh, NC. He directed the conservation planning, land protection and stewardship programs for TLC covering the six countyContinue reading “Jeff Masten”
Natalia Machain
Natalia Machain – Lawyer, specialized in Environmental Law and Management. Coordinator of conservation projects in environmental law and consultant to various foundations and NGOs regarding the conservation and sustainability area, specifically in Native Forest, Private Conservation and Ocean Preservation issues. At present, co-leading the building of the group Nature, Economy and Environmental Policy, which willContinue reading “Natalia Machain”