Terra Global Capital

Team and Advisors

Climate Finance

Leslie L. Durschinger
Founder, CEO, CIO, Climate Finance
Sandra Carolina Sarmiento Neira
Managing Director, Climate Finance
Faith Kilimo, M.S.F.
Director, Climate Finance
Topoyame Mabophiwa, M.Eng.
Principal, Climate Finance
Gregory Ives, M.B.A.
Associate, Climate Finance
Juan David Dueñas Ramirez, M.S.
Principal, Climate Finance
Jasper Arnold
Associate, Climate Finance
Carlos Molina, M.B.A.
Managing Director, Investee Fiscal Management
Lily Marra, M.S.
Associate, Climate Finance

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Quantification

Erica Meta Smith, M.F., R.P.F.
Managing Director, Natural Resource Management and GHG Quantification, Team Lead
Holver Arango
Principal, GHG Quantification, Team Lead
Santiago Osorio, M.Eng.
Principal, GHG Quantification
Julio Quevedo
Principal, GHG Quantification
Nycole Echeverria, M.G.M.A.
Associate, GHG Quantification
Ramón Rocha
Associate, Forestry

Natural Resource Management

Carolina Oleas, M.S.
Director, Natural Resource Management, Team Lead
Angelica Garcia, Ph.D.
Principal, Biodiversity
Javier Valdivia Navarro, M.S.
Principal, Rural Community Development
Kate Carroll, M.S.
Principal, Nature-based Solutions (NBS)
Jadinson Ruiz, M.S.
Associate, Nature-based Solutions (NBS)
Maggie Maniago, M.S.
Associate, Biodiversity
Isadora Bragantini
Associate, Natural Resource Management, Gender Lead
Jackie Maina, M.S.
Analyst, Nature-based Solutions (NBS)

Remote Sensing/GIS

David Montoya González, M.S.
Director, Remote Sensing/GIS, Team Lead
Sergio Marconi, Ph.D.
Principal, Remote Sensing/GIS
Luisa Vanegas, M.S.
Principal, Remote Sensing/GIS
Luis Ronchi, M.S.
Associate, Remote Sensing/GIS
Luisa David, PGD
Analyst, Remote Sensing/GIS

Project Partner Sourcing

Trevor Munday
Managing Director, Global Project Partner Sourcing, Team Lead
Michael Cullen, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Head Africa Project Sourcing, Team Lead
Adriana Henao, M.A.
Principal, Partner Sourcing
Raquel Serôa, M.S., M.B.A.
Principal, Project Sourcing

Local Project Coordinators

Alphius Lipiya
Local Project Coordinator, Malawi
Frank Chimpango
Local Project Coordinator, Malawi
Maribel Moreno
Local Project Coordinator, Colombia
José Perea
Local Project Coordinator, Colombia
Tamrini Said
Local Project Coordinator, Zanzibar
Santiago Ruiz Arias, M.A.
Local Project Coordinator, México

Corporate Management and Marketing

Bart Kortum
CFO, COO
Audrey Townend, M.A., M.S.
Associate, Corporate Operations
Avery Ackelbein
Analyst, Marketing and Business Development

Advisors

Kevin Brennan, M.A.
CFA, Investor Networks, Carbon Fund Management
Terry Vogt, M.B.A.
Finance Advisor, Latin American Investment Banking
John Lewis, Ph.D.
Science Advisor, Rural Development, Agriculture and Food Security
Steven De Gryze, Ph.D.
Science Advisor, Soil Science, GHG Quantification
Montague W. Demment, Ph.D.
Science Advisor, Director of the Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP)
Susan L. Ustin, Ph.D.
Science Advisor, Professor in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the University of California Davis
Emilio A. Laca, Ph.D.
Science Advisor, Rangeland Ecology