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”
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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”
Heather Nix
Heather Bergerud Nix joined the Upstate Forever staff in 2007 and is the Director of the Clean Air & Water Program, where she leads a variety of advocacy and outreach efforts. Nix received her BS in Biology from Winthrop University. Before joining Upstate Forever, Heather was a project manager at an environmental consulting firm. HerContinue reading “Heather Nix”
Nnaemeka Ikeqwuonu
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu is a leading social entrepreneur and Executive Director of The Smallholders Foundation, a social development organization based in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. The organization promotes sustainable agricultural development and environmental conservation beneficial to rural poor small farmers, through educational radio programs and field practical demonstrations. Ikeqwuonu holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in HistoryContinue reading “Nnaemeka Ikeqwuonu”
Rachel Holmes
Rachel Holmes is an urban forester working for Groundwork Bridgeport, a non-profit based in Bridgeport, Connecticut dedicated to improving the lives of residents through community-based landscape restoration. At Groundwork Bridgeport, Holmes is developing and implementing a horticulture-based professional development program for underserved youth. She has returned to this work after serving as an urban foresterContinue reading “Rachel Holmes”