National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference 2021 | National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference | 19 July 2021 | Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601, United States

Always independent and balanced, the National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference (NMEBC) is entering its 24th year and has become well-known as a “must attend event” for those involved in ecosystem banking and related markets, drawing key decisionmakers and leaders from business, government (local, state, federal), nonprofits and universities.

The conference presents current and timely content and dialogue on important issues, offering something for the very advanced and to those new to the industry. “One of the most important networking and collaboration events in the industry.”

2021 Speakers

Jeanne C. Richardson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Charlotte Kucera
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

John Wigginton, PWS, CERP
Westervelt Ecological Services

Brent Shaver, CERP, RF
Westervelt Ecological Services

Katherine Birnie
Ecosystem Investment Partners

Gray Stevens
Sandy Creek Partners

Mark S. Laska
Eco Endowment Solutions

Steven W. Carter
North American Land Trust

Travis Hemmen
Westervelt Ecological Services

Justin Elkins
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

Travis Crayosky
Stantec

Valerie Layne
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Michelle L. Mattson
Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Shannon Langford
Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Beattie S. Williams
Starr Enterprises LLC

Greg DeYoung, AICP
Westervelt Ecological Services and ERBA Board Member

Steve Martin
Mitigation Consultant

Mike Rolband, PE, PWD, PWS Emeritus
Resource Protection Group, Inc. and Board Member,. Davey Resource Group, Inc.

Matt Gause, CERP
Westervelt Ecological Services

Angela Sturdevant
The Nature Conservancy

George W. Kelly
Quantified Ventures

Susan-Marie Stedman
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Palmer Hough
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

John Yarchoan
Magnolia Land Partners

Tim Rach
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Sean Connolly
South Carolina Department of Transportation

David Olson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ben Guillon, CFA
Conservation Investment Management

Adam Riggsbee
RiverBank Conservation

Michael S. Ruth, Professional Geologist
Federal Highway Administration - Resource Center

Evan Branosky
Home Builders Association of Virginia

Tim Baumgartner
NC Division of Mitigation Services

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

Scott McLendon
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Zach Schafer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sara Johnson
Ecological Restoration Business Association

George Howard
Restoration Systems

Gregory Kernohan
Ducks Unlimited

Todd Tugwell
USACE Wilmington District

Steve Kichefski
USACE

Kim Browning
USACE

Mac Haupt, NC Licensed Soil Scientist
Formerly with North Carolina Division of Water Resources

Erin B. Davis, PWS
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Water Resources

David J. Dybdahl, CIC, CPCU, ARM,MBA
American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC

Michael Hill
Blue Dot Climate Insurance

Jody L. Bickel
Creekbank Associates

Wayne White
W-Squared Consulting

Daniel Perkins
D & E Technical, Inc.

Doug Bruggeman, PhD
Ecological Services and Markets

Rebecca Lave
Department of Geography, Indiana University

Pamela J. Fetterman, M.S. Env. Science
ecoGENESIS, LLC

Sarah Correa
Westervelt Ecological Services

Erin Knauer
Ecosystem Planning & Restoration

Brian Topping
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

John Paul Woodley, Jr.
Advantus Strategies, LLC and NEBA Representative

George I. Platt, III, JD Northeastern University School of Law
The Wetlandsbank Company

Ben Guillon, CFA
Conservation Investment Management

Elliott Bouillion
Resource Environmental Solutions

Don Riley
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Nathan Ober, PG
Water & Land Solutions LLC

Jamie Blackwell
NC Division of Mitigation Services

Jeremy Schewe, PWS
Ecobot

Dan Berlin, PWS
Anchor QEA, LLC

Bryant Chesney
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Ahren Stroming
Puget Sound Partnership

Kelley K. Jorgensen
Wapato Valley Mitigation and Conservation Bank

Jon Sloan
Port of Seattle

David Urban
Ecosystem Investment Partners

Margaret M. Minzner
OKI Regional Council of Governments

Robert D. Perry
Palustrine Group

Nate Berry
Open Space Institute

Tommy Cousins
Palustrine Group

David Ray
Lowcountry Open Land Trust

Lorianne Riggin
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Raleigh West
South Carolina Conservation Bank

David B. Wilson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston

Amelia Savage
Hopping Green & Sams

Robert Spoth
Ecosystems Insurance Associates, LLC

Matthew Beernaert
Tokio Marine HCC - Surety Group

John Preyer, Sponsor
Restoration Systems

Katie Y. Merritt
NC Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Water Resources

Lindsay Teunis, CERP
ICF

Kevin F. Noon
National Park Service

Deblyn Mead
Bureau of Land Management

Todd Bowers
US Environmental Protection Agency

Ross Nelson
American Mitigation Company

Vincent McCarron
South Carolina Department of Transportation

Tim DeGraff
Resource Environmental Solutions (RES)

Jonas Epstein
U.S. Forest Service, USDA

Doug Hughes
Weyerhaeuser

Jimmy Bullock
Resource Management Service, LLC

Dick Kempka
Molpus Woodlands Group

Steve Martin
Mitigation Consultant

Patti Grace-Jarrett, PhD
Louisville District USACE

Karen Johnson
Virginia Chapter, The Nature Conservancy

Devin Schenk
Ohio Field Office, The Nature Conservancy

Chris Gurney
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

Susan L. Baker
Buffalo District, USACE

Tyler Thigpen Bell
Westervelt Ecological Services

Troy Anderson, CERP
Ecosystem Investment Partners

Timothy A. Denicola, PG, CFM
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Mark A. Ray, M.S. Applied Ecology
RayEA, LLC Ecological Applications

Shawn Wilkerson
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.

Greg Schildwachter, PhD
Watershed Results

Ken D. Sanchez, BS
Resource Environmental Solutions

Donna Downing
Association of State Wetland Managers

Michael Bolt
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Heather Bartlett
Cow Creek Umpqua Tribe

Tracie-Lynn Nadeau, PhD
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Brian Topping
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Cidney Jones, PE & CFM
Ecosystem Planning and Restoration

Martin Doyle
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solution

Timothy Male
Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Angela Somma
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Brian Frazer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Gary Frazer
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Jennifer Moyer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2021 Sponsors and Supporters

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Davey Mitigation
• Ecobot
• Restoration System / LLC
• Sandy Creek Partners
• Wildlands Engineering

GOVERNMENT SPONSORS:
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• USDA
• U.S Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S Fish & Wildlife Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• NOAA Fisheries
• NRCS
• US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Ecosystem Investments Partners
• ICF
• Stantec
• Westervelt Ecological Services
• Weyerhaeuser

BLUE SPONSORS:
• AEMI
• Burns McDonnell
• Civil & Environmental Consultant, Inc.
• C.S. Britton, Inc.
• Ecobolt
• Ecogenesis
• ERBA
• Ecosystem Investment Partners
• Ecosystem Renewal
• GreenVest
• Hanes Geo Components
• Land Mechanic Design, Inc.
• MSUSA
• North State Environment
• RES
• Restoration System LLC
• Shamrock Environmental Corporation
• SWCA, Environmental Consultants
• Water & Land Solutions
• The Wetlandsbank Company
• Wildlands
• Wright Contracting

GREEN SPONSORS:
• The Conservation Fund
• Craig Denisoff Consulting