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Tim Magner

Tim Magner is a Chicago-based social entrepreneur working on creating ‘what’s possible.’ For the last six years, Tim has connected kids to nature with food-related projects and as a children’s book author. Tim studied the design of business and the role of government, is active in the commercial real estate industry and runs a monthlyContinue reading “Tim Magner”

Jay Truty

Founder/CEO of Ecosystem Capital, LLC, an advisory services firm specializing in corporate sustainability/ESG strategy and market-based environmental and sustainable development strategies, including the development of environmental markets projects and approaches for assessing the financial value of benefits and services derived from ecosystems. Prior to founding Ecosystem Capital, I practiced environmental, energy and natural resources lawContinue reading “Jay Truty”

Patrick Shannon

Patrick Shannon is currently the CFO of PeachTree Real Estate Partners, LLC. He co-founded this company to explore his interests in architectural design, science, and engineering with the goal of building and selling sustainable high density urban housing. He has been a proprietary trader, a floor trader, a hedge fund manager, and a researcher/software developer.Continue reading “Patrick Shannon”

Nate Hinch

Nathan B. (Nate) Hinch is the Director of Environmental Services at Sheaffer International, L.L.C., with experience in project permitting and compliance management for Sheaffer International’s patented wastewater reclamation and reuse technology.  He is compliance manager for the company’s largest system, located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.  He co-authored the paper Changes in Floodplain Management Policies:  AnContinue reading “Nate Hinch”

Trevor Herron

Herron is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. He received his B.A. in anthropology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. One year of his undergraduate work was spent abroad at the University of Amsterdam, where he studied the Dutch language, environmental ethics and anthropology. He then moved to Rome, Italy, where he privately taught English and conductedContinue reading “Trevor Herron”