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The National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference was founded in 1997 with a diverse steering committee of leaders in regulatory, banking and environmental community.

Steering Committee

Andy Beaudet, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Craig Denisoff, Craig Denisoff Consulting

Jonas Epstein, U.S. Forest Service

Ben Guillon, National Environmental Banking Association

Michael Hare, Resource Environmental Solutions

Travis Hemmen, Westervelt Ecological Services

Palmer Hough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

George Howard, Restoration Systems LLC

George Kelly, Quantified Ventures

Michelle Mattson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Deborah Mead, Bureau of Land Management

Jason Miller, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Nick Morgan, The Conservation Fund

George Platt, The Wetlandsbank™ Company, LLC

Michael Ruth, Federal Highway Administration

Susan-Marie Stedman, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Marla Stelk, Association of State Wetland Managers

Gray Stevens, Sandy Creek Partners

David Urban, Ecosystem Investment Partners

Corrie Veenstra, Bonneville Power Administration

Shaun Vickers, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

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