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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”

A. Neill Cameron, Jr.

Neill Cameron is a career marketing and communications professional. He is former president of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, one of the world’s leading firms, and currently vice president of Clemson University in charge of activity with external audiences, as well as a member of the executive council. He has been involved in brand-building communications programsContinue reading “A. Neill Cameron, Jr.”

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”

Katherine Hamilton

Katherine Hamilton is a consultant specializing in environmental markets and innovative investment in conservation. In this capacity, she is currently a Strategic Advisor for the Governors Climate Task Force. Katherine previously served as Director of Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace. Over seven years building the initiative, she developed news, data, analytics, and trainings with the goalContinue reading “Katherine Hamilton”

Jazmin Varela

Jazmin Varela currently works at The Conservation Fund where she provides mapping and analysis support for their strategic conservation work. She specializes in sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping to capture key geospatial features of land at different scales. Varela holds a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment withContinue reading “Jazmin Varela”

Derek Van Marter

Derek Van Marter is an impartial facilitator and has actively led collaborative decision-making among various interests for over fifteen years. His professional experience includes work on clean water and air, endangered species, watershed planning, transportation, resource extraction, and aquatic and wildlife management. Derek received his Bachelor of Science in public affairs/natural resource management from IndianaContinue reading “Derek Van Marter”

Fred Sondheimer

As a marine official for WWF in Ecuador, Fred Sondheimer works with a variety of fisheries, ranging from international industrial enterprises to coastal artisanal communities, to help ensure that these extractive activities work in harmony with the marine ecosystems on which they depend. Currently, Sondheimer is promoting sustainable fishing in Ecuador. WWF’s main projects involveContinue reading “Fred Sondheimer”

Jennifer Pahl

Jennifer Pahl is an ecologist with Corblu Ecology Group, LLC in Lawrenceville, Georgia working on a range of environmental restoration and conservation projects. Jenny is involved in wetland and stream mitigation bank project development and design, but is also focused on emerging markets such as nutrient and carbon trading. At Corblu, she is initiating aContinue reading “Jennifer Pahl”