Board of Directors

Scott is President of Imagine H2O, a global nonprofit organization that empowers people to develop and deploy innovation to solve water challenges globally. The organization’s water innovation accelerator program alumni have collectively raised over $590 million in early-stage capital. Scott previously developed ESG and cleantech investment strategies for institutional clients at Royal Bank of Canada and Piper Jaffray.

Hope is the President & CEO of Southeast RCAP, a nonprofit focused on improving the quality of life for low-income individuals by promoting affordable water and wastewater facilities, community development, environmental health, and economic self-sufficiency. Hope has been actively involved with community economic development efforts for over 22 years. Hope is also a Certified Public Accountant and professor at Virginia Western Community College.

Adam serves as managing partner of Ecosystem Investment Partners and has over thirty years experience in owning and running businesses that align economic incentives with environmental outcomes. He has focused specifically on mechanisms that enable land-based offsets and the financial value of natural systems since the late 1990s and is one of the national leaders in this investment space.

Natalie is VP of Regulatory and Stewardship with Pivot Bio, a company born out of an ambition to replace synthetic nitrogen fertilizer with a more sustainable and safer tool for farmers. Natalie leads their regulatory program, ensuring compliance with requirements and stewardship practices. Natalie previously worked at DuPont for nearly 30 years and held roles including technical, biotechnology affairs, and product registration.

Linda is the Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation for the Research & Innovation group at The Trust for Public Land, where she leads a team of data analytics experts that build interactive decision support tools used by communities, policy makers and planners to help them understand the location, values, and uses of parks and open space, and to support informed decisions on access and protection.

Luis is a Senior Advisor for Digital Solutions at Xylem and Principal of HydroDigital, LLC, a consulting company helping utilities adopt digital solutions for managing the urban water cycle. Luis has worked for nearly two decades on the development and commercialization of real time decision support systems for water management, a digital framework that integrates internet or things, big data, and artificial intelligence to optimize water systems.

Steve was a Partner at Nossaman LLP who specialized on federal wildlife law, including the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Steve has served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, as Deputy Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and represented the Ford Foundation in Brazil.

Leigh leads the Conservation Finance Network’s (CFN) effort to expand the use of innovative funding and financing strategies. Leigh has spearheaded the development of new trainings and workshops supporting a growing number of public, private, and nonprofit professionals focused on conservation finance.