Meet the Team

Co-Founder and CEO

Matthew Aghai

Fmr Chief Science Officer, Mast Reforestation

Fmr Research Scientist, Univ. of Washington & Univ. of Idaho

20+ yrs in global natural resource management

Principal | Agroforestry & NBS

Lord Ameyaw

Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska School of Natural Resources

Head of Corporate Development

Joe Bardenheier

Founding Executive and Fmr SVP Corporate Development, Endurance International

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist

Solomon Dobrowski

Professor, Department of Forest Management, University of Montana. Climate; Forestry; Wildfire; Landscape Ecology.

Co-Founder and COO/CFO

John Hall

Fmr COO/CFO at Mast Reforestation

Fmr Convoy, Amazon, USMC Aviator.

20+ yrs in operations and logistics, product, and finance

Advisor | Government Affairs & Advocacy

Kacy Hutchison

Chief of Government Affairs & Advocacy, Lykos Therapeutics

Fmr VP of North America Government Affairs at Gilead Sciences

Head of Capital Markets

Woolsey McKernon

Fmr. Investor lead, Anew Climate / Aurora Sustainable Lands and CRO, Mast Reforestation

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bond industry pioneer, led first 144a securitization

Advisor | Marketing & Communications

Hunter Oetinger

Head of Marketing at Reuben’s Brews

Fmr Head of Marketing at Mast Reforestation

Fmr Docklight and Sierra Nevada Brewing

Chief Impact & Corporate Affairs Officer

Chris Samuel

Corporate affairs leader in food, ag, and biotech.

Senior leader at Bayer, US Soy, Madison (P&G, J&J, Siemens)

Global Agriculture Forum member; frequent voice at major global forums.

Co-Founder and CCO

Arnoud de Villegas

Fmr VP of BD, Mast Reforestation

Fmr CalForest, GEM, Hayground Cove, Petercam Capital

25 yrs spanning environmental stewardship and capital markets