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
• Mary Powers, Forest Finance Program Associate, The Conservation Finance Network 
• Julia Mettler-Grove, Project & Operations Coordinator, The Conservation Finance Network 

News Hub Leadership Team

• Heather Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Alec Appelbaum, News Editor, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
• Katie Michels, Student Program Manager
• Tara Whalen, Conservationist, Highstead Foundation

Resident Alumni Experts

• Maki Tazawa, Program Officer, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and Co-Founder, ClimateRaise
• Chris Martin, Investment Associate, Brazil, Resource Management Service
• Jessamine Fitzpatrick, Alder Point Capital Management
• Chandni Navalkha, Associate Director, Lincoln Institute for Land Policy 

Student Writers

• Grace Cajski
• Sam Feibel
• Robin Happel
• Ritika Jain
• Christina Kohler
• Mara MacDonnell
• Katie Michels, Program Manager
• Jazzy Song
• Stanley Tan
• Raqib Valli
• Max Wasser
• Angela Xue

Conservation Finance Network Advisory Committee

• Will Abberger, Conservation Finance Director, The Trust for Public Land
• Margaret Bowman, Principal, Bowman Environmental Consulting
• 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
• Peter Stein, Managing Director, The Lyme Timber Company
• Tom Trinley, Director, Finance & Administration, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
• Julie Turrini, Attorney, Resources Law Group, LLP