National Mitigation and Environmental Market Conference 2023 | National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference | 8 May 2023 | Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, 225 East Coastline Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Connecting mitigation, conservation and restoration markets — wetlands, streams, carbon, water quality and quantity and related environmental markets — to improve resiliency and sustainability with increased investment through collaboration on resources, process and
practice, technology, transparency, efficiency, and accountability.

2023 Speakers

William Ainslie
Wetlands Ecologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tara Disy Allden
Project Manager, Kimley-Horn

Angela Allen
Wildlands Engineering

Troy Anderson
Assistant Director of Operations, Ecosystem Investment Partners

Michael Beinenson
President, Eco Terra LLC

Todd BenDor
Professor, Department City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CBBergemann, Crystal A.
Senior Director of Resilience, Council for Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President

Brett Berkley
Senior Vice President, GreenVest, LLC

Frank Bernardino
Partner, Anfield Consulting

Heather A. Bernier
Division Chief, Decision Support, Planning and NEPA, Bureau of Land Management

Jody L. Bickel
CEO, Creekbank Associates

David A. Bidelspach
CEO, 5 Smooth Stone Restoration

Mariah Black Bird - Perry
Tribal Mitigation Policy Manager, Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Thomas Blackwell
Senior Environmental Consultant, MKO

Doug Bruggeman
Executive Director, The Nectar Exchange

Melissa D. MCCampbell
Senior Project Manager, Impact7G

Constance Cassler
Florida ES Conservation Delivery Division Manager, Planning and Resource Conservation - West, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

J. Michael Chavarria
Governor, Santa Clara Pueblo

Matt Clabaugh
Natural Resources Manager, Barge Design Solutions

Victoria K. Colangelo
CEO, The Mitigation Banking Group, Inc.

Sean Connolly
Asst. Director Environmental Services, SC Department of Transportation

Rob Cook
Director of Business Development, Bamert Seed Company

Jean Louise W. Cowan
Senior Project Manager, The Water Institute of the Gulf

Steven Currie
Soil Scientist, USACE Jacksonville District

Richard L. Darden
Ecologist, Federal Highway Administration

Ryan Deibler

Greg DeYoung
Vice President Emeritus, Westervelt Ecological Services and ERBA Board Member

Timothy J. DiCintio
Senior Vice President, Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Desmond Duke
President, EcoResolve, Inc.

David J. Dybdahl
CEO, American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC.

Grace Edinger
Senior Manager, Restoration Economy Center, Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Stephanie I. Ehinger
Biologist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Justin Elkins
Mitigation Subject Matter Expert (SME), USACE, Regulatory Technical Execution Center, North Atlantic Division

Pam J. Fetterman
Principal Scientist / Managing Member, EcoGenesis, LLC

Chris Fleming
Enterprise Account Executive, ecobot

Victoria Foster
National IPaC Program Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Brian Frazer
Director of the Oceans, Wetlands, and Communities Divisions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Gary Frazer
Assistant Director for Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Emily French
Biologist, US Environmental Protection Agency

Royal Gardner
Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law

Mark A. Gilfillan
Senior Tribal Liaison, US Army Corps of Engineers-Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise

Greg Good
Program Manager, The Conservation Fund

Ben Guillon
CEO, Conservation Investment Management

Hammonds, Justin A.
Mitigation Liaison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Harada, Christine
Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

Michael Hare
Director, Government Affairs, RES

Lucy Harrington
Sr. Regulatory Specialist, GEI Consultants

Travis Hemmen
President and General Manager, Westervelt Ecological Services

Phoebe Higgins
Director of Markets, Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Higgins, Quana
Assistant for Tribal & Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), U.S. Army Headquarters

Hal Holland
Asst. Regional Manager/ Sr. Conservation Planner, Westervelt Ecological Services

Palmer Hough
Environmental Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Kae Hovater
President, EcoCredit Marketing

Doug Hughes
Senior Manager, Mitigation Bank Business, Weyerhaeuser

Jensen, Stacey M.
Acting Director of Policy and Legislation Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), U.S. Army Headquarters

Daniel Johnson
FINANCE AND INVESTMENT MANAGER, Wildlands Engineering, Inc.

Sara L. Johnson
Executive Director, Ecological Restoration Business Association

Kelley K. Jorgensen
President, Founder & Sr. Ecologist, Compass Ecospatial LLC

Judy E. Joyce
Principal, Director of Community Building, Impact7G

George Kelly
Chief Executive Officer, Earth Recovery Partners

Kendall, Donna
Environmental Administrator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Brian Keville
Environmental Director, MKO

Mark Kieser
Senior Scientist, Kieser & Associates, LLC

Noah Krantz
Mitigation Banking & Conservation Program Manager, American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC.

Charlotte Kucera
Ecologist, Federal Highway Administration

Aaron C. Landry
Director of Environmental Services, JMB Companies, Inc.

Shannon A. Langford
Software Developer, Applied Research Associates

Valerie L. Layne
Ecologist, USACE - Institute for Water Resources

Christopher Lucas
Chief of Staff and Counsel to Commissioner Mersinger, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Becca Madsen
Director, Restoration Economy Center, Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Daniel Martin
Consultant, Esri Professional Services - Environment and Geodesign

Steven Martin
Mitigation Specialist

Michelle L. Mattson
Compensatory Mitigation Subject Matter Expert, Institute for Water Resources

John McGuire
Director, Private Lands Prescribed Fire Initiative, Tall Timbers

Terry McKenzie
President and Principal, Mitigation Solutions USA

Deblyn Mead
National Mitigation Lead, Bureau of Land Management

Ashley Meyer
Wildlife Biologist, NYSDEC

Jason Miller
Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Branch of Environmental Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Margaret M. Minzner
Senior Environmental Planner, OKI Regional Council of Governments

Danny Moran
President and CEO, EcoSystem Renewal LLC

Christy Mower
Principal, Ecological Services, Civil & Environmental Consultants

Ross Nelson
President/COO, American Mitigation Company

Eric T. Olsen
Attorney/Shareholder, Gunster

David B. Olson
General Biological Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Peggy Olwell
Plant Conservation & Restoration Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management

Nick Ozburn
Mitigation SME, USACE, Baltimore District

Rebecca Payne
Senior Regulatory and Mitigation Specialist, ICF

Jeff Phillips
Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Conservation Banking Coordinator, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

George I. Platt
General Counsel, The Wetlandsbank Company

Martin Rabenhorst
Professor, University of Maryland

Tim Rach
Program Administrator, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Marc Recktenwald
Director, NC Division of Mitigation Services

Ann M. Redmond
Managing Principal, Brown and Caldwell

Janan Reillly
Acting Branch Chief | Community Infrastructure Resilience Branch | Hazard Mitigation Assistance Division, FEMA

Jeanne C. Richardson
Mitigation Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Adam Riggsbee
President, RiverBank

Pat Roberts
Principal Ecologist, MKO

Anthony Morgan Rodman
Executive Director, White House Council on Native American Affairs

Mike Rolband
Director, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Don Ross
General Partner Representative, Sandy Creek Partners

Michael S. Ruth
Ecologist/Registered Professional Geologist, Project Development & Environmental Review, Federal Highway Administration - Resource Center

Jon Sloan
Sr. Manager, Environmental Programs, Port of Seattle

Thomas Slowinski
Technical Director, Wetlands & Ecology, V3 Companies

Angela Somma
Chief, Endangered Species Division, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Robert Spoth
President, Ecosystems Insurance Associates, LLC

Susan-Marie Stedman
Senior Policy Analyst, NOAA Fisheries

Gray Stevens
Managing Partner, Sandy Creek Partners

Lindsay Teunis
Principal Restoration Ecologist, SWCA

Tilley, Ansley
Director, Alternative Delivery Solutions, RES

Topping, Brian Topping, Brian
Environmental Protection Specialist, US Environmental Protection Agency

Urban, David
Managing Director of Operations, Ecosystem Investment Partners

Veenstra, Corrie
Fish and Wildlife Administrator, BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

William "Tom" Walker
Chief, Regulatory Program, USACE

John Wigginton
Director, Southeast Region, Westervelt Ecological Services

Beattie S. Williams
Owner, Starr Enterprises, LLC

Joseph Williams
Assistant Director of Markets, Ecosystem Investment Partners

Cory Wilson
Chief, Mitigation Programs Team, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

David B. Wilson
Mitigation Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sarah M. Woodford
Mitigation Specialist, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

John Paul Woodley
Principal - Environmental and Energy Practice Group, Advantus Strategies

Clay Word
Growth and Partnerships, Lens, Upstream Tech

John Yarchoan
Partner, Magnolia Land Partners

Brian Zettle
Senior Biologist/Tribal Liaison, USACE Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise (TNTCX)

Shawn H. Zinszer
Chief, Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• Sandy Creek Partners

PLATINUM:
• The Barn Group
• Davey Mitigation
• Wildlands Engineering

GOLD:
• CS Britton Inc
• Ecobot
• Res
• Wetlands
• Weyerhaeuser

GOVERNMENT SPONSORS:
• BLM
• USDA
• EPA
• FWS
• FS
• NOAA
• NRCS
• FHWA