CarbonTree Conservation Fund Board of Directors
President - Ted Cheeseman
Ted Cheeseman, President
Ted Cheeseman grew up traveling extensively with Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris, and consequently began studying and photographing wildlife as a child. Ted completed graduate studies in tropical conservation biology at Duke University before returning to California to lead and organize expeditions full time. Working with CarbonTree Conservation Fund joins Ted's passion for biodiversity conservation with a lifetime of studying global ecological change.
Secretary - Gail Cheeseman
Gail Cheeseman, Secretary
Gail and her husband Doug founded Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris in 1980 to pursue a passion of sharing the world's wildlife with travelers. In three decades of global travel Gail has seen too much forest destruction and habitat degradation to sit idly by. CarbonTree Conservation Fund began with her inspiration and incessant drive to give back to the forests where years of birding have enriched her life so much.
Director - Craig Breon
Craig Breon, Director
Craig is a professional conservationist and attorney. His passion for preserving land grew as the result of a dozen years' work with the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society. His work has focused on wildlife and habitat issues, including creeks, wetlands, and rare and endangered species. He has an extensive background in community organizing, media relations, fundraising, and nonprofit management. When he left Audubon in 2005, Craig traveled for a year, including the American Southwest and Central and South America, where he marveled at so many of the natural and cultural resources of the "New World". More recently, Craig is a self-employed conservationist and has begun engaging in volunteer work on climate change in his home town and around the San Francisco Bay Area.
Director - David Shoch
David Shoch, Director
David is a forester by trade and serves as Vice President of Forestry and Technical Services for Terracarbon where he advises clients on the development and management of forest carbon offset projects. Prior to his position at Terracarbon, David served with The Nature Conservancy's Climate Science Team and before that was with Winrock International for seven years where he managed the implementation of forest carbon measurement and monitoring efforts. David has over ten-years experience in forest biomass carbon measurement and monitoring and forest growth and yield modeling, and served as a contributing author on the IPCC Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance for Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Activities and t he GOFC-GOLD Sourcebook for monitoring and measuring reductions in emissions from deforestation and degradation. David received his masters degree in Forestry from the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and a bachelors degree in Biology from the University of Richmond. He has been a member of the Society of American Foresters since 1997.
Director - Debbie Thompson
Debbie Thompson, Director
Debbie brings over ten years of experience serving on the Board of Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, concentrating on local conservation issues and environmental education in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her professional background is in electronics engineering where she managed multi-million dollar chip design projects. Recently, Debbie started a new career designing websites for nonprofits and small businesses, while also working at Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris part-time. She has a passion for experiencing nature around the world while keeping a small environmental footprint.
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