President

Brian joined Terra Verde as a full partner and principal in 2017. His background in natural resource management and data-driven decision-making have added depth to Terra Verde’s analytical and business support offerings. Brian’s specialty is helping forest landowners evaluate traditional and emerging markets for forest products including timber, carbon offset credits, mitigation credits, and ecosystem services.

Professional Memberships & Licenses:
• Certified Forester
• Full Member of the Association of Consulting Foresters
• Society of American Foresters (Current Chapter Chair/Past Alaska State Chair)
• Southeast Alaska Soil & Water Conservation District

Vice President

Jim joined forces with Terra Verde in 1992. He has been instrumental in helping grow the company and our reputation. Specializing in forestland inventory and biometrics, his experience and knowledge is a valued asset to Terra Verde. Jim’s primary responsibilities are to provide support and supervision for contract administration, corporate affairs, information systems, and performance as a senior consulting forester.

Professional Memberships & Licenses:
• Forest Biometrics Research Institute (Past Chair)
• Society of American Foresters
• Western Forestry and Conservation Association

Operations Manager

Ric has worked in the forestry industry for more than 30 years. He has considerable experience in sample design, vegetation mapping, and ground-truthing techniques and provides training and leadership on a variety of inventory projects. His diverse experience in providing administration, development, implementation and quality assurance of forest inventory projects is extremely valuable to our clients.

Professional Memberships and Licenses:
• Western Forestry and Conservation Association
• Technical Service Provider: Natural Resource and Conservation Service

Director of Forest Carbon and Resource Analytics

Kyle Renner has a strong background in forestry and natural resource economics. As a GIS analyst for Terra Verde, he brings strong skills in cartography, statistical analysis, modeling, forest inventory reporting, and database management. Kyle has completed forest inventories, carbon offset projects, harvest operations, timber stand improvement projects, and other forest stewardship activities.

Professional Memberships and Licenses:
• Society of American Foresters
• Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honor Society
• State of California: Registered Professional Forester

Senior Director of Forest Offsets

After completing a master’s degree in international forestry specializing in international carbon markets in 2017, he become a certified carbon verifier. He has verified forest carbon projects for the California Air Resources Board, American Carbon Registry, and the Climate Action Reserve. Dwight is primarily responsible for assisting in carbon project design, execution, and guidance through the verification process.

Professional Memberships and Licenses:
• California Air Resources Board certified carbon verifier
• Climate Action Reserve Lead Verifier
• American Carbon Registry approved Lead Verifier
• Society of American Foresters

Inventory Crew Lead

Sarah Lilly holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She began her career with the Alaska DNR as a Natural Resource Technician on the state's FIA program, collecting field data on trees, understory vegetation, fuel loading, and soils following established USFS protocol. She advanced to crew lead before being promoted to Forester 1 in 2023, where her responsibilities expanded to include scheduling and coordinating seasonal field staff, interagency cooperators, and outside vendors, as well as quality assurance review and satellite imagery interpretation for land cover classification. Sarah has also established more than 100 permanent carbon plots across Southeast Alaska and has worked directly with third-party auditors to verify measurement quality. Her combination of rigorous field experience and program coordination skills makes her a strong asset to Terra Verde's inventory and carbon services work.