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
• Helen Rogers, Manager, 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
• Sawyer Cresap and Katie Michels, Student Program Managers
• Abigail Long, Digital Marketing Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Spencer Meyer, Senior Conservationist, Highstead Foundation; Associate, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
• Tara Whalen, Conservationist, Highstead Foundation
• Charlie Governali, Student Webinar Series Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Margaret Oliver, Student Webinar Series Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Sonia Wang, Student Webinar Series Manager, Yale Center for Business and the Environment

Student Writers

• Jessica Bediako
• Charlotte Benishek
• Jake Billhorn
• Shitiz Chaudhary
• Sawyer Cresap
• Bennett Hall
• Katie Michels
• George Moore
• Charlotte Murphy
• Wilder Person
• Bradford Ward
• Andy Xie
• Amanda Zhang

Yale Team

• Brad Gentry, Senior Associate Dean of Professional Practice and Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management; Co-Director of the Yale Center for Business & the Environment

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 Forestry & Environmental Studies
• 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