Leadership
Yishan Wong
Founder & CEO
Engineer and climate activist. Specializes in rapid growth tech impact. Ex-engineer at PayPal, Facebook. Ex-CEO of Reddit.
Berry Kennedy
Chief Operating Officer & VP of Operations
Turns insight into action. Delivering great experiences and results for forest creators and partners. Ex-Built, Uber, FMCN.org.
Damien Kuhn
Chief Forestry Officer & VP of Forestry
Working for a better world for both nature and human beings. Former UN forest/climate expert and COO of Kinomé.
Jonathan Kim
Chief Sustainability Officer & VP of Climate Impact
Helps people achieve their climate goals. Tech entrepreneur, storyteller, and Hawaiʻi kamaʻāina.
Huey Lin
Special Projects Advisor
Executive liaison and ad hoc Swiss army knife, always ensuring we can tackle our toughest problems. Ex-PayPal, Affirm, and Flexport.
Ethan Cary
Chief Product Officer & VP of Engineering
Leads construction and deployment of on-site forest tech. Ex-engineer at Matterport, PayPal, and eBay.
Yee Lee
Chief Growth Officer & VP of Capital Markets
Engineer and product designer. Ex-Facebook, Google, TaskRabbit, Skype, and PayPal.
Michelle Cobb
Chief Communications Officer & VP of Marketing
Climate storyteller and B2B growth expert. Former engineer. Ex-Heliogen and Skybox Security.
Aubrey Vella
VP of People
Focused on attracting, growing, and retaining amazing talent. Building a great working environment so employees can do their best.
Ricky Fong
General Counsel
Manages legal risks as we build and scale. Aligns legal and business strategic objectives. Ex-fintech lawyer, startup builder, and investor.
Experts
Victoria Meyer
Head of Carbon Science
Forest biomass expert, combining field data and remote sensing. Environmental science PhD. Former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab researcher.
Xavier Hatchondo
Head of Carbon Strategy
Develops and delivers top-quality carbon projects in a dynamic environment. Former Director of Science & Policy at WeForest.
Johannes Seidel
Head of Forestry
Plants resilient and beautiful forests that cool the planet and feed its communities.
Jeff Wright
Senior Forester
Leads development of financially successful, sustainably managed planted forests. DPhil in tropical forestry. Has worked in 50+ countries.
Diana Castillo Díaz
Restoration Ecology Specialist
Recipient of the Ashton Award, Arnold Arboretum at Harvard; Ed. Asst., Journal of Sustainable Forestry. Ecology PhD.
Alice Di Sacco
Restoration Ecology Specialist
Supports projects in applying best ecological restoration practices. Former seed conservation specialist at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank.
Jason Preble
Senior Forestry Partnerships Lead
Links forest creators to Terraformation support. Conservation biologist focused on forests and endangered species. Informatics PhD.
Piotr Lesniak
Senior Forestry Partnerships Lead
Coordinates development of forest restoration projects to help nature and communities thrive.
Gianna Gandossi
GIS Specialist
Optimizes spatial intelligence for Terraformation and our partners. Former GIS analyst and research scientist, James Hutton Institute.
Brian Tucker
GIS Specialist
Conservation GIS expert with 20 years of mapping and spatial analysis for university research and management projects in Hawaiʻi.
Emily Grave
Senior Manager, Forestry Partnerships Sourcing
Identifies key reforestation stakeholders in priority regions. Former nonprofit plant conservationist.
Meagan Suri
Senior Social Impact Lead
Supports partners to co-create participatory projects with positive community impact.
Yann-Olivier de Jouvancourt
Carbon Certification Manager
Leads certification of top-quality carbon and co-benefits projects. Former South Pole and Bureau Veritas Certification Project Manager.
Ruba Nackeeran
Program Manager, APAC
Program manager and environmental activist based in Southeast Asia. Supports APAC partners and oversees restoration projects.
Daniel Kofi Abu
Program Manager, Africa
Expert in sustainable forest management and Green Economy development. Oversees projects across West and East Africa.
