The practice of raising and managing capital to support land, water, and natural resource conservation.

Network Staff

• Leigh Whelpton, Program Director, The Conservation Finance Network
• Jackson Moller, Associate, The Conservation Finance Network

News Hub Leadership Team

• Heather Fitzgerald, Associate Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Alec Appelbaum, News Editor, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Katie Michels, Student Program Manager
• Abigail Long, Digital Marketing Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Tara Whalen, Conservationist, Highstead Foundation
• Charlie Governali, Student Webinar Series Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Sonia Wang, Student Webinar Series Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Angela Xue, Student Webinar Series Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment

Student Writers

• Grace Cajski
• Sawyer Cresap
• Nadeem Demian
• Sam Feibel
• Laura Gonzalez Mantecon
• Robin Happel
• Christina Kohler
• Mara MacDonnell
• Katie Michels, Program Manager
• Avery Siler
• Max Wasser

Conservation Finance Network Advisory Committee

• Will Abberger, Conservation Finance Director, The Trust for Public Land
• Story Clark, Founder & CEO, TravelStorysGPS, LLC; Principal Consultant, Conservation Consulting
• Tom Daniels, Professor of City and Regional Planning; UPENN
• Brad Gentry, Associate Dean for Professional Practice; Professor in the Practice; Co-Director of the Center for Business & the Environment at Yale; Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment; Yale School of the Environment
• Catherine Godschalk, Vice President, Investments, Calvert Impact Capital
• Eric Hallstein, Director of Conservation Investments, The Nature Conservancy
• Erin Heskett, National Services Director, The Land Trust Alliance
• Patrick Holmes, Natural Resource Policy Advisor, Montana Governor Steve Bullock
• Renee Kivikko, Director of Education, The Land Trust Alliance
• Jim Levitt, Director of the Program on Conservation Innovation, The Harvard Forest
• Pamela Murphy, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, Island Press
• Carl Palmer, Founder, LegacyWorks Group; President of the Board of Directors, Legacy Philanthropy Works
• Evan Smith, Senior Vice President, Conservation Ventures, The Conservation Fund
• Peter Stein, Managing Director, The Lyme Timber Company
• Tom Trinley, Director, Finance & Administration, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
• Julie Turrini, Attorney, Resources Law Group, LLP