Meet the Team
Co-Founder and CEO
Matthew Aghai, PhD
Fmr Chief Science Officer, Mast Reforestation
Fmr Research Scientist, Univ. of Washington & Univ. of Idaho
20+ yrs in global natural resource management
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
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
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Solomon Dobrowski, PhD
Professor, Department of Forest Management, University of Montana. Climate; Forestry; Wildfire; Landscape Ecology.
President, IC Platform | 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
Chief Impact & Corporate Affairs Officer [Fractional]
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.
Advisor | Government Affairs & Advocacy
Kacy Hutchison
Chief of Government Affairs & Advocacy, Lykos Therapeutics
Fmr VP of North America Government Affairs at Gilead Sciences
Principal | Agroforestry & NBS
Lord Ameyaw, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska School of Natural Resources