Principal Ceo
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Oversaw Verra’s flagship program (the Verified Carbon Standard, or VCS, Program), including its ongoing development and evolution to ensure it follows the latest scientific evidence and best practices, its work overseeing independent auditors, and the development of corresponding infrastructure (e.g., registry) to enable the transparent listing of projects and the trading of carbon credits.Spearheaded efforts to broaden the scope of the organization’s certification programs by… Show more Oversaw Verra’s flagship program (the Verified Carbon Standard, or VCS, Program), including its ongoing development and evolution to ensure it follows the latest scientific evidence and best practices, its work overseeing independent auditors, and the development of corresponding infrastructure (e.g., registry) to enable the transparent listing of projects and the trading of carbon credits.Spearheaded efforts to broaden the scope of the organization’s certification programs by developing and incorporating new certification programs designed to foster sustainable development (the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, and the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard, or SD VISta) and tackle plastic pollution (the Plastic Waste Reduction Standard).Oversaw the organization’s growth from two people when it first started to more than 140 staff when he left, along with all of the management systems this growth entailed. Show less