Thank you for joining us on Wednesday, November 10th for a lively discussion with PFT President Laurie Wayburn and board members Andrea Tuttle, Ann Bartuska, and Jerry Franklin on COP26 and the role of forests as natural climate solutions.
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More on Our Panelists:
Laurie Wayburn: Prior to co-founding Pacific Forest Trust in 1993, Ms. Wayburn worked internationally for 10 years in the United Nations Environment Program and Ecological Sciences Division of UNESCO. She later served as Executive Director of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory and was the Founder and first Coordinator of the Central California Coast Biosphere Reserve. Ms. Wayburn is a graduate of Harvard University and currently serves on the Northwest BioCarbon Initiative Steering Committee, the American Forest Policy Steering Committee, and the Land Trust Alliance Advisory Council.
Andrea Tuttle: Dr. Tuttle is an accomplished leader in national and international forest and climate policy. She served as Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from March 1999 to June 2004. She also served as Chair of the California Fire Alliance, a member of the National Association of State Foresters, and a member of the Western States Forestry Leadership Coalition. Other service includes the California Coastal Commission and Northcoast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Her education includes a B.A. in Biological Sciences and Ph.D. in Environmental Policy from UC Berkeley.
Ann Bartuska: Dr. Bartuska was Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, as well as chief scientist, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (retired). Prior to USDA, she held a host of leadership positions, including Deputy Chief for Research and Development of the U.S. Forest Service. She is a Senior Advisor with Resources for the Future and a Senior Contributing Scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) where she focuses on forests and agriculture as natural climate solutions. Dr. Bartuska was previously the Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Invasive Species Initiative and was president of the Ecological Society of America. She is an ecosystem ecologist with a Ph.D. from West Virginia University and a M.S. in botany from Ohio University.
Jerry Franklin: Dr. Franklin is a world-renowned forest ecologist who has been called “the father of new forestry.” He is a professor of ecosystem analysis in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington. The only forest ecologist in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Franklin has received the Heinz Award for the Environment, the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America, the LaRoe Award from the Society for Conservation Biology, and the Pinchot Medallion from the Pinchot Institute for Conservation. A native of Oregon, Dr. Franklin received his B.S. and M.S. in Forest Management from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. in Botany and Soils from Washington State.